Land & Water Contacts

Related page: DEP 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)

• Aquaculture licensing - Gregg Wood 287-7693
• Aquatic pesticide licensing - Bob Stratton 287-6114
• Algal bloom -- how to report an algal bloom
• Biological monitoring -- see biological monitoring contact page
• Boat inspectors -- where to go if interested in becoming an inspector
• Boat pump-out information and grants - Pam Parker 287-7905
• Bureau Director for Land & Water - Andrew Fisk 287-7671
• Classification of Maine waters - Susan Davies 287-7778
• CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) licensing - Gregg Wood 287-7693
• Children's water festival -- see contact on the CWF Page
• Combined sewer overflow - John True 287-7808
• Commercial passenger vessels - Pam Parker 287-7905
• Construction general permit -- See Permit Assistance below.
• Contractor Certification Program (Erosion & Sed. Control) - Bill LaFlamme 287-7726
• Dam ownership (petition for release from) - Dana Murch 287-7784
• Dioxin monitoring - Barry Mower 287-7777
• Education (general) - Barb Welch 287-7682
• Electronic DMR - Dick Darling 287-7806
• Enforcement (everything but wastewater) - Michael Mullen 287-4728
  If need to make a complaint, see directions on the Enforcement Page.
  * Augusta Region - Mike Mullen 287-4728
  * Bangor Region - James Beyer 941-4593
  * Portland Region - Jeff Kalinich 822-6325
  * Presque Isle Region - temporarily vacant 764-0477
• Enforcement (wastewater) - Dennis Merrill 287-7788
  If need to make a complaint, see directions on the Enforcement Page.
• Engineering (grants and loans) - Stephen McLaughlin 287-7768
• Environmental Assessment (Division Director) - Dave Courtemanch 287-7789
• Environmental & groundwater analysis database - see EGAD contact page
• Erosion control (certified contractors) -- certified contractor name/contacts
• Family lake day -- Christine Smith 287-7734
• Floor drains - Erich Kluck 287-7814
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Vicki Schmidt 287-7812
• Gravel pits - Mark Stebbins 822-6367
• Groundwater (monitoring and assessment) - John Hopeck 287-7733
• Gulf Island Pond - Andrew Fisk 287-7383
• Hatcheries (wastewater licensing) - Bob Stratton 287-6114
• Hydropower - Dana Murch 287-7784
• Invasive aquatic plants - John McPhedran 287-6110
• Jeepers Peepers - see the Jeepers Peepers Page for contact information.
• Lakes (monitoring and assessment) - See the Lakes Contact Page.
• LakeSmart Awards Program - Bill LaFlamme 287-7726
• Land Resources Regulation (interim Division Director) - James Cassida, 287-7691
• Legislation (general) - Hetty Richardson 287-7799
• Marine waters (monitoring and assessment) - Lee Doggett 287-7666
• Mercury amalgam separator systems - Sterling Pierce 287-4868
• Mining - Mark Stebbins 822-6367
• Multisector general permit -- David Ladd 287-5404
• Municipal separate stormwater sewer systems (MS4) - David Ladd 287-5404
• No discharge areas (NDAs) - Pam Parker 287-7905
• Non-point source pollution control grants - Norman Marcotte 287-7727
• NPS Times Newsletter - Kathy Hoppe 764-0477
• NPS Training & Resource Center - Bill LaFlamme 287-7726
• O&M News newsletter - Leslie Rucker 287-9031
• Operator certification - Dick Darling 287-7806
• Overboard discharges - Michael Demarest 287-6301
• Permit/license assistance (Site Law/NRPA/Stormwater*/MCGP) - Jim Cassida, 287-7811 (see toll-free office numbers at the top of the page)
  *Except, for industrial stormwater and MS4, for those contact - David Ladd 287-5404
  • Augusta Region - Jim Cassida 287-7811
  • Bangor Region - Robin Clukey 941-4348
  • Portland Region - Linda Kokemuller 822-6329
  • Presque Isle Region - temporarily vacant 764-0477
• Permit/license assistance (wastewater*) - Gregg Wood 287-7693
  *Except, for industrial stormwater and MS4, for those contact - David Ladd 287-5404
• Priority watershed program - Donald Witherill 287-7725
• Policy & procedures - Hetty Richardson 287-7799
• Rivers (monitoring and assessment) - Barry Mower 287-7777
• Rivers (modelling and data reports) - Robert Mohlar 287-4301
• Rulemaking - go to Rulemaking Page for contacts on current rulemakings
• Sand/salt piles - Erich Kluck 287-7814
• Shoreland zoning - Richard Baker 287-7730 (Augusta); Michael Morse 822-6300 (Portland).
• Small community grants - Tim MacMillan 287-7765
• State revolving loan fund, Construction Grants - Stephen McLaughlin 287-7768
• Stormwater BMP Manual (questions) - Marianne Hubert  287-4140. The manual is available on-line. To order a hardcopy, contact Bill LaFlamme 287-7726.
• Stream teams - Jeff Varricchione 822-6317
• Surface water ambient toxics monitoring - Barry Mower 287-7777
• Sustainable water use - Mark Margerum 287-7842
• Underground injection control - Erich Kluck 287-7814
• Wastewater dischargers - Technical assistance and compliance - Sterling Pierce 287-4868
• Water levels (petition) - Dana Murch 287-7784
• Water quality certifications (general questions) - Dana Murch 287-7784
• Water quality criteria - Susan Davies 287-7778
• Water Quality Management (Division Director) - Brian Kavanah 287-7700
• Watershed planning - Jeff Dennis 287-7847
• Watershed Planning & Management (Division Director) - Donald Witherill 287-7725
• Watershed protection grants - Denise.Blanchette 287-7663
• Watershed Surveys (Coastal) -  Don Kale  822-6319
• Watershed Surveys (Lakes) -  Wendy Garland   822-6320
• West Nile Virus (water quality issues) - Bob Stratton 287-6114
• Web site (Land & Water bureau pages) - Hetty Richardson 287-7799
• Wetlands -- see the Wetlands Contact Page