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Waste Management Contacts
To Report Oil Spills call (24 hours) 1-800-482-0777
To Report Hazardous Materials Spills call (24 hours) 800-452-4664
For questions for which you do not know a specific contact person. Please call your nearest regional DEP office and describe your question or issue to the receptionist
Office numbers
(The area code for Maine is 207)
- Augusta (Central Maine Regional Office): 287-3901; 800-452-1942
- Bangor (Eastern Maine Regional Office): 941-4570; 888-769-1137
- Portland (Southern Maine Regional Office): 822-6300; 888-769-1036
- Presque Isle (Northern Maine Regional Office): 764-0477; 888-769-1053
Contact numbers
- Aboveground Tanks: Fire Marshall 207-626-3800 (first), David McCaskill, Peter Moulton or Butch Bowie 287-2651
- Aerosol Cans: Cherrie Plummer, Richard Currie or Ed Vigneault 287-2651
- Antifreeze; Hazardous Waste, Kevin Jenssen 941-4570 or Cherrie Plummer 287-2651
- Arsenic: DHHS 866-292-3474
- Asbestos/Lead: Sandy Moody, John Bucci, Jamie Tansey or Steve Zayszly 287-2651
- Automotive Recycling: Dave McCaskill or Enid Mitnik 287-2651
- Batteries: (disposal) Ann Pistell or possibly Hazardous Waste Staff Ed Vigneault 287-2651
- Biomedical: Scott Austin 287-2651
- Board of Underground Tank Installers Program: Theresa Scott 287-2651
- Building Demolition: Sandy Moody (Lead/Asbestos group) 287-2651
- Building Septic Tanks: L&W 287-3901
- Chemist: Deb Stahler 287-2651
- Composting: Jim Pollock 287-2651 or Mark King 592-0455
- Computer Monitor Disposal: Haz. Waste Group - Ed Vigneault, Rick Kaselis or Cherrie Plummer 287-2651
- Darkroom Chemicals: Chris Redmond, Ed Vigneault or Cherrie Plummer 287-2651
- Dental Compliance: Scott Austin 287-2651
- Dumps: look under Solid Waste list for staff person for the town they are in; may also be Brian.Beneski or David Wright 287-2651
- EGAD: Tracy Krueger, Susanne.K.Meidel, Mark Holden or John Lyman 287-2651
- EPA ID#: Ed Vigneault, Cherrie Plummer, John Dunlap, Chris Redmond or Rick Kaselis 287-2651
- Environmental Fees for Fuel: Melissa Morrill 287-6102
- Environmental Leader Initiative: Roy Krout 287-8550
- Fluorescent Lights: Cherrie Plummer, Ed Vigneault, Harold Nilsson, Heather Jackson or Stacy Ladner 287-2651
- Groundwater Questions: Bruce Hunter, John Beane, Dick Behr, Chris Evans, Cheryl Fontaine, Troy Smith or Chris Swain 287-2651
- Hazardous Waste Transporter: Ed Vigneault, Rick Kaselis, John Dunlap, Scott Austin, or Cherrie Plummer 287-2651
- Hazardous Waste: Stacy Ladner, Chris Redmond, Mike Hudson, Harold Nilsson, Cherrie Plummer, Richard Currie, Kevin Jenssen (941-4570), Rick Kaselis, Ed Vigneault, Heather Jackson or Becky Blais 287-2651
- Hazardous Waste Manifests: Kevin Jenssen 941-4570 or Cherrie Plummer 287-2651
- Health (Human) Risk Assessment: David Wright 287-2651
- Household Hazardous Waste: Peter Moulton or Hazardous Waste Staff 287-2651
- Junkyards/Mercury Switches: Enid Mitnik or Ann Pistell 287-2651
- Junk Yards: Caller's town office or Solid Waste personnel for their town 287-2651
- Laboratory methods for analyzing soil or water: 287-2651
- Landfill Closures: Solid Waste, Brian Beneski or David Wright 287-2651
- Landfill Gas/EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program: David E. Burns, P. E. 287-2651
- Lead: See Asbestos/Lead 287-2651
- Leaking Underground Oil Storage Tanks (UST) Sites: Tom Benn, Cheryl Fontaine, or George Seel 287-2651
- Leaking Underground Oil Storage Tanks (UST) Sites by Regions:
- Central Maine Regional Office - Peter Blanchard 287-7800
Eastern Maine Regional Office - Thomas Smith 941-4570
Northern Maine Regional Office - Lee Thomas 760-3152
Southern Maine Regional Office - Jon Woodard 822-6300 - Manure: Department of Agriculture 287-3871
- Mercury Thermometers: Ann Pistell, Enid Mitnik or Carole Cifrino 287-2651
- Mercury: Ann Pistell or Carole Cifrino 287-2651
- Mercury labeling: Enid Mitnik, Carole Cifrino or Ann Pistell 287-2651
- Mold: DHHS, Health Engineering Bob Stillwell 1-800-232-0842
- Noise Pollution: Land & Water 287-3901
- Non Hazardous Manifests: Lisa Moore or Bill Butler 287-2651
- Oil Contaminated Soil Cleanup: George Seel, Cheryl Fontaine or John Beane 287-2651
- Old Gasoline: Peter Moulton 287-2651
- Old Pesticides: Agriculture 207-287-2731
- Petroleum Terminals: Rick Kaselis 287-2651
- Petroleum (MTBE) questions: Alex Pugh or Cheryl Fontaine 287-2651. For site specific, applicable Response office
- Petroleum Regulations (PBS): Rick Kaselis 287-2651
- Pressure Treated Lumber: Solid Waste (by town) 287-2651
- Priority Toxic Chemical Use Reduction: Kerri Malinowski 215-1894
- Product Stewardship Program: Carole Cifrino 287-2651
- Recycling: George MacDonald 287-2870; Carole Cifrino 287-2651
- Rules/Laws: Clif Eliason 287-6115
- Safer Chemicals Program: Kerri Malinowski 215-1894
- Safety Director: Linda Doran 287-2651
- Septage: Jim Pollock 287-2651 or Mark King 592-0455
- Small Business Assistance Program: Julie Churchill 287-7881
- Solid Waste: Paula Clark, Mike Parker, Bill Butler or Linda Butler 287-2651
- Special Waste - Solid Waste group (check by town for staff person) 287-2651
- Sustainability Unit Director: George MacDonald 287-2870
- Tank Registration Database: File Room 207-287-7843
- Tankers: Rick Kaselis 287-2651
- Tattoos: Scott Austin 287-2651
- Television Disposal: Bill Butler or Linda Butler 287-2651
- Tires: Bill Butler or Mike Parker 287-2651
- Toxicologist: DHHS 866-292-3474
- Transfer Station Training: Eric Hamlin or Sandy Moody 287-2651
- Underground Tank Questions: Diana McLaughlin, Ted Scharf, Tim Rector Patrick Hennessey or Wayne Paradis 287-2651
- Underground Tank Billing: Gail Smith 287-2651
- Universal Waste: Stacy Ladner, Mike Hudson, Rick Kaselis, Ed Vigneault, Heather Jackson, Becky Blais or Hazardous Waste Staff 287-2651
- Waste Oil: Rick Kaselis or John Dunlap 287-2651
