The Environmental Compliance Section serves as a liaison to the various campus departments and the regulatory community. The section is responsible for ensuring that campus operations comply with various federal, state, and local regulations from regulatory agencies that include US and IL Environmental Protection Agencies, Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal and the City of Carbondale.

Compliance areas include air pollution control, storage tanks, soil and groundwater contamination, drinking water, wastewater, asbestos abatement, etc.

Other responsibilities include preparing permit applications, monitoring emerging regulations with an impact on campus operations, identifying environmental compliance requirements for specific activities.

This section is comprised of:

• Debra Price Sarvela, P.E. Environmental Compliance Engineer
• Jeff Shurtz, Asbestos Abatement Specialist
• Ami Ruffing, Environmental Health & Safety Technician III

Section Responsibilities

• Air Pollution Control
• Asbestos
• SPCC
• Drinking Water
• Field Sampling / Lab Analyses
• Illinois EPA Permitting
• Lake Monitoring
• Power Plant Emissions
• Storm Water Permitting
• Underground Storage Tank/Above Ground Storage Tanks
• Waste Water Permitting

Fact Sheets

• Asbestos Information