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    Bureau of Radiation Protection

    Contact Information

    The Office of the Director

    Dwight A. Shearer, PE

    PA DEP - Bureau of Radiation Protection
    P.O. Box 8469
    Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469

    Phone: 717-787-2480
    Fax: 717-783-8965

    Office Address:
    Rachel Carson State Office Building
    400 Market Street
    Harrisburg, PA 17101

    Division Contacts

    Decommissioning & Environmental Surveillance Division: 717-787-2480
    Bryan Werner

    Radiation Control Division: 717-787-3720
    John Chippo

    Nuclear Safety Division: 717-787-2163
    David Baracco

    Radon Division: 717-783-3594
    Robert Lewis

    Radon Division Hotline: 800-237-2366 (Pennsylvania only)

    Southeast Region Office (Norristown)

    Southeast Regional Office also serves Northeastern Region
    Southeast Region Office Radiation Protection: 484-250-5900
    Southeast Region Office Fax: 484-250-5951

    South-central Region Office (Harrisburg)

    South-central Regional Office also serves North-central Region
    South-central Region Radiation Protection: 717-705-4700
    South-central Region Office Fax: 717-705-4930

    Southwest Region Office (Pittsburgh)

    Southwest Regional Office also serves Northwest Region
    Southwest Region Office Radiation Protection: 412-442-4000
    Southwest Region Office Fax: 412-442-5246

    Please use our New Resource account listed below to ask many of your Radiation Protection questions.

    RA-EPRPControl@pa.gov

    The following subject line TAGS will better serve to route your question(s) to the appropriate staff.

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