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Contact the Hazardous Materials Teams

Federal Railroad Administration
RRS-43 Mail Stop 25
1200 New Jersey Ave SE
Washington DC 20590

For media inquiries please contact frapa@dot.gov(link sends email)

 

                                                                                               Hazardous Materials Division                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Staff Director Mark Maday mark.maday@dot.gov(link sends email) (202) 493-0479
(202)527-1883

Deputy Staff Director –                  Field Operations

Christopher Machenberg c.machenberg@dot.gov(link sends email) (301) 741-7778
Deputy Staff Director – HM Safety Management System & Risk Reduction Programs Tessa Collins tessa.collins@dot.gov(link sends email)  (202) 940-8824
HM Specialist – Regulations/Interpretations Kurt Eichenlaub kurt.eichenlaub@dot.gov(link sends email) (202) 577-9590
HM Specialist – HMD Operations/Processes Mitchell Goetz mitchell.goetz@dot.gov(link sends email) (312) 550-2034
HM Specialist –                Routing/Security Plans Lisa Matsinger lisa.matsinger@dot.gov(link sends email) (717) 659-0110
HM Specialist – Radioactive Materials Transportation Jeffrey Moore jeffrey.moore@dot.gov(link sends email)
 
(215) 327-6852
HM Specialist – HM Investigations/OTMAs Joe Weyandt joseph.weyandt@dot.gov(link sends email) (813) 352-1792
HM Specialist – HM Compliance/OTMAs  Timothy Brown timothy.brown2@dot.gov(link sends email) (757) 955-0832
Program Analyst – HM Investigations/OTMAs Kim Noah kim.noah@dot.gov(link sends email) (301) 741-8472
Tank Car Safety Team
Program Manager – Tank                  Car Safety Randy Keltz randy.keltz@dot.gov(link sends email) (202) 236-7460
General Engineer –                Packaging Adam “AJ” Konrad adam.konrad@dot.gov(link sends email) (202) 253-7101
General Engineer –                Packaging Matt Forister matt.forister@dot.gov(link sends email) (716) 609-7075
General Engineer –                Packaging Larry Strouse larry.strouse@dot.gov(link sends email) (773) 484-0039
Tank Car QA Specialist Dave Gildea david.gildea@dot.gov(link sends email) (202) 360-0006
Tank Car QA Specialist Jim Strong james.strong@dot.gov(link sends email) (202) 253-4059
Tank Car QA Specialist Vernon Walker vernon.walker@dot.gov(link sends email) (770) 686-8654