Land Quality Contacts
This page lists Land Quality Section (LQS) Regional Office contacts (immediately below with map), and Central Office staff (below the Regional Office listing). Mr. James D. Simons, PE, PG, is Director of the Division of Land Resources and State Geologist. His telephone number is 919.707.9200.
Dam Emergencies -- Call 800.858.0368 --- Sediment Emergencies Call 1-866-STOPMUD
Regional Offices
There are seven Land Quality Section (LQS) Regional Offices. These Regional Offices perform the LQS duties on a local level. LQS employees are located near the public and around counties that we serve.Use the map below to locate the Regional Office serving your county. The LQS Regional Engineers. the primary contacts in each LQS regional office, are listed following the region office contact information. You can contact them by email by clicking on their name.

Asheville Regional Office
- Address: 2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778
- Voice: 828.296.4500
- Facsimile: 828.299.7043
- Courier - 12-59-01
- Regional Engineer: Laura Herbert, PE
Fayetteville Regional Office
- Address: 225 Green Street, (Systel Building), Suite 714, Fayetteville, NC 28301-5094
- Voice: 910.433.3300
- Facsimile: 910.486.0707
- Courier: 14-56-25
- Regional Engineer: Brad Cole, PE
Mooresville Regional Office
- Address: 610 East Center Ave., Mooresville, NC 28115
- Voice: 704.663.1699
- Facsimile: 704.663.6040
- Courier: 09-08-06
- Regional Engineer: Zahid Khan
Raleigh Regional Office
- Address: 1628 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1626 or 3800 Barett Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609
- Voice: 919.791.4200
- Facsimile: 919.571.4718
- Courier: 52-01-00
- Regional Engineer: John Holley, PE
Washington Regional Office
- Address: 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC 27889
- Voice: 252.946.6481
- Facsimile: 252.975.3716
- Courier: 16-04-01
- Regional Engineer: Pat McClain, PE
Wilmington Regional Office
- Address: 127 Cardinal Drive Extension, Wilmington, NC 28405
- Voice: 910.796.7215
- Facsimile: 910.350.2004
- Courier: 04-16-33
- Regional Engineer: Dan Sams, PE
Winston-Salem Regional Office
- Address: 585 Waughtown Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27107
- Voice: 336.771.5000
- Facsimile: 336.771.4630
- Courier: 13-15-01
- Regional Engineer: Matthew Gantt, PE
Central Office Staff
- Mailing address: 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
- Voice: 919.707.9220
The Central Office Staff provides technical assistance, administrative oversight of the Regional Offices, educational activities and enforcement for each program, and permitting for dams. The primary contacts for each program are listed below. Click on an individual's name to send them an email.
Administration
Erosion and Sedimentation Control
Dam Safety
- State Dam Safety Engineer: Steve McEvoy, PE
- Assistant State Dam Safety Engineer: Tami Idol, EI
- Assistant State Dam Safety Engineer: Vacant
- Assistant State Dam Safety Engineer: Bill Denton, EI
- Assistant State Dam Safety Engineer, Andrew Schneider, PE
Mining Program