Steve . Gunderson
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Steve Gunderson has directed the Water Quality Control Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment since summer of 2005. The Division implements and enforces the drinking water and water quality policies and regulations established by the Governor appointed Water Quality Control Commission. It functions primarily under the auspices of 2 federal laws: the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Steve joined the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in 1989. From 1992 through 1998, Steve was director of the department's Emergency Management Program, which prepared for and responded to public health and environmental emergencies in Colorado. From 1998 to 2005, Steve managed the state's oversight of the environmental cleanup of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, located 14 miles northwest of downtown Denver. At a total cost of almost $7 billion, Rocky Flats is the largest successful site cleanup in the history of the federal Superfund legislation. Steve has a Bachelor of Arts degree in geology from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He has a Master of Science degree in geology from the University of California, Berkeley.
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