Spills > Report a Spill
How To Report a Spill
Spills of oil or hazardous materials must be reported.
Who to Call
National Response Center: 1-800-424-8802
AND
Washington Emergency Management Division: 1-800-258-5990 OR 1-800-OILS-911
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Appropriate Ecology regional office (see below)
Northwest Region:
1-425-649-7000
(Island, King, Kitsap, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish,
and Whatcom counties)
Southwest Region:
1-360-407-6300
(Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson,
Mason, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston, and Wahkiakum counties)
Central Region:
1-509-575-2490
(Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan,
and Yakima counties)
Eastern Region: 1-509-329-3400
(Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield,
Grant, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman
counties)
Useful Information
NOTE: You may request that your personal information be kept confidential.
To the best of your ability, please be ready with the following information:
- Where is the spill?
- What spilled?
- How much spilled?
- How concentrated is the spilled material?
- Who spilled the material?
- Is anyone cleaning up the spill?
- Are there resource damages (e.g. dead fish or oiled birds)?
- Who is reporting the spill?
- How can we get back to you?
