Onsite Sewage Staff Directory

Operations | Quality Assurance/Standardization | Research and Engineering | Office Addresses

General Information

Main Line: 850-245-4070

For information on a specific permit or location, contact the Florida Department of Health Environmental Health office in the county where the property is located.

For statewide Onsite Sewage Program questions, email our program staff at OSTDS_Feedback@FloridaDEP.gov or call our main phone line at 850-245-4070.

Eberhard Roeder, Ph.D., P.E.
Onsite Sewage Programs Section Lead
Program Administrator
850-245-8402

Operations

Elke Ursin
Operations Section Lead
Environmental Administrator
850-245-4070

Vacant
Variance Coordinator/Septic Tank Contractor Registration
Environmental Consultant

Laura Kramer
Complaints & Enforcement Coordinator/Quality Assurance/Standardization
Environmental Consultant
407-897-4301

Quality Assurance/Standardization

Marcelo Blanco
Quality Assurance/Standardization Section Lead
Environmental Administrator
407-897-4185

Kim Duffek
Quality Assurance/Standardization/Product Manual Review
Environmental Consultant 
407-897-4186

Audra Burchfield
Quality Assurance/Standardization/Second Level Review
Environmental Consultant
407-897-4187

Research and Engineering

Debby Tipton
Product Review/Engineering/Product Composition Section Lead
Environmental Manager
850-245-8629

Xueqing Gao, Ph.D.
Research/Product Review/Engineering
Environmental Consultant
850-245-8391

Tanya Welborn
Product Review 
Environmental Consultant
850-245-8526

Vacant
Product Review/Engineering 
Engineering Specialist IV

Office Mailing Addresses

Tallahassee Office

Orlando Office

Under Florida law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.