Southeast District Office
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Doug Cole, Southeast District Environmental Administrator |
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The Southeast District Office, or SEDO, serves a 16 county area encompassing 10,330 square miles. The population is 179,906 according to the 2000 Census. There are 5,011 miles of rivers and streams, and 157 square miles of public lakes and wetlands. Surface water and ground water sources supply the drinking water for the area. The SEDO lies within the confines of three major river basins; the Marais des Cygnes, the Neosho and the Verdigris. Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies are currently being developed and implemented within each of the three basins. The SEDO is home to a diverse and complex variety of industry including a nuclear generating station, an oil refinery, several cement kilns and a surface coal mining operation. The SEDO is staffed with 9 environmental and administrative staff. |
Southeast District Units
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Caitlin Mills, (620) 860-7235 District staff in this unit perform compliance inspections of sources of air pollution. This unit is also responsible for the issuance of open burning exemptions and investigating complaints associated with ambient air contaminants. |
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Alan Sharp, (620) 860-7239 This unit’s primary responsibility is the inspection of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO’s) and the investigation of complaints associated with this type of activity. Personnel within this unit also provide a great deal of technical and compliance assistance during on-site visits allowing facilities to move toward or remain within compliance of existing regulations. |
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Renee Brown, (620) 860-7236 This unit is responsible for conducting compliance inspections at facilities containing underground storage tanks (UST), conducting subsurface assessments for the removal of USTs, responding to spills/releases of regulated substances, project management of contaminated sites, and complaint investigations. |
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Randy Clark, (620) 860-7237 District staff in this unit perform compliance inspections of permitted solid waste facilities, hazardous waste generators, and hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities. This unit also bears the responsibility of investigating complaints associated with solid or hazardous waste management |
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Brady Taylor, (620) 860-7232 District Staff in this unit perform compliance inspections of public water supplies and wastewater treatment facilities (NPDES), provide technical assistance to owners/operators of PWS and wastewater systems, responds and investigates sewage bypasses and fishkills, collect water samples from PWS and wastewater systems for compliance monitoring, attend and participate in various meetings with city and county officials, local health departments, and the general public, and assist in the training of Certified Operators. |
