What's a WIMBY? A WIMBY is a person or local government that for one reason or another gets interested in pipelines and asks the question "What's In My Back Yard?"
Many WIMBY's call us looking for information about the transmission pipelines in their communities, and if we don't have the information easily at our fingertips the first place we usually direct them to is the fairly new Community Assistance and Technical Services (CATS) program within the Office of Pipeline Safety. The CATS folks in each region are a great resource of information, and we have found them all to be easy to work with, responsive, and knowledgeable. So if you're a WIMBY call the CATS.
Contact Information for Regional CATS
OPS Eastern Region - Connecticut; Delaware; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont; Virginia; D.C.; West Virginia.
Alex Dankanich - Phone: (202) 260-8518
Email: alex.dankanich@dot.gov
OPS Southern Region - Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Mississippi; N. Carolina; Puerto Rico; S. Carolina; Tennessee.
Michael Khayata - Phone: (404) 832-1155
Email: michael.khayata@dot.gov
OPS Southwest Region - Arizona; Louisiana; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Texas.
John Jacobi - Phone: (713) 272-2839
Email: john.jacobi@dot.gov
OPS Central Region - Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; N. Dakota; Ohio; S. Dakota; Wisconsin.
Karen Butler - Email: karen.butler@dot.gov
Harold Winnie - Email:harold.winnie@dot.gov
Phone: (816) 329-3800
OPS Western Region -Alaska; California; Colorado; Hawaii; Idaho; Montana; Nevada; Oregon; Utah; Washington; Wyoming
Kimbra Davis - Email: kimbra.davis@dot.gov
Ross Reineke - Email: ross.reineke@dot.gov
Phone: (720) 963-3160
