MPCA Southeast Region: Counties, Programs and Staff
Welcome to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Southeast Region. The Southeast Region includes MPCA Offices in Mankato and Rochester. Staff Members in these offices provide environmental protection services to citizens in 20 counties.
Rochester Office
18 Wood Lake Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Phone: 507-285-7343
Fax: 507-280-5513
Mankato Office
12 Civic Center Plaza
Suite 2165
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-389-5977
Fax: 507-389-5422
Minnesota Duty Officer: 800-422-0798
You must call the duty officer for natural disasters, hazardous material incidents, petroleum spills, pipeline breaks or leaks, release of substances to the air, wastewater bypasses, and spills of of manure, food products, or other substances and pollutants.
Counties Served
The MPCA's Southeast Regional Offices serve the following counties:
(Counties served shown in green)
- Blue Earth
- Brown
- Dodge
- Faribault
- Fillmore
- Freeborn
- Goodhue
- Houston
- LeSueur
- Martin
- Mower
- Nicollet
- Olmsted
- Rice
- Sibley
- Steele
- Wabasha
- Waseca
- Watonwan
- Winona
Southeast Region Staff Directory
Staff in the Southeast Region work with the following MPCA Programs:
- Administration
- Air Quality
- Certification/Training
- Emergency Response
- Feedlots
- Groundwater Monitoring
- Hazardous Waste
- Industrial Water Quality
- Petroleum Remediation
- Solid Waste
- Stormwater
- Tanks
- Wastewater
- Watersheds
ADMINISTRATION
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Manager | Robert Finley robert.finley@state.mn.us |
507-344-5247 | Mankato |
| Municipal Wastewater Section Manager |
Wendy Turri wendy.turri@state.mn.us |
507-206-2651 | Rochester |
| Watershed Unit Supervisor | Katherine Logan katherine.logan@state.mn.us |
507-206-2626 | Rochester |
| Watershed Unit Supervisor | Lee Ganske lee.ganske@state.mn.us |
507-344-5248 | Mankato |
| Wastewater Unit Supervisor | Marni Karnowski marni.karnowski@state.mn.us |
507-206-2643 | Rochester |
| Feedlot Unit Supervisor | David Wall david.wall@state.mn.us |
651-757-2806 | St. Paul |
| Communications Specialist | Nancy Miller nancy.miller@state.mn.us |
507-206-2612 | Rochester |
| Office Administration | Mary Linder mary.linder@state.mn.us |
507-206-2624 | Rochester |
| Office Administration | Julie Anne Johnston julieanne.johnston@state.mn.us |
507-344-5249 | Mankato |
| Office Administration | Janine Betts janine.betts@state.mn.us |
507-206-2632 | Rochester |
| Office Administration | Jody Breuer jody.breuer@state.mn.us |
507-206-2617 | Rochester |
| Office Administration | Cathy Eidem cathy.eidem@state.mn.us |
507-206-2631 | Rochester |
| Information Officer |
Catherine Rofshus |
507-206-2608 | Rochester |
REGIONAL DIVISION
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feedlot Compliance and Enforcement/Permit Writer |
Paul Brietzke paul.brietzke@state.mn.us |
507-206-2616 | Rochester |
| Feedlot Compliance and Enforcement |
Kate Brigman kate.brigman@state.mn.us |
507-344-5241 | Mankato |
| Feedlot Compliance and Enforcement |
Wayne Cords wayne.cords@state.mn.us |
507-344-5245 | Mankato |
| Feedlot Engineer | Joseph Cummings joseph.cummings@state.mn.us |
507-206-2623 | Rochester |
| Feedlot Compliance and Enforcement/Permit Writer |
Vacant | 507-206-2631 | Rochester |
| Feedlot Compliance and Enforcement |
Steven Schmidt steven.schmidt@state.mn.us |
507-206-2618 | Rochester |
| Feedlot Compliance Coordinator |
Lisa Scheirer |
218-846-8122 | Detroit Lakes |
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Watershed Modeler | Khalil Ahmad khalil.ahmad@state.mn.us |
507-206-2613 | Rochester |
| Watershed Student Worker | Vacant | 507-344-5242 | Mankato |
| Watershed Modeling Technician |
Eileen Campbell eileen.campbell@state.mn.us |
507-344-5244 | Mankato |
| Watershed Project Manager | Paul A. Davis paul.a.davis@state.mn.us |
507-344-5246 | Mankato |
| Watershed Modeling Technician |
Jennifer Ender jennifer.ender@state.mn.us |
507-206-2620 | Rochester |
| Watershed Project Manager | Shaina Keseley shaina.keseley@state.mn.us |
507-206-2622 | Rochester |
| Watershed Project Manager | Scott MacLean scott.maclean@state.mn.us |
507-344-5250 | Mankato |
| Watershed Student Worker | Lindsey Nelson lindsey.nelson@state.mn.us |
507-206-2625 | Rochester |
| Watershed GIS Specialist | Nels Rasmussen nels.rasmussen@state.mn.us |
507-206-2614 | Rochester |
| Watershed Monitoring Specialist |
Tiffany Schauls tiffany.schauls@state.mn.us |
507-206-2619 | Rochester |
