Water Contacts
The "on-call" system. If you have a question relating to permitting or licensing, enforcement, or general questions related to water quality, please call your nearest regional DEP office, describe your question to the receptionist, and ask to speak to the "on-call" person.
Most questions can be answered by the person on-call. If the on-call person needs assistance, he or she may speak to another staff person and get back to you, or refer you directly to another staff person. Sometimes the "on-call" person may already be helping someone else when you call. If so, he or she will call you back.
Office numbers
- Augusta (Central Maine Regional Office): 207-287-3901; 800-452-1942
- Bangor (Eastern Maine Regional Office): 207-941-4570; 888-769-1137
- Portland (Southern Maine Regional Office): 207-822-6300; 888-769-1036
- Presque Isle (Northern Maine Regional Office): 207-764-0477; 888-769-1053
Contact numbers
(The area code for Maine is 207)
- Bureau Director - Michael Kuhns 287-2827
- Aquaculture licensing - Gregg Wood 287-7693
- Aquatic pesticide licensing - Gregg Wood 287-7693
- Algal bloom -- how to report an algal bloom
- Beaches - Mark Margerum 287-7842
- Biological monitoring -- see biological monitoring page
- Boat inspectors -- where to go if interested in becoming an inspector
- Boat pump-out information and grants - Pam Parker 287-7905
- Classification of Maine waters - Susanne Meidel 441-3612
- CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) licensing - Gregg Wood 287-7693
- Children's water festival -- Marianne DuBois 485-1402
- Combined sewer overflow - David Breau, 287-7766
- Commercial passenger vessels - Pam Parker 287-7905
- Dam ownership (petition for release from) - Kathy Howatt 446-2642
- Dioxin monitoring - Barry Mower 215-0291
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) (water quality issues) - Gregg Wood 287-7693
- Education (general) -
- Electronic DMR - Charlene Moore 287-9034
- Engineering (grants and loans) - John True 287-7808
- Environmental Assessment (Division Director) - Dave Courtemanch 592-3157
- Environmental & Geographic Analysis Database - see EGAD contact page
- Floor drains - Erich Kluck 592-2068
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Vicki Schmidt 485-1482
- Groundwater (monitoring and assessment) - John Hopeck 215-4463
- Gulf Island Pond - Brian Kavanah 287-7700
- Hatcheries (wastewater licensing) - Gregg Wood 287-7693
- Hydropower - Kathy Howatt 446-2642
- Industrial Pretreatment Program - Jim Crowley 287-8898
- Invasive aquatic plants - John McPhedran 215-9863
- Lakes (monitoring and assessment) - See the Lakes Page.
- Legislation (general) - Mark Margerum 287-7842
- Marine waters (monitoring and assessment) - Angela Brewer 592-2352
- Mercury amalgam separator systems - Sterling Pierce 287-4868
- No discharge areas (NDAs) - Pam Parker 287-7905
- O&M News newsletter - Leslie Rucker 287-9031
- Operator certification - Dick Darling 287-7806
- Overboard discharges - Bill Hinkel 485-2281
- Permit/license assistance (industrial stormwater and MS4) -David Ladd 215-7168
- Permit/license assistance (wastewater*) - Gregg Wood 287-7693
- Priority watershed program - Donald Witherill 215-9751
- Policy & procedures - Mark Margerum 287-7842
- Rivers (monitoring and assessment) - Barry Mower 215-0291
- Rivers (modelling and data reports) - Robert Mohlar 592-1439
- Sand/salt piles - Erich Kluck 592-2068
- Small community grants - Tim MacMillan 287-7765
- State revolving loan fund, Construction Grants - John True 287-7808
- Stream teams - Mary-Ellen Dennis 215-7946
- Surface water ambient toxics monitoring - Barry Mower 215-0291
- Sustainable water use - Mark Margerum 287-7842
- Underground injection control - Erich Kluck 592-2068
- Volunteer River Monitoring Program (VRMP) - Mary-Ellen Dennis 215-7946
- Wastewater dischargers - Technical assistance and compliance - Sterling Pierce 287-4868
- Water levels (petition) - Kathy Howatt 446-2642
- Water quality certifications (general questions) - Kathy Howatt 446-2642
- Water Quality Management (Division Director) - Brian Kavanah 287-7700
- Water quality standards and criteria - Susanne Meidel 441-3612
- Watershed planning - Jeff Dennis 215-6376
- Watershed Planning & Management (Division Director) - Donald Witherill 215-9751
- Watershed protection grants -
- Watershed Surveys - Kristin Feindel 215-3461
- West Nile Virus (water quality issues) -
- Wetlands -- see the Wetlands Page
