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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.  The EMB Chief is Robin Hook [telephone (916) 449-5667].

Among EMB's duties is training for disaster, emergency, and terrorism preparedness for environment health professionals (see links below).  

EMB consists of two sections:

  • The Emergency Restoration, and Waste Management Section and the Environmental Health Services Section, which houses the Department of Defense Program, the Medical Waste Management Program, and the Nuclear Emergency Response Program.  The section chief is Ron Pilorin [telephone (916) 449-5664].
  • The Environmental Health Services Section, which houses the Institutions Program, the Preharvest Shellfish and Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program, the Radon Program, the Recreational Health Program, and the Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) Program.  The section chief is Glenn Takeoka [telephone (916) 449-5661].

To contact EMB's offices, click here:

 

Environmental Health Regulations