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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

Hazardous Materials Division
Staff Director Mark Maday mark.maday@dot.gov (202) 493-0479
(202)527-1883
Deputy Staff Director – Field Operations Christopher Machenberg c.machenberg@dot.gov (301) 741-7778
Deputy Staff Director – Investigations Gary Flores gary.flores@dot.gov (916) 798-9370
HM Specialist – Regulations/Interpretations Kurt Eichenlaub kurt.eichenlaub@dot.gov (202) 577-9590
HM Specialist – Accident Chief David Lucero david.lucero@dot.gov (915) 471-0938
HM Specialist – Operations/Audits Lawrence “Mel” Massaro lawrence.massaro@dot.gov (814) 279-1771
HM Specialist – Routing/Security Plans Lisa Matsinger lisa.matsinger@dot.gov (717) 659-0110
HM Specialist – Radioactive Materials Transportation Jeffrey Moore jeffrey.moore@dot.gov
 
(215) 327-6852
HM Specialist – HM Investigations/OTMAs Joe Weyandt joseph.weyandt@dot.gov (813) 352-1792
Program Analyst – OTMAs Kim Noah kim.noah@dot.gov (301) 741-8472
Tank Car Safety Team
Program Manager – Tank Car Safety Randy Keltz randy.keltz@dot.gov (202) 236-7460
General Engineer – Packaging Adam “AJ” Konrad adam.konrad@dot.gov (202) 253-7101
General Engineer – Packaging Matt Forister matt.forister@dot.gov (716) 609-7075
General Engineer – Packaging Larry Strouse larry.strouse@dot.gov (773) 484-0039
Tank Car QA Specialist Dave Gildea david.gildea@dot.gov (202) 360-0006
Tank Car QA Specialist Jim Strong james.strong@dot.gov (202) 253-4059
Tank Car QA Specialist Vernon Walker vernon.walker@dot.gov (770) 686-8654