Spills and Complaints

Contact information to report spills and water quality problems to the Water Board.
Reports may also be submitted via Cal EPA's online system at:

http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/database/CalEPA_complaint/index.cfm

Sewage Spills Primary Contact and Secondary Contact
	Primary Contact	Secondary Contact
Business Hours	Mike Chee	(510)622-5633
Non-Business Hours	OES 1800-852-7750	(510)622-5633

Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) eReporting Program

Spills Other Than Sewage and Reports of Other Water Quality Problems Including Creek/Wetland Fill, Fish Kills, etc.
	Initial Contact	Secondary Contact County Contacts (see below)
Business Hours	Spill/Complaint Voicemail Hotline (510) 622-2369
Non-Business Hours	(510) 622-2369

Contacts for Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties
Alameda, San Francisco	David Elias (510) 622-2509	Alameda: Selina Louie (510) 622-2383
San Mateo and Santa Clara	Cecil Felix (510) 622-2343	San Mateo: Habte Kifle (510) 622-2371
		Santa Clara: Sue Ma (510) 622-2386

Contacts for Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma Counties
Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma	Michelle Rembaum-Fox (510) 622-2387	Contra Costa: Matt Graul (510) 622-2381
		Marin: Marla Lafer (510) 622-2348
		Napa: Fred Hetzel (510) 622-2357
		Solano: Jolanta Uchman (510) 622-2432
		Sonoma: Abigail Smith (510) 622-2413

This is a table consisting of Contacts for Sewage Treatment Facilities & Bypasses ONLY">

Contacts for Sewage Treatment Facilities & Bypasses ONLY
Sewage Treatment Facilities & Bypasses ONLY	Michael Chee (510) 622-2333	Christine Boschen (510) 622-2346

All of the above can be reached by office fax (working hours) at 510-622-2460

Surface Water Point Sources Contacts

San Francisco and San Mateo
San Francisco	Bill Johnson	Lila Tang
San Mateo	Bill Johnson	Lila Tang

Contacts for Alameda, Santa Clara, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, SF Industries, Marin, Contra Costa, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, East Bay Industrial, Pollution Prevention(wastewater only), Pretreatment
Alameda	Robert Schlipf	Lila Tang
Santa Clara	Bill Johnson	Lila Tang
Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, SF Industries	Bill Johnson	Lila Tang
Marin	Robert Schlipf	Lila Tang
Contra Costa	Robert Schlipf	Lila Tang
Sonoma	Bill Johnson	Lila Tang
Napa	Bill Johnson	Lila Tang
Solano	Bill Johnson	Lila Tang
East Bay Industrial	Robert Schlipf	Lila Tang
Pollution Prevention (wastewater only)	Linda Rao	Bill Johnson
Pretreatment	Mike Chee	Christine Boschen

Staff list of NPDES and Enforcement, Pretreatment & General Permits Staff and Responsibilities
Staff	Responsibilities
Lila Tang	Division Chief

NPDES 1: Contra Costa, Alameda
Vacant	Section Leader
Adrienne Miller	Permit Writer - Western/Central Contra Costa Co., parts of Alameda
Vince Christian	Permit Writer - Eastern Contra Costa County
Robert Schlipf	Permit Writer - Central Contra Costa County
Johnson Lam	Electronic Reporting System

NPDES 2: Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, San Francisco, Pollution Prevention
Bill Johnson	Section Leader
	Pollution prevention, Aquaculture
Tong Yin	Permit Writer - Santa Clara, Napa, and Sonoma Counties
Derek Whitworth	Permit Writer - San Francisco, power plants
John Madigan	San Mateo, Solano Counties


Enforcement, Pretreatment, General Permits
Christine Boschen	Section Leader
Michael Chee	Pretreatment and Sewer Systems
Myriam Zech	Enforcement
Farhad Azimzadeh	General Permits & Alameda County POTWs
Lourdes Gonzales	General permit for quarries and sand washing facilities

If you are reporting a spill that is happening now, please also contact your local public works department or municipal stormwater program staff. For significant spills likely to pose an immediate threat to human health or water quality, call 911.

Last updated: 5/29/03