Maryland Department of NATURAL RESOURCES

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Chesapeake Bay Hotline

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(866) MDE-GOTO / (866) 633-4686

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“It’s the 911 of ​the Chesapeake Bay”

Bay bridge 

The Chesapeake Bay Safety and Environmental Hotline is a toll-free phone number for Maryland citizens to call to report a problem on the tidal portions of Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay as well as the Coastal Bays. One phone call will now direct citizens to the appropriate agency to make a report 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Citizens are asked to report any of the following via the hotline:

  • Fish kill or algal blooms
  • ​Public sewer leak or other overflows
  • Oil or hazardous material spill
  • Critical area or wetlands violation
  • Suspicious potential pollution activity