Shiawassee County Environmental Health Department

Topic Contacts

Topic	Lead Staff	Support Staff
Air Quality - Indoor		MDEQ (517) 335-6345
Air Quality - Outdoor		MDEQ (517) 335-6345
Arsenic in drinking water	Area Sanitarian	Gene Paez (989) 743-2391
Asbestos	Casey Elliott  (989)743-2289
Appeals/Variances	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	Area Sanitarian
Body Art Establishment (Tattoo's)	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	Trevor Older (989)743-2250
Bats	Area Sanitarian
Commercial Sewage Disposal	Larry Johnson  (989)743-2391	Area Sanitarian
Class 5 Injection Wells	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	Area Sanitarian
Campgrounds	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	Mark Joseph - DEQ (517) 241-1352
Contamination Site Information (Freedom of Information Act)	Jodi DeFrenn (989)743-2390	Pollution Prevention Staff - DEQ
Communicable Disease	Rochelle Curnow (989)743-2368	Personal Health (989)743-2356
Engineered Sewage Systems	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391
Dept. of Human Services-FIA (formerly DSS)	Area Sanitarian
Flooding	Area Sanitarian
Food Borne Illness	Trevor Older (989)743-2250	Katie Plashek (989) 743-2218
Food Service/Quality Complaints	Trevor Older (989)743-2250	Katie Plashek (989) 743-2218
Fire in Food Service	Trevor Older (989)743-2250	Area Sanitarian
Grocery Store Issues	MI Department of Agriculture: 517-373-1060	Trevor Older (989)743-2250
Groundwater/Well Water Quality	Area Sanitarian	Mike Gaber (517) 241-1374
Hazardous Releases/Spills	Refer To: 911
Household Hazardous Waste	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	Pollution Prevention Staff – DEQ Lucy Doroshko 517-373-1322
Housing Issues	Linda Schonberg (989)743-2270	Area Sanitarian
Illicit Connections	Ken Bowen (989)743-2341	Area Sanitarian
Insects/Roaches	Linda Schonberg (989)743-2270	Mel Poplar  - Dept. of Agr. (517) 241-1170
Lead	Linda Schonberg (989) 743-2270	MDCH
Lead Paint/HEPAVac
Media (Radio/Press)	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	George Pichette (989)743-2343
Mercury	Trevor Older (989) 743-2250
Methamphetamine Labs	Casey Elliott (989)743-2289	Mid Michigan Area Narcotics (888)-Magnet9
Mobile Home Parks	Area Sanitarian	MDEQ (517) 335-6126
Mold	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	Jodi DeFrenn (989) 743-2392
Municipal Water	Local Water Plant	MDEQ: (517)335-8287
Pesticide/Herbicide Misuse	Refer to MI Dept. of Agriculture: (517) 373-1087
Rabies	Personal Health (989)743-2356
Radiation	DEQ 1-800-292-4706
Radon	Trevor Older (989)743-2250	Trevor Older (989) 743-2250
Rats	Area Sanitarian	Gene Paez (989)743-2391
Schools	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	Personal Health (989)743-2356
Sewage Failure	Area Sanitarian	Jodi DeFrenn (989) 743-2390
Solid Waste	Gene Paez (989)743-2391
Storage Tanks - Underground	Casey Elliott (989)743-2289	Area Sanitarian
Subdivision/Site Condos	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391	Sean Nalepka-MDEQ 517-241-4687
Surface Water Quality	Casey Elliott (989)743-2289	DEQ (517) 335-6010
Shiawassee River	Casey Elliott (989)743-2289
Swimming Pools - Public	Area Sanitarian	Paul Sisson-MDEQ: (517) 241-1350
Swimming Pools - New Public	Area Sanitarian	Paul Sisson-MDEQ: (517) 241-1350
Point of Sale Program	Larry Johnson (989)743-2391
Type II Water	Katie Plashek (989) 743-2218
Urban Complaints	City/Village	Dave Chrenka (989) 743-2215
Well/Well Driller Complaint	Area Sanitarian	Mike Gaber (517) 241-1374

Trailer Park Unit	Swimming Pools
Complaints	Construction
DLEG (517) 241-9347	Paul Sisson – MDEQ (517) 241-1350
Complaints & General Information
SCHD – Jodi DeFrenn
(989) 743-2392