MPCA Brainerd Office
7678 College Road, Suite 105
Baxter, MN 56425
Phone: 218-828-2492
Toll Free: 800-657-3864
Fax: 218-828-2594
Driving directions
Heading north on Hwy 371: Follow Hwy 371 into Baxter (do not take 371 to Brainerd's business district). Take a right on to College Road. The MPCA is down two blocks on the left at 7678 College Road, Suite 105.
Heading south on Hwy 371, heading east and west on Hwy 210: At the 210/371 Jct, head south on 371. Take a left on to College Road. The MPCA is two blocks down on the left at 7678 College Road, Suite 105.
Counties served
The MPCA's Brainerd office serves the
following counties:
- Benton
- Cass
- Crow Wing
- Kanabec
- Mille Lacs
- Morrison
- Pine
- Sherburne
- Stearns
- Todd
- Wadena
Staff directory
All staff can be reached toll free at 800-657-3864. Click on a staff member's name to contact them via e-mail.
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Niemela | Brainerd office manager | 218-316-3883 |
| Stephen Mikkelson | Information officer | 218-316-3887 |
| DeAnne Pierzinski | Office and Admin. Specialist | 218-316-3870 |
| Jill Wanous | Office and Admin. Specialist | 218-316-3867 |
| Christina Sundgaard | Management Analyst-Financial Assistance & Budgeting | 218-316-3884 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Seth Goreham | Unit supervisor | 218-316-3889 |
| Mark Evenson | Monitoring Engineer - monitoring, modeling and data analysis | 218-316-3908 |
| Paul Schreiber | Pollution Control Technician, surface water monitoring | 218-316-3907 |
| Greg VanEeckhout | Watershed Project Manager - TMDL Studies, watershed assistance (Cass, Stearns, Todd, Wadena counties), and lake specialist. | 218-316-3896 |
| Bonnie Finnerty | Watershed Project Manager - Crow Wing River, Rum River, Mississippi River-Brainerd watersheds | 218-316-3897 |
| Scott Lucas | Watershed Project Manager - Pine River, Sauk River, North and South Fork Crow River Watersheds | 218-316-3874 |
| Phil Votruba | Watershed Project Manager - Leech Lake River, Mississippi River-Headwaters, Mississippi River-Sartell, Mississippi River-St. Cloud watersheds | 218-316-3901 |
| Chuck Johnson | Surface Water Hydrologist | 218-316-3906 |
| Anna Bosch | Watershed Project Manager - Mississippi River- Grand Rapids, Long Prairie River, Sauk River, Redeye River Watersheds | 218-316-3929 |
| Kara Fitzpatrick | Stressor Identification Specialist | 218-316-3911 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Rachel Studanski | Feedlot compliance coordinator | 218-316-3876 |
| Rhonda Adkins | Feedlots - compliance and technical assistance (Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, and Pine counties) | 218-316-3900 |
| Will Martens | Feedlots - compliance and technical assistance | 218-316-3915 |
| Michelle Oie | Feedlot delegated county program coordinator | 218-316-3877 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Nicole Blasing | Unit Supervisor | 218-316-3890 |
| Jeremy Sanoski | Wastewater facilities — compliance and technical assistance | 218-316-3888 |
| Brian Fitzpatrick | Wastewater facilities engineering review | 218-316-3859 |
| Robin Novotny | Wastewater NPDES and SDS permit writer | 218-316-3851 |
| Amanda Wilkens | Wastewater NPDES and SDS permit writer | 218-316-3881 |
| Sadie Wunder | Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTS) compliance & enforcement | 218-316-3909 |
| Sheryl Bock | Bio solids coordinator | 218-316-3882 |
| Steve Stark | Wastewater facilities - soils and groundwater technical review | 218-316-3852 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Brittany Fyock | Construction and municipal storm water compliance and assistance | 218-316-3862 |
|
Staff/Email
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Services provided
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Phone
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|---|---|---|
| Dan Vleck | Solid waste - engineering review | 218-316-3856 |
| David Crowell | Solid Waste Planning Coordinator | 218-316-3855 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Vacant | Unit Supervisor-Petroleum Remediation & Redevelopment Program | |
| Adam Sekely | Hydrologist-Petroleum Remediation & Redevelopment Program | 218-316-3880 |
| Amy Jendro | Project Manager-Land Treatment Coordinator-Petroleum Remediation & Redevelopment Program | 218-316-3857 |
| Mark Smith | Emergency Response Specialist-Emergency Management Unit | 218-316-3854 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Roger Tix | Closed Landfill program - Pollution Control Specialist | 218-316-3875 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Nate Blasing | Tanks Compliance Unit supervisor | 218-316-3899 |
| Lisa Woog | Land and Air compliance coordinator | 218-316-3891 |
| Justin Barrick | Municipal & Industrial Wastewater and Industrial Stormwater compliance and enforcement | 218-316-3858 |
| Samantha Adams | Hazardous waste compliance and enforcement | 218-316-3892 |
| Theresa Haugen | Water Quality Permits Unit Supervisor | 218-316-3920 |
| Vicky Settergren | Industrial/Municipal Business Systems Specialist | 218-316-3869 |
| Jeff Weite | Aboveground/underground petroleum storage tank compliance and technical assistance | 218-316-3878 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Smith | Emergency Response Specialist-Emergency Management Unit | 218-316-3854 |
|
Staff/Email |
Services provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Niemela | Unit Supervisor | 218-316-3919 |
| Chad Anderson | Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3910 |
| Tony Dingmann | Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3914 |
| Dave Dollinger | Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3918 |
| Karsten Klimek | Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3917 |
| Nathan Mielke | Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3916 |
| Jonathon Newkirk | Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3921 |
| Andrew Frank | Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3919 |
| Nate Sather | Biologist - Invertebrate specialist | 218-316-3933 |
| John Sandberg | Stream Fish Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3913 |
| Ben Lundeen | Stream Invertebrate Biologist - Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3894 |
|
Staff/Email
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Services provided
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Phone
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|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson | Water Quality Standards - Effluent Limits | 218-316-3866 |