Technical topic contacts for NMED/Air Quality Bureau
The following list of air quality topics and NMED Air Quality Bureau contacts will allow you to find out “who to ask about what”. You may click on a staff member’s name to contact them directly by email.
*Unless otherwise specified, all area codes are (505).
| Topic | Contact Name | Phone Number* |
| Excess Emissions Reporting | Shea Schleman | 629-3593 |
| Acid Rain | Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 |
| James Nellessen | 629-6283 | |
| Administration | Donna Intermont | 377-7583 |
| Agricultural Air Quality Issues (odor, dust, feedlots) | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Air Basin & Air Quality Control Region maps | Sufi Mustafa | 629-6186 |
| Air Emissions Calculation Tool (AECT) | Asheley Silva | 216-2955 |
| Air Permit Map (APMAP) | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Fernando Romo | 629-7748 | |
| Air Quality Bureau Web Page | Eric Peters | 629-5299 |
| Air Quality Bureau ePermitting Portal | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Fernando Romo | 629-7748 | |
| Celina Phelps | 400-6526 | |
| Air Quality Index (AQI) | Mary Hilbert | 629-6454 |
| Drew Sloan | 629-7340 | |
| Air Quality Monitoring Data | Mary Hilbert | 629-6454 |
| Air Quality Monitoring & Locations | Roman Szkoda | 231-5289 |
| Air Toxics – State Permitting | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Air Toxics Emissions Inventory | Roslyn Higgin | 629-7677 |
| AIRS ICIS | Cember Hardison | 629-6688 |
| Albuquerque Air Quality Issues | Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Environmental Health Department | 768-2712 or 311 or 768-2000 |
| Ambient Air Quality Monitor Locations | Roman Szkoda | 231-5289 |
| Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Data | Mary Hilbert | 629-6454 |
| Annual Title V Certification | Shea Schleman | 629-3593 |
| Asbestos | James Lloyd | 629-7204 |
| Asphalt Plants (Regular NSR Permits) | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Asphalt Plants (GCP Permits) | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Fernando Romo | 629-7748 | |
| Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling | Eric Peters | 629-5299 |
| Sahil Kassanjee | 629-3808 | |
| Sufi Mustafa | 629-6186 | |
| Attainment/Maintenance | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Mark Jones | 629-6626 | |
| Kenneth Miller | 629-8673 | |
| Auto Body Shops | Anne Keller | 629-7874 |
| Teri Waldron | 629-7081 | |
| Rosanne Sanchez | 629-3938 | |
| Bernalillo County air quality issues | Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Environmental Health Department | 768-2712 or 311 or 768-2000 |
| Bernalillo County Vehicle Emissions | Vehicle Pollution Management Division | 764-1110 |
| Best Available Control Measures for dust | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Border Issues | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Bureau Contact List | Kirsten Sobehrad | 629-3435 |
| Johanne Loughran | 629-3226 | |
| Jennifer Trujillo | 629-7305 | |
| Maurissa Martinez | 629-7684 | |
| Donna Intermont | 377-7583 | |
| Bureau Organization Chart | Donna Intermont | 377-7583 |
| Burn Registration & Notification (Smoke Management Program) | NM Smoke Hotline | 476-4330 |
| Civil Penalty Policy | Cindy Hollenberg | 699-4608 |
| Complaints (general air quality or not otherwise listed) | AQB Hotline (Complaints) | (800) 224-7009 |
| Compliance Assistance for Small Businesses | Anne Keller | 629-7874 |
| Teri Waldron | 629-7081 | |
| Rosanne Sanchez | 629-3938 | |
| Compliance Reporting Information | Shea Schleman | 629-3593 |
| Compliance Manager, compliance inspections | Brian Polgar | 629-3466 |
| Casey Stavert | 629-3404 | |
| Concrete Batch Plants (Regular NSR Permits) | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Concrete Batch Plants (GCP Permits) | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Fernando Romo | 629-7748 | |
| Compressor Stations – Oil and Gas | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Crematories | Kathy Primm | 629-5650 |
| Crushers, Aggregate (Regular NSR Permits) | Kathy Primm | 629-5650 |
| Crushers, Aggregate (GCP Permits) | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Fernando Romo | 629-7748 | |
| Dairies | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Demolition Projects | Asbestos Hotline | (800) 224-7009 |
