SFPUC Open Records Investigation 2010

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SFPUC Open Records Investigation The following individuals are mentioned in documents obtained under an open records investigation of collusion among the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and various external individuals and entities in the defense and promotion of promoting sewage sludge as "organic biosolids compost." (See the article Chez Sludge for background.) Each of the individuals identified below will receives his or her own article in SourceWatch, in the weeks ahead.

• Elizabeth Allan - California Water Environment Association (CWEA)

• Joe Arellano - Mayor’s Office of Communications, Chief Deputy Communications Director/Sub-Director de Prensa,

• Greg Baatrup - Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA), Biosolids Committee Chair

• Dave Bachtel - Lee & Ro Co.

• Debi Barker - Center for Food Safety, International Program Director

• Layne Baroldi - Orange County Sanitation District, Environmental Supervisor; Mayor of La Habra Heights

• Bernice Basco - SFPUC, Communications

• Ned Beecher - North East Biosolids & Residuals Association, Executive Director

• Roni Ben-David - Jewish Community HS of the Bay

• Idil Bereket- SFPUC, Public Relations/Outreach

• Jared Blumenfeld - EPA, Region 9 Administrator

• Kenya Briggs - SFPUC, Communications Division

• Bart Broome - SFPUC, Government Relations Manager

• Margo Reid Brown - California Integrated Waste Management Board, Chair (formerly); CalRecycle (California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery), Director (currently)

• Sally Brown - University of Washington, Research Associate Professor

• Michael Carlin - SFPUC, Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer

• Maxine Cass - Gardener who received sludge compost

• Amy Chastain - Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA), Executive Director

• Cindy Chen - Mt. View Sanitary District

• Kendall Christiansen - Gaia Strategies

• David Cody - SF Permaculture Guild/Hayes Valley Farm

• Ken Cook - Environmental Working Group, President

• Matthew Cotton - Integrated Waste Management Consulting

• Claudia Cowan - FOX News, Reporter

• Suzette Crayton - Central Contra Costa Sanitary District

• David Crohn - UC Riverside, Associate Professor

• Francisco Da Costa - Enviromental Justice Advocacy, Executive Director

• Andrew DeGraca - SFPUC, Water Quality Bureau Manager

• Christina Desser - Attorney (inactive license); board member: David Brower Center, Rockwood Leadership Program, Marin Media Institute

• Mark Dowie - Journalist & Author

• Peter Fimrite - SF Chronicle, Reporter

• Tony Flores - SFPUC, Operations and Maintenance Manager

• Dean Florez - California State Senate, Majority Leader

• Catania Galvan - SF Flower Show

• Suzanne Gautier - SFPUC, Communications

• Charles (“Chuck”) Gerba - University of Arizona, Professor of Soil and Water Science

• Diane Gilbert - Hyperion Treatment Plant (L.A.)

• Robert Gillette - Carollo Engineers

• Suzanne Goldenberg - Guardian UK, Journalist

• Thomas Granato- Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

• Darren Greenwood - California Water Environment Association (CWEA)

• John Gregson - SFPUC, Senior Chemist

• Randy Grieb - Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Plant Operations Division Manager

• Alexandra Gunnel - Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA)

• Sam Hadeed - Water Environment Federation (WEF)

• Robert Hale - Virginia Institute of Marine Science (College of William & Mary), Professor

• Ed Harrington - SFPUC, General Manager

• Lori Harrison - Water Environment Federation (WEF), Director, Public Information

• Jerry Havens - Synagro

• John Hay - Black & Veatch

• Marilyn (“Mari”) Ho - Lessing-Sears Mini-park, Gardener

• Michael Housh - SFPUC, Commision Secretary

• Tyrone Jue - SFPUC, Public Relations Spokesperson/Communications Director

• Bonnie Jones - SFPUC, Senior Engineer

• Todd Jordan - Carollo Engineers

• Hugh B. Kaufman - EPA, Senior Policy Analyst

• Alexa Kielty - SF Department of Environment

• Linda Kelly - Water Environment Federation (WEF), Communications, Managing Director