| Lower Mississippi Basin Coordinator/Lake Pepin |
Norman Senjem norman.senjem@state.mn.us |
507-206-2655 | Rochester |
| Watershed Project Manager | Bill Thompson bill.thompson@state.mn.us |
507-206-2627 | Rochester |
| SE MN TMDL Coordinator | Justin Watkins justin.watkins@state.mn.us |
507-206-2621 | Rochester |
| MN River Basin Hydrologist | Vacant | 507-206-2631 | TBD |
MUNICIPAL DIVISION
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Waste Compliance and Enforcement |
Cory Boeck cory.boeck@state.mn.us |
507-206-2601 | Rochester |
| Solid Waste Engineer | Sherri Nachtigal sherri.nachtigal@state.mn.us |
507-206-2600 | Rochester |
| Solid Waste Local Assistance | Vacant | 507-206-2631 | Rochester |
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stormwater Compliance and Enforcement |
Roberta Getman roberta.getman@state.mn.us |
507-206-2629 | Rochester |
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wastewater Engineer | John Carney john.carney@state.mn.us |
507-206-2640 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Watershed Planning |
Marco Graziani marco.graziani@state.mn.us |
651-757-2398 | St. Paul |
| SSTS Compliance, Enforcement, Assistance |
Brian Green brian.green@state.mn.us |
507-206-2610 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Compliance and Enforcement | Dennis Hayes dennis.hayes@state.mn.us |
507-206-2646 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Compliance and Permit Writer |
Nancy Heskett nancy.heskett@state.mn.us |
507-206-2605 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Engineer | Corey Hower corey.hower@state.mn.us |
507-206-2603 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Compliance Coordinator |
Mark Hugeback mark.hugeback@state.mn.us |
507-206-2650 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Permit Coordinator |
Deb Lindlief deb.lindlief@state.mn.us |
218-302-6652 | Duluth |
| Wastewater Compliance and Enforcement |
Aaron Luckstein aaron.luckstein@state.mn.us |
507-206-2606 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Compliance Enforcement and Permit Writer |
Susan Mahowald susan.mahowald@state.mn.us |
507-206-2604 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Engineer | Pam Meyer pam.meyer@state.mn.us |
507-344-5251 | Mankato |
| Wastewater Permit Writer | Melanie Miland melanie.miland@state.mn.us |
507-206-2647 | Rochester |
| Wastewater/Landfill Hydrogeologist |
Eric Porcher eric.porcher@state.mn.us |
507-206-2648 | Rochester |
| Wastewater Compliance and Enforcement |
Teresa Roth teresa.roth@state.mn.us |
507-344-5252 | Mankato |
INDUSTRIAL DIVISION
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Quality Permit Writer | Bruce Braaten bruce.braaten@state.mn.us |
507-206-2607 | Rochester |
| Air Quality Permit Writer | Marshall Cole marshall.cole@state.mn.us |
507-206-2653 | Rochester |
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous Waste/PCB Compliance and Enforcement |
Joshua Burman joshua.burman@state.mn.us |
507-344-5243 | Mankato |
| Hazardous Waste Compliance and Enforcement |
Jon Gegen jon.gegen@state.mn.us |
651-757-2383 | St. Paul |
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks Compliance and Enforcement |
Zachary Klaus zachary.klaus@state.mn.us |
507-206-2649 | Rochester |
| Tanks Compliance and Enforcement | Kerry Tullis kerry.tullis@state.mn.us |
612-559-3110 | Mankato |
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Quality Permit Writer | Robert Kostinec robert.kostinec@state.mn.us |
507-206-2628 | Rochester |
| Water Quality Compliance and Enforcement |
Ryan Swafford ryan.swafford@state.mn.us |
507-344-5253 | Mankato |
REMEDIATION DIVISION
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Response and Large Facility Cleanup |
David Morrison david.morrison@state.mn.us |
507-206-2644 | Rochester |
| Emergency Response | Mike Rose mike.rose@state.mn.us |
507-206-2609 | Rochester |
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Remediation Specialist |
Artie Dworak artie.dworak@state.mn.us |
507-206-2633 | Rochester |
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Water/Flow Monitoring Major Watershed Coordinator |
Pat Baskfield pat.baskfield@state.mn.us |
507-344-5240 | Mankato |
PREVENTION/ASSISTANCE
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Wastewater Trainer | David Bodovinitz david.bodovinitz@state.mn.us |
507-206-2654 | Rochester |
Environmental Economic Development Unit:
| Title | Staff Member | Phone | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Recycling Coordinator | Vacant |