| Doña Ana Air Quality Issues | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Doña Ana County Environmental Services | (575) 647-7117 | |
| City of Las Cruces Codes Enforcement | (575) 526-0795 | |
| Dry Cleaners | Anne Keller | 629-7874 |
| Teri Waldron | 629-7081 | |
| Rosanne Sanchez | 629-3938 | |
| Dust | AQB Hotline (Complaints) | (800) 224-7009 |
| Emissions Inventory | Roslyn Higgin | 629-7677 |
| Enforcement | Terry McDill | 629-8732 |
| Environmental Assessments (EAs) | Rosanne Sanchez | 629-3938 |
| Anne Keller | 629-7874 | |
| Environmental Audits | Cindy Hollenberg | 699-4608 |
| Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) | Rosanne Sanchez | 629-3938 |
| Anne Keller | 629-7874 | |
| Environmental Improvement Board | Pamela Jones | 660-4305 |
| Equipment Substitutions | Fernando Romo | 629-7748 |
| Excess Emissions (801) Information | Charles Butler | 660-6110 |
| Federal Air Toxics Programs | Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 |
| James Nellessen | 629-6283 | |
| Feedlots | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Fees – Minor Source Permit Fees | Morgan Hibberd | 629-7673 |
| Fees – Minor Source Annual Fees | Morgan Hibberd | 629-7673 |
| Fees – Major Source Annual Fees | Morgan Hibberd | 629-7673 |
| Finances | Donna Intermont | 377-7583 |
| Forest Fires | NM Smoke Hotline | 476-4330 |
| Kirby Olson | 629-5107 | |
| Eric Peters | 629-5299 | |
| Four Corners Air Quality Issues | Mark Jones (Farmington Field Office) | 629-6626 |
| Four Corners Ozone Study and Task Force | Mark Jones (Farmington Field Office) | 629-6626 |
| Fugitive Dust Rule | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| General Construction Permits (GCPs) for Oil & Gas | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| General Construction Permits (GCPs) for Crusher/Screening, Asphalt and Concrete Batch Plants | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Fernando Romo | 629-7748 | |
| General Conformity | Neal Butt | 629-2972 |
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Zachary Stauber – (NMENV, Office of Information Technology) | 372-8476 |
| Global Warming | Bonney Hughes | 479-2207 |
| Grants | Donna Intermont | 377-7583 |
| Greenhouse Gases (Emissions Inventory) | Sufi Mustafa | 629-6186 |
| Greenhouse Gases (Permitting) | Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 |
| James Nellessen | 629-6283 | |
| Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) | Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 |
| James Nellessen | 629-6283 | |
| Hearings (on Minor Source Permits) | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Hearings (on Regulations) | Neal Butt | 629-2972 |
| Hog Farms | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) | Kenneth Miller | 629-8673 |
| Inspections | Brian Polgar | 629-3466 |
| Intel (Rio Rancho) | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Invoices – NSR annual fees | Morgan Hibberd | 629-7673 |
| Invoices – Title V annual fees | Morgan Hibberd | 629-7673 |
| Landfills (Air Quality Issues) | Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 |
| James Nellessen | 629-6283 | |
| Landfills (Solid Waste Issues including Asbestos disposal) | Solid Waste Bureau | 827-0197 |
| Listserv | Mark Jones | 629-6626 |
| Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standards | Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 |
| James Nellessen | 629-6283 | |
| Meteorological Data | Roman Szkoda | 231-5289 |
| Meteorological Monitoring | Roman Szkoda | 231-5289 |
| Mobile 5/6 | Sufi Mustafa | 629-6186 |
| Mobile Sources | Neal Butt | 629-2972 |
| Modeling | Sufi Mustafa | 629-6186 |
| Eric Peters | 629-5299 | |
| Sahil Kassanjee | 629-3808 | |
| Monitoring Data | Mary Hilbert | 629-6454 |
| Monitoring Sites | Roman Szkoda | 231-5289 |
| National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) | Kenneth Miller | 629-8673 |
| Natural Gas Compressor Stations | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| New Source Review (NSR) Permitting (for major source facilities) | James Nellessen | 629-6283 |
| Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 | |
| New Source Review (NSR) Permitting (for minor source facilities) | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| New Source Performance Standards – NSPS (Part 60) | James Nellessen | 629-6283 |
| Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 | |