• Greg Kester - California Association of Sanitary Agencies (CASA), Biosolids Program Manager

• Andy Kimbrell - Center for Food Safety, Executive Director

• Nancy Kirschner Rodriguez - Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom, Director of Government Affairs

• Amy Kuhlmann - Mission Creek Community Garden

• Kate Kurtz - Master’s student under Sally Brown at University of Washington; Soil Control Labs (formerly)

• Alex Lantsberg - SFPUC, Citizens Advisory Committee;

• Paul Ledesma - SF Environment, City Government Zero Waste Coordinator (formerly); City of San Jose, Supervising Environmental Services Specialist (currently)

• Kenneth Lee - SFPUC (?)

• Naomi Little - SF Office of Contract Administration Purchasing

• Lorrie Loder - Synagro, Public Relations Director

• Maile Lono-Batura - Northwest Biosolids Management Association, Manager

• Elizabeth Martin-Craig - Pesticide Watch, Community Organizer

• Murray McBride - Cornell Waste Management Institute, Director

• Rod Miller - SFPUC, Laboratory Director

• Alexandre Miot - SFPUC, Process Engineer

• David Miree - Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services (MONS), Deputy Director

• Tommy Moala - SFPUC, Assistant General Manager, Wastewater Enterprise

• Theresa Mueller - SF Deputy City Attorney

• Arleen Navarret - SFPUC, Program Manager

• Ed Needham - Synagro

• Evelyn Nieves - AP, Reporter

• George O’Connor - University of Florida, Professor Environmental Soil Chemistry

• Eileen O’Neill - Water Environment Federation (WEF)

• Laura Orlando - Resource Institute for Low Entropy Systems (RILES)

• Elizabeth Ostoich- Synagro

• Johanna Partin - Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom, Climate Protection Initiatives, Director

• John Pastore - Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works

• Christopher Peot - District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DCWASA)

• David Prior - Chez Panisse Foundation, Director of Communications

• John Pugliaresi - Synagro

• Nathan Purkiss - SFPUC, Government Relations Manager

• Debbie Raphael - SF Department of Environment, Toxics Reduction Program Manager

• Jill Richardson - La Vida Locavore (http://www.lavidalocavore.org/)

• Lindsay Riddell - SF Business Times, Reporter

• Dale Riddle - Mt. View Sanitary District, Operations Manager

• John Roddy - SF Deputy City Attorney

• Michael Roe - Mt. View Sanitary District

• Ricardo Romagosa - SF Chronicle, Photographer (?)

• Alan Rusbridger - Guardian UK, Editor

• Jason Sears - Synagro

• Charles Sheehan - SFPUC, Spokesperson

• Natalie Sierra - SFPUC, Process Engineer

• Catherine Smith - California Association of Sanitary Agencies (CASA), Executive Director

• Laura Spanjian - SFPUC, Assistant General Manager for External Affairs

• John Stauber - Food Rights Network, Advisor

• Becky Sutton - Environmental Working Group, Soil Scientist

• Paige Tomaselli - Center for Food Safety, Staff Attorney

• John Upton - SF Examiner, Reporter

• Francesca Vietor - SFPUC Vice President; Chez Panisse Foundation, Executive Director

• Brant Ward - SF Chronicle, Photographer (?)

• Michael Wardell - Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association, Executive Director

• Alice Waters - Chez Panisse, Chez Panisse Cafe, Owner; Chez Panisse Foundation, Founder

• Brady Welch - SF Bay Guardian, Reporter (formerly)

• Anna Werner - KPIX Channel 5, Investigative Reporter (formerly)

• Mark Westlund - SF Department of the Environment, Communication/Education Program Manager

• Tim Williams - CH2M Hill

• Tony Winnicker - SFPUC, Communications Director (formerly); Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom, Communications Director (currently)

• Ronald Young - California Association of Sanitary Agencies (CASA), President

• Pauson Yun - SFPUC, Principal Contracts Analyst

• Bill Zolan - SFPUC (?)

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