Environmental Management Branch

The Environmental Management Branch, in the Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management, seeks to create a safer environment through advanced public health protection.  Its environmental health and safety programs and contact information are presented below. 

Click here for information about environmental health regulations and statutes.

Environmental Management Branch

Robin Hook, Chief, (916) 449-5667

Disaster/Terrorism Preparedness

Emergency, Restoration, and Waste Management Section

Ron Pilorin, Chief, (916) 449-5664

• Department of Defense Program
• Medical Waste Management Program
• Nuclear Emergency Response Program

Environmental Health Services Section

Glenn Takeoka, Chief, (916) 449-5693

• Beaches and Recreational Waters - also see  Information on Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) Blooms
• Institutions Program
• Preharvest Shellfish and Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program
• Radon
• Recreational Health
• Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) Program

EMB Office Locations

• Headquarters
  1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 7402
  P.O. Box 997377
  Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
  (916) 449-5661; FAX: (916) 449-5665
• Richmond Office
  850 Marina Bay Parkway, Room G165
  Richmond, CA  94804
  (510) 412-4635
• Los Angeles Offices
  Medical Waste Program
  1449 W. Temple Street, Room 209
  Los Angeles, CA 90026
  (213) 977-7379 or (213) 977-6877; FAX: (213) 977-7389
• Institutions Program
  1449 W. Temple St. Room 220
  Los Angeles, CA 90026
  (213) 580-5742; FAX: (213) 580-5706