| No Permit Required | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Nonattainment/Maintenance Areas | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Mark Jones | 629-6626 | |
| Kenneth Miller | 629-8673 | |
| Notice of Intent (NOI) | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Notice of Exemptions (NOE) | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Notice of Violations (NOV) | Terry McDill | 629-8732 |
| Odor Complaints | AQB Hotline (Complaints) | (800) 224-7009 |
| Oil & Natural Gas Permitting | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Opacity Testing | Brian Polgar | 629-3466 |
| Casey Stavert | 629-3404 | |
| Open Burning Complaints | AQB Hotline (Complaints) | (800) 224-7009 |
| Open Burning Regulation | Brian Polgar | 629-3466 |
| Operating Permits | James Nellessen | 629-6283 |
| Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 | |
| Ozone Monitoring Data | Mary Hilbert | 629-6454 |
| Ozone Precursor Rule | Cindy Hollenberg | 699-4608 |
| Painting (Spray Booths) | Rosanne Sanchez | 629-3938 |
| Anne Keller | 629-7874 | |
| Teri Waldron | 629-7081 | |
| Pecan Burning | NM Smoke Hotline | 476-4330 |
| Penalty Calculations | Terry McDill | 629-8732 |
| Permit Tracking | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Permits – Obtain a copy | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Permitting – New Source Review (including modifications) | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Permitting – Operating Permits | Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 |
| James Nellessen | 629-6283 | |
| Permitting Website | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Fernando Romo | 629-7748 | |
| Pesticides (registration and licensing) | NM Dept. of Agriculture, Pesticide Compliance | (575) 646-3207 |
| Pollen (Albuquerque) | Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Environmental Health Department | 768-2712 or 311 or 768-2000 |
| Prescribed Burning – Registration & Notification | NM Smoke Hotline | 476-4330 |
| Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) | James Nellessen | 629-6283 |
| Quality Assurance Plans | Drew Sloan | 629-7340 |
| Radiation Monitoring | NMED, DOE Oversight Bureau | 469-2154 |
| Radon | Michael Ortiz, NMED Radiation Control Bureau | 476-8605 |
| Regional Haze | Mark Jones | 629-6626 |
| Kenneth Miller | 629-8673 | |
| Alex Sanchez | 629-7891 | |
| Regulation Development Procedures | Neal Butt | 629-2972 |
| Regulation History | Neal Butt | 629-2972 |
| Regulatory and Public Notice Mailing Lists | Neal Butt | 629-2972 |
| Mark Jones | 629-6626 | |
| Relocation Notices for Crushers & Asphalt Plants (Regular NSR Permits) | Kathleen Primm | 629-5650 |
| Relocations for GCP 2, 3 and 5 | Joseph Kimbrell | 629-2718 |
| Fernando Romo | 629-7748 | |
| Request for Public Records | Christina Espinoza | 469-0922 |
| Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) | Anne Keller | 629-7874 |
| Rosanne Sanchez | 629-3938 | |
| Teri Waldron | 629-7081 | |
| Smoke Management Program & Rule | NM Smoke Hotline | 476-4330 |
| Smoke School | Brian Polgar | 629-3466 |
| Spills, Incidents involving petroleum products, chemicals, abandoned chemicals | Hazardous Waste Bureau | 476-6000 |
| Spray Booths | Anne Keller | 629-7874 |
| Rosanne Sanchez | 629-3938 | |
| Teri Waldron | 629-7081 | |
| State Ambient Air Quality Standards | Kenneth Miller | 629-8673 |
| Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 | |
| State Implementation Plan (SIP) | Neal Butt | 629-2972 |
| Streamline Permitting (Oil & Gas) | Fernando Romo | 629-7748 |
| Substitution of Equipment | Fernando Romo | 629-7748 |
| Sunland Park Ozone | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) | Cindy Hollenberg | 699-4608 |
| Synthetic Minor Permitting | Rhonda Romero | 629-3934 |
| Title V Annual Fees | Morgan Hibberd | 629-7673 |
| Title V Permitting | James Nellessen | 629-6283 |
| Julia Kuhn | 629-2893 | |
| Transportation Conformity | Neal Butt | 629-2972 |
| U.S.-Mexico Border Issues | Armando Paz | 629-3242 |
| Vehicles (Emissions Testing – Bernalillo County) | Vehicle Pollution Management Division | 764-1110 |
| Visibility/Regional Haze | Mark Jones | 629-6626 |
| Kenneth Miller | 629-8673 | |
| Alex Sanchez | 629-7891 | |
| Voluntary Disclosures | Cindy Hollenberg | 699-4608 |
New Mexico Environment Department, Air Quality Bureau
Technical Contact List v. 4.30.24