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MARYLAND Save the Bay Telephone Numbers

This is a copy of a brochure which is available FREE from the Chesapeake
Bay Foundation.

In response to the decline of the Chesapeake Bay, individuals are taking
action.  Use the phone numbers in this brochure to help Save the Bay.
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Unless otherwise indicated, the numbers in this brochure are Maryland
State agencies.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> REPORT POLLUTION <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

					daytime phone/emergency

Abandoned drums, suspicious spills	332-2950/974-3551

Air pollution				631-3215/243-8700

Fish kills/Algae blooms			974-3238/243-8700

Catch A Poacher				(800) 635-6124

Oil or Hazardous Materials spill	333-2950/974-3551
	U.S. Coast Guard 24 hour hot line	(800) 424-8802

Pesticide misuse			841-5710

Water pollution				631-3409/974-3551

Septic system problems			call local health dept

Sewer leaks or overflows		631-3632/243-8700

Underground storage tank leaks		631-3442/974-3551

CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS
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State Attorney General's Environmental Crimes Unit	631-3025
FBI's Environmental Crimes Unit				265-8080
Natural Resource Police					(800) 628-9944
						(Also monitors CB channel 16)

DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS
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Critical Area Commission ( within 1,000
	feet of the Bay and its tidal 
	tributaries)			974-2426

USDA "Swampbusters" hot line
	(for suspected conversion of 
	wetlands to agricultural use)	(800) 424-9121

Sediment and stormwater problems	(800) 922-8017/974-3181

Illegal Development in Wetlands		974-2641
	Army Corps of Engineers		962-3675



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BE INFORMED <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Bay and Rivers Recreational Access
	Guide				974-0663

Chesapeake Bay Commission
	(multi-state programs)		263-3420

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
	(field trips for school groups)	268-8816

Chesapeake Regional Information
	Service				(800) 662-CRIS

EPA Chesapeake Bay Liaison Office 
	(technical monitoring 
	information)			(800) 532-2281

EPA National Pesticides Telecommunications
	Network (information on effects,
	cleanup, and disposal of 
	individual pesticides)		(800) 858-7378

EPA Safe Drinking Water hot line	(800) 426-4791

Natural Heritage Program (identity and 
	location of endangered plants
	and animals)			974-2870

Permit Tracking - Tidal, Nontidal and 
	Waterway Construction		(800) 876-0200

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service		224-2732

University of Maryland Sea Grant
	(publications and films about 
	the Bay)			405-6376

Wetland Inventory Maps (location of 
	wetlands)
	(tidal)				974-3871
	(nontidal)			974-3841

Office of Legislative Reference (for
	status and copies of legislation,
	hearing schedules, and 
	information on your legislator)
	Annapolis, Baltimore		841-3810
	D.C. Metro Area			858-3810
	All other areas			(800) 492-7122

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GET INVOLVED <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

IN THE FIELD
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Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Citizen
	Monitoring Program (testing and
	monitoring of water quality)	(800) 523-2281

Chesapeake Bay Trust (grants for
	community Bay restoration and 
	education projects)		954-2941

Chesapeake Clean-up Campaign		225-4550

Chesapeake Bay Foundation "Bay Watchers"
	(legislative action, volunteer
	projects)			268-8816

Greenshores (stream buffer vegetation
	planting)			974-3776

Marine Sewage Pump-Out Locations	974-7611

One Million Marylanders for the Bay	974-5300

Save Our Streams (stream adoption and
	monitoring, sediment control)	(800) 448-5826

Soil Conservation Service (Earth Team
	Volunteer Program)		757-0861

Tree-mendous Maryland Program 
	(tree planting)			974-3776

AROUND THE HOME
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Recycling centers			(800) 492-9188

Motor oil and antifreeze recycling	(800) 492-9188

Household hazardous waste disposal	631-3305

"Wild Acre" - Back Yard Habitat		974-3036

Water Conservation Information		974-3765

LAND PRESERVATION
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Lands Program	286-8816

Maryland Environmental Trust		974-5350

Maryland Greenways Commission		974-7231

Program Open Space			974-7231

Shore Erosion Control			974-7853

The Nature Conservancy, Maryland	656-8673


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, founded in 1967, is a non-profit
environmental organization with over 78,000 members.  The goal of
CBF is to promote and contribute to the wise use and management of
the Chesapeake Bay with a special emphasis on maintaining a level
of water quality that will support the Bay's diverse aquatic species.

			(CBF seal)

162 Prince George Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401
(301) 268-8816 (Annapolis)
269-0481 (Baltimore)
261-2350 (Washington, D.C.)

14 Market Space, Annapolis, Maryland 21401
(301) 268-8833

Suite 815, Heritage Building,
1001 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 780-1392

214 State Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
(717) 234-5550

100 West Plume Center #701
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
(804) 662-1964



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