Division of Environmental Remediation Contacts and Phone Numbers
Central Office Phone Numbers
NYSDEC
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-7011
Division Director: Andrew Guglielmi
(518) 402-9706
Assistant Division Director: Janet Brown
(518) 402-9706
Bureau of Program Management
Director: Karen Diligent
(518) 402-9729
Bureau of Technical Support
Director: William Ottaway
(518) 402-9755
Remedial Bureau A (covering Regions 1 & 5)
Director: Richard Mustico
(518) 402-9625
Remedial Bureau B (covering Regions 2 & 4)
Director: Vacant
(518) 402-9817
Remedial Bureau C (covering Regions 3 & MGP sites)
Director: Scott Deyette
(518) 402-9794
Remedial Bureau D (covering Regions 6 & 7)
Director: David Harrington
(518) 402-9565
Remedial Bureau E (covering Regions 8 & 9)
Director: Michael Cruden
(518) 402-9825
General Phone Numbers
To Report a Petroleum or Chemical Spill call the DEC 24 Hour Spill Hotline:
1-800-457-7362 (within NY State) or
(518) 457-7362 (outside NY State)
For Spill Response, also contact United States Coast Guard National Response Center:
1-800-424-8802
General Information on tank and bulk storage programs, call Bulk Storage Help Line:
(518) 402-9543
Regional Map and Offices
- DEC Regional Office Locations
Questions regarding site-specific information should be directed to the appropriate Regional Office listed below. If you get voice mail, please leave a message with your name and number. For the Petroleum Bulk Storage program, there are four delegated counties and information is provided below under the respective regions.
The key below defines acronyms that pertain to each Division of Environmental Remediation (DER) program:
DER Programs - Acronym Key
BCP - Brownfield Cleanup Program
CBS - Chemical Bulk Storage
ERP - Environmental Restoration Program
MOSF - Major Oil Storage Facility
PBS - Petroleum Bulk Storage
RHWRE - Regional Hazardous Waste Remediation Engineer
RSE - Regional Spill Engineer
RSG - Regional Spill Geologist
SSF - State Superfund Program
Regional Office Contacts and Phone Numbers for DER Programs
DEC REGION 1
[Counties: Nassau, Suffolk]
SUNY Campus
50 Circle Road
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Chris Engelhardt, RHWRE - SSF, BCP, ERP, VCP
(631) 444-0235
Brian Donovan - PBS, CBS, MOSF
(631) 444-0320
Hugh Cirrito - RSE
(631) 444-0321
PBS Delegated County Contacts
Nassau County Department of Health - Robin Putnam (516) 227-9434
Suffolk County Department of Health Services - Xiaoyu Chen (631) 854-2501
DEC REGION 2
[Counties: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond]
One Hunters Point Plaza 1st Floor
47-40 21st Street
L. I. City, NY 11101-5401
Jane O'Connell - SSF, BCP, ERP
(718) 482-4599
Leszek Zielinski - PBS, CBS and MOSF
(718) 482-6454
Randy Austin - RSE
(718) 482-4929
FOIL Requests
(718) 482-4912
Email for Region 2 PBS, CBS and MOSF.
DEC REGION 3
[Counties: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester]
21 South Putt Corners Road
New Paltz, NY 12561-1696
Mike Kilmer - SSF, BCP, ERP
(845) 633-5463 or Dave Pollock - Regional Environmental Quality Supervisor (845) 256-3138
PBS/CBS/MOSF Main Number
(845) 256-3121
FOIL Requests
(845) 256-3052
White Plains Sub-office
100 Hillside Ave., Suite 1W
White Plains, NY 10603
(914) 803-8157, dial by last name
PBS Delegated County Contact
Westchester Department of Health - Natasha Court (914) 864-7278
DEC REGION 4
[Counties: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie]
1130 North Westcott Road
Schenectady, NY 12306
Chris O'Neill - SSF, BCP, ERP
(518) 357-2394
Josh Haugh - RSE
(518) 357-2008
Michael Rice - PBS, CBS, MOSF
(518) 357-2145
Stamford Sub-office
[Counties: Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie]
PBS, CBS, Spill Response
(607) 652-7365
DEC REGION 5
[Counties: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington]
1115 State Route 86, P.O. Box 296
Ray Brook, NY 12977-0296
Brian Huyck- SSF, BCP, ERP, RSE
(518) 897-1229
E-mail for Region 5 PBS, CBS, MOSF and Spill Response.
Warrensburg Sub-office
[Counties: Fulton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington]
(518) 623-1200
DEC REGION 6
[Counties: Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence]
State Office Building
317 Washington Street
Watertown, NY 13601-3787
Vacant - SSF, BCP, ERP
(315) 785-2513
David Storandt - PBS, CBS, MOSF
(315) 785-2513
Michael McLean - RSE
(315) 785-2513
Utica Sub-office
[Counties: Herkimer, Oneida]
Mark Tibbe - Spills
(315) 793-2554
DEC REGION 7
[Counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga, Tompkins]
5786 Widewaters Parkway
Syracuse, NY 13214-1867
Vacant - SSF, BCP, ERP
(315) 426-7551
Kevin Kemp - PBS, CBS, MOSF
(315) 426-7519 or (315) 426-7400
Sandy Lizlovs - RSE
(315) 426-7519 or (315) 426-7400
Kirkwood Sub-office
[Counties: Broome, Chenango, Tioga]
Please report spills to the hotline above.
(607) 775-2545
DEC REGION 8
[Counties: Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates]
6274 East Avon-Lima Road
Avon, NY 14414-8519
David Pratt- SSF, BCP, ERP
(585) 226-5449
Matt Griffiths - PBS, MOSF
(585) 226-5469
Phil Longyear - PBS, CBS
(585) 226-5315
Mike Zamiarski- RSE
(585) 226-5438
Bath Sub-office: (607) 776-2165
Elmira Sub-office: (607) 732-2214
Montezuma Sub-office: (315) 365-2371
DEC REGION 9
[Counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Wyoming]
700 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209
Stanley Radon, Andrea Caprio - SSF, BCP, ERP
(716) 851-7220
Mary McIntosh - RSG, PBS, CBS, MOSF
(716) 851-7220
