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The New York / New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program

US Environmental Protection Agency
Region II
290 Broadway 24th Floor
New York, NY 10007


Hudson River Foundation
40 West 20th Street

9th Floor
New York, NY 10011 212 924-8290
212 924-8325 (Fax)

http://www.hudsonriver.org/

HEP Contacts

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NY-NJ HARBOR ESTUARY PROGRAM OFFICE
290 Broadway, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10007-1866

Robert Nyman
HEP Director
US EPA
212-637-3809

nyman.robert@epa.gov 

Shino Tanikawa
Conservation Biologist
NYC Soil & Water Conservation District
212-637-3877

shinot@aol.com 

Zoe Kelman
HEP Technical Specialist
NJ DEP
212-637-3792

kelman.zoe@epa.gov 

Laura Bartovics
HEP Outreach Coordinator
New York Sea Grant
212-637-3816
lmb55@cornell.edu

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STATE AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES

New Jersey Coordinator
Debra Hammond
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Watershed Management
PO Box 418, 401 East State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0418
609-984-0058

dhammond@dep.state.nj.us 

New York Coordinator
Richard Draper
NY Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Watershed Management
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-3508

518-402-8251
redraper@gw.dec.state.ny.us
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OUTREACH COORDINATORS

New Jersey Outreach Coordinator
Jennifer Gurdak
NJ Department of Environmental ProtectionDivision of Watershed Management
PO Box 418, 410 East State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0418
609-292-2051
jgurdak@dep.state.nj.us 

New York Outreach Coordinator
Nancy Steinberg
Hudson River Foundation
40 West 20th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10011
212-924-8290

nancy@hudsonriver.org 

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CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CAC) CO-CHAIRS
Stephen Barnes (NJ)
NY-NJ Baykeeper
Building 18
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ 07732
732-291-0176

steve_baykeep@yahoo.com 

Eugenia Flatow (NY)
Coalition for the Bight
121 Avenue of the Americas Suite 501
New York, NY 10013
212-431-9676

flatow@att.net 

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SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (STAC) CO-CHAIRS
J. Frederick Grassle (NJ)
Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University, Box 231
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
732-932-6555

grassle@ahab.rutgers.edu 

Dennis Suszkowski (NY)
Hudson River Foundation
40 West 20th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10007-1866
212-924-8290

dennis@hudsonriver.org 

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WORK GROUP CHAIRS

Habitat Work Group Chair
Marc Matsil
Chief, Natural Resources Group
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
830 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-360-1417

raptor@parklan.ci.nyc.ny.us 

Toxics Work Group Chair
Bob Nyman
Director, NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program
US EPA Region II
290 Broadway 24th Floor
New York, NY 10007-1866
212-637-3809

nyman.robert@epa.gov 

Contamination Assessment and Reduction Project (CARP) Work Group Co-chair
Dennis Suszkowski
Hudson River Foundation
40 West 20th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10007-1866
212-924-8290

dennis@hudsonriver.org 

Contamination Assessment and Reduction Project (CARP) Work Group Co-chair
Tom Wakeman
Port Authority of NY & NJ, Port Department
1 World Trade Center, 34S
New York, NY 10048-0682
212-435-6618

wakeman_t@panynj.gov 

Dredged Material Management Integration

Work Group (DMMIWG) Chair
James Tripp
Environmental Defense Fund
257 Park Avenue16th Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-505-2100

jim_tripp@edf.org

Nutrients Work Group Co-Chair
Philip O’Brien
NY State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Watershed Management
625 Broadway

Albany, NY 12233-3508
518-402-8237

pxobrien@gw.dec.state.ny.us

 

Dredged Material Management Integration

Work Group (DMMIWG) Chair
Tom Wakeman
Port Authority of NY & NJ, Port Department
1 World Trade Center, 34S
New York, NY 10048-0682
212-435-6618

wakeman_t@panynj.gov

Nutrients Work Group Co-Chair
Steven Lubow
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Watershed Management
PO Box 418, 410 East State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0418
609-292-1852

slubow@dep.state.nj.us 

Pathogens Work Group Chair
Jim Olander
US EPA Region II
290 Broadway
New York, NY 10007-1866
212-637-3833

olander.james@epa.gov 

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POLICY COMMITTEE

Chair: William J. Muszynski, Acting Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region II

N.G. Kaul, Director, Division of Water, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Robert C. Shinn, Jr., Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Brigadier General M. Stephen Rhoades, Division Commander, North Atlantic Division,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Al Zack, Chief Engineer, Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation,

New Jersey Local Government Representative

Joel A. Miele, Sr., Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection,

New York Local Government Representative

Charles S. Warren, Representative, Citizen and Scientific Advisory Committees

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MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Kevin Bricke, U.S. EPA, Region II

Stephen Barnes, NY/NJ Baykeeper & NJ CAC Co-chair

William Barton, New York State Department of State

Richard Draper, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Ella Filippone, Passaic River Coalition, and CAC representative

Eugenia Flatow, Coalition for the Bight & NY CAC Co-Chair

Howard Golub, Interstate Sanitation Commission

J. Frederick Grassle, Rutgers University & NJ STAC Co-Chair

Debra Hammond, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Thomas Kellers, Monmouth County Department of Planning, & NJ local government representative

Margaret Kocher, League of Women Voters and CAC representative

Warren Kurtz, New York City Department of Environmental Protection

Sheldon Lipke, PVSC, representing New Jersey Harbor Dischargers Group

Gerald Pesch, U.S. EPA / Office of Research and Development

Harold Stanford, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dennis Suszkowski, Hudson River Foundation & NY STAC Co-Chair

John Tanacredi, U.S. Department of the Interior, Gateway National Recreation Area

John Tavolaro, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Thomas Wakeman, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey


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