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      • Soundkeeper Ends Pumpout Program Completing Over 2,400 Pumpouts
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Emergency Links & Contacts

Oil & Chemical Spills

National Response Center (NRC)
1-800-424-8802
US Coast Guard, Group Long Island Sound
24 hours/day: VHF Channel 16
CT–Spill Response Division, DEP (after calling NRC)
24 hours/day: 1-860-424-3338
NY–Oil & Hazardous Spills, DEC
(after calling NRC) within NY State: 1-800-457-7362; if calling from outside NY: 1-518-457-7362

Sewage Spills

CT–Water Management, Municipal Section DEP
state wide: 1-860-424-3704
NY–Oil & Hazardous Spill Response, Section DEC
(raw sewage in large amounts)state wide:1-800-457-7362
US Coast Guard, Group Long Island Sound
24 hours/day:VHF Channel 16

Home Septic System Problems

Septic–CT Department of Health
(after calling town sanitarian)1-860-509-7296

Updates About Oil, Chemical, and Sewage Spills

NY–Region 3 Sub-office, DEC
Westchester County:1-914-332-1835
NY–Region 1 Sub-office, DEC
all of Long Island: 1-631-444-0320
US Coast Guard Captain of the Port
(RI/CT border – NY/CT border) New Haven, CT 1-203-468-4464
US Coast Guard Captain of the Port
(NY/CT border – Hempstead Harbor) New York, NY: 1-718-354-4111

Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Strandings

NY–OKEANOS
covers Long Island, NY City, Westchester County 24 hours/day: 1-631-369-9829
CT–Mystic Marine Life Aquarium
8:30 to 4:30 days, recorded: message instructions at night: 1-860-572-5955 ext.1

Poaching or Mammal Molestation/Killing

National Marine Fisheries Service
Law Enforcement Division 24 hours/day: 1-800-853-1964
CT–Turn-in-Poachers Hot Line, CT Dept. of Environmental Protection
24 hours/day: 1-800-842-4357

Toxic Waste Information

CT–Hazardous Materials Management & Enforcement, DEP
(general info and assistance)1-888-424-4193
CT–Home Chemicals & Hazards, DEP
(general info on cleaners, solvents, oils): 1-860-424-3372
CT–Landfills, Waste Engineering & Enforcement, DEP
1-860-424-3366

Federal Coastal Permit Information

EPA Long Island Sound Office
(for general info about federal programs) Stamford, CT: 1-203-977-1541
CT–US Army Corps of Engineers
NE District Regulatory Branch (for info about a permit) 1-978-318-8335
NY–Army Corps of Engineers
(for info about a permit application) New York, NY: 1-212-264-0184

State Coastal Permit Information

CT–Office of Long Island Sound Programs, DEP
General Number: 1-860-424-3034
Boating Safety Hotline
Information and Education US Coast Guard: 1-800-368-5647
Fishing Information
(maps, regulations, etc.) US Fish & Wildlife 1-800-275-3474

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Updates

ENB Completed Just Over 2,600 Pumpout Requests in 2023

ENB’s Pumpout Program had a challenging but successful boating season during 2023 with a high number of vessel pumpouts to keep the waters of Long Island Sound cleaner.  It was challenging due to the number of repairs that were needed to keep our boats operational, but thanks to our boat service technicians in Norwalk including […]

From the desk of Dick Harris, Marine Scientist for ENB, Inc.

Enterococci Study on 7 CT Harbors during the Summer Months of 2023 Sixty-on enterococci bacteria tests were conducted by ENB during the summer months of 2023 to assess harbor health.  The physical data collected at multiple locations in each harbor included dissolved oxygen, water temperature, salinity, and enterococci bacteria levels.  The report compiled includes the […]

Over 2,000 Pumpouts Completed so far this 2023 Boating Season!

ENB has been working throughout the season to keep the Sound cleaner through marine-based sewage preventions.  Our fleet of pumpout boats have already completed over 2,000 vessel waste tank pumpouts, diverting this marine environment degrading effluent from the Sound’s waters to wastewater treatment facilities.  There’s a lot of time left in the boating season, and […]

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