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
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)
Above Ground Tanks: Fire Marshall 207-626-3800 (first), Dave McCaskill or Peter Moulton 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: DHS
Asbestos/Lead: Sandy Moody, John Bucci, Rob Clark, Jamie Tansey, Steve Zayszly, or Carole Cifrino 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: Jim Hynson or Theresa Scott 287-2651
Brownfield Remediation Program: Nick Hodgkins 287-2651
Building Demolition: Sandy Moody (Lead/Asbestos group) 287-2651
Building Septic Tanks: L&W 287-3901
Chemical Inventory Reporting (haz mtls) MEMA 207-624-4400
Chemist: Deb Stahler 287-2651
Claims - Groundwater Oil Contaminated Claims: Jim Cumming 287-2651
Composting: Jim Pollock and Mark King 287-2651
Computer Monitor Disposal: Haz. Waste Group-Ed Vigneault, Rick Kaselis or Cherrie Plummer 287-2651
Contaminated Wells: DHS - if well is being monitored or filtered it is DEP:responder for town the well is in. Quarterly monitoring Sandy Jones or Juanita Conner-Ehiorobo 287-2651
Corinna; Rebecca Hewett 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 Bob Birk or Ted Wolfe 287-2651
EPA ID#: Ed Vigneault, Cherrie Plummer, John Dunlap, Chris Redmond or Rick Kaselis 287-2651
Environmental Fees for Fuel: Marcia Arnold 287-2651
Fish Manure: See Composting 287-2651
Fluorescent Lights: Cherrie Plummer, Ed Vigneault, Harold Nilsson, Heather Jackson, Stacy Ladner, or Deb Stahler 287-2651
Freon: Deb Stahler, Fred Lavallee or Freon hotline 1-800-296-1996
Gas/Propane Storage: Rick Kaselis or Ed Vigneault 287-2651
Gravel Pits: L&W 287-3901
Groundwater Oil Clean Up Fund: Cleanup insurance program Diana McLaughlin, technical:, Jim Cumming 287-2651
Groundwater questions: Bruce Hunter, John Beane, Dick Behr, Chris Evans, Cheryl Fontaine, Troy Smith or Chris Swain 287-2651
Landfill Gas/EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program: David E. Burns, P. E. 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 or Heather Jackson 287-2651
Hazardous Waste Manifests: Kevin Jenssen (941-4570) or Cherrie Plummer 287-2651
Health (Human) Risk Assessment: Ted Wolfe 287-2651
Holtrachem; Stacy Ladner 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: Deb Stahler 287-2651
Landfill Closures: Solid Waste, Bob Birk or Ted Wolfe 287-2651
Lead: See Asbestos/Lead 287-2651
Leaking Underground Oil Storage Tanks (UST) Sites: Tom Benn, Chris Swain, Cheryl Fontaine, or George Seel 287-2651
Leaking Underground Oil Storage Tanks (UST) Sites by Regions:
Central Maine Regional Office - Peter Blanchard 207-287-7800
Eastern Maine Regional Office - Thomas Smith 207-941-4570
Southern Maine Regional Office - Jon Woodard 207-822-6300
Northern Maine Regional Office - Frank Wezner 207-764-0477
Maine Yankee - Harold Nilsson or Heather Jackson 287-2651
Manure: Agriculture 287-2651
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, John James or Ann Pistell 287-2651
Mold: Health Engineering Bob Stillwell 1-800-232-0842
MTBE: Bruce Hunter, Alex Pugh, Cheryl Fontaine or Deb Stahler 287-2651
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
Propane Regulation: We do not regulate this, Fire Marshall 207-626-3800
Propane/Gas Storage: Rick Kaselis or Ed Vigneault 287-2651
Public Water Supplies: Drinking Water Program, Bureau of Health -207-287-2727
Radon: Bob Stillwell 207-287-5676 (health engineering)
Response: 207-287-7800 (Augusta)
Rules/Laws: John James 287-2651
Safety Director: Linda Doran 287-2651
Septage: Jim Pollock or Mark King 287-2651
Small Business Assistance Program: Roy Krout 287-7688
Snow Dumps: Land & Water 287-3901
Soil Cleanup: Response or Hazardous Waste Group 287-2651
Solid Waste: Paula Clark, Mike Parker, Bill Butler, Linda Butler or Carla Hopkins 287-2651
Special Waste - Solid Waste group (check by town for staff person) 287-2651
Spill Plan: Dave McCaskill or John Dunlap 287-2651
Storing Gas/Propane: Rick Kaselis or Ed Vigneault 287-2651
Stump Dump: look in project book under solid waste for town
Super Fund: Becky Hewett 287-2651
Tank Registration Database: File Room 207-287-7843
Tankers: Rick Kaselis 287-2651
Tattoos: Scott Austin 287-2651
Television Disposal: Bill Butler, Linda Butler or Carla Hopkins 287-2651
Tenants Harbor : Tom Benn, Juanita Ehiorobo or Cheryl Fontaine 287-2651
Tires: Bill Butler or Mike Parker 287-2651
Toxicologist: Vacant 287-2651
Toxic Use Reduction: Jim Rodrique or Julie Churchill 287-7688
Transfer Station Training: Linda Butler or Sandy Moody 287-2651
Uncontrolled Sites: Kathy Howatt 287-2651
Underground tank questions: Diana McLaughlin, Ted Scharf, Andrew Flint, Liza Woodward, or Tim Rector 287-2651
Underground Tank Billing: Gail Smith 287-2651
Union Chemical: Becky Hewett 287-2651
Universal Waste: Stacy Ladner, Mike Hudson, Rick Kaselis, Ed Vigneault, Heather Jackson or Hazardous Waste Staff 287-2651
Voluntary Remediation Reporting: (VRAP) Nick Hodgkins or Jean Firth 287-2651
Waste Oil: Rick Kaselis or John Dunlap 287-2651
Website: Karen M. Anderson 287-2651
Wells (testing): Dept of Human Services (if they are being monitored or filtered it is us) Sandy Jones, Pat Seaward, Juanita Ehiorobo, Pat Locklin or Tom Benn 287-2651
Well Testing for Oil or Gas Contamination: Response Office 1-800-452-1942
