Contact Us
To contact the Trustee Council, please email gulfspill.restoration@noaa.gov. Individual Trustee agency representatives are listed below.
Alabama
Trustee: Christopher M. Blankenship, Commissioner, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
64 N. Union Street, Suite 468, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
www.outdooralabama.com
Trustee: Dr. Berry H. (Nick) Tew, Jr., Alabama State Geologist, Geological Survey of Alabama
Geological Survey of Alabama
P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999
205-349-2852
www.gsa.state.al.us
Florida
Trustee: Noah Valenstein, Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Trustee Representative: Leslie Reed, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Division of Water Restoration Assistance
Department of Environmental Protection
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard M.S. 3600, Tallahassee, Florida 32399
850-245-2028
www.deepwaterhorizonflorida.com
Trustee: Eric Sutton, Executive Director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Trustee Representative: Gareth Leonard, Gulf Restoration Coordinator
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
3800 Commonwealth Boulevard, M.S. 7A5, Tallahassee, Florida 32399
850-617-9452
http://myfwc.com
Louisiana
Trustee: Kyle R. “Chip” Kline, Jr., Chair, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
P.O. Box 44027, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4027
Louisiana’s Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Agencies:
Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
For additional information regarding the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment in Louisiana, please visit http://la-dwh.com.
Mississippi
Trustee: Chris Wells, Interim Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 2261, Jackson MS 39225-2261
601-961-5171
http://www.restore.ms/
Texas
Trustee: Carter Smith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director
Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744
512-389-4800 or 800-792-1112
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/water/environconcerns/damage_assessment/index.phtml
TXDWHNRDA@tpwd.state.tx.us
Commission on Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087
512-239-1000
www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/nrtp/nrtp.html
nrtp@tceq.texas.gov
General Land Office
1700 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701-1495
800-998-4456
http://www.glo.texas.gov/what-we-do/caring-for-the-coast/environmental-protection/recovering-
from-damage/index.html
nrtp@glo.texas.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on behalf of the Department of Commerce
Trustee Representative: Craig O’Connor, Chief of Natural Resources Section and Special Counsel for Natural Resources, NOAA Office of the General Counsel
NOAA
263 13th Ave South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
301-713-0174
www.noaa.gov
The Department of the Interior
Trustee Representative: Mary Josie Blanchard, Director, Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Department of Interior NRDA Authorized Official
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street NW, MS-3160
Washington DC 20460
202-564-5700
www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/index.cfm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Trustee Representative: Lee Forsgren, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water
Office of Water
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 4101M
Washington, DC 20460
202-564-5700
www.epa.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Trustee Representatives: Dan Jiron, Acting Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment; Leonard Jordan, Acting Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
Alternate Trustee Representative: Homer Wilkes, Director of the Gulf of Mexico Coast Ecosystem Restoration Division
Gulf of Mexico Coast Ecosystem Restoration Division
7578 Old Canton Rd.
Madison, MS 39110
601-607-3131
GulfRecovery@wdc.usda.gov