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Contact OCR

The General Questions Line of the Office of Community Relations can be reached by telephone at (609) 984-3081. When you call this number you will be offered five prompts by our automated answering service. These prompts will forward you to the following areas of interest within the Site Remediation Program. Telephone numbers for these areas of interest are also provided below.

Home Buyers interested in contaminated sites near prospective purchases can find a list of contaminated sites on our website at www.nj.gov/dep/srp or by contacting the offices of the municipality of interest.

Prompt 1: Forwards calls that are not related to Site Remediation to the Public Access Center at (609) 777-3373.

Prompt 2: Directs calls related to Underground Storage Tanks (UST) to the UST sub-menu.

UST sub-menu

  • Prompt 1: Forwards question about an existing home heating oil tank case to BFO sub-menu

    BFO sub-menu
    • Prompt 1: Forwards callers inquiring about a site/ home located in Mercer or Middlesex County or any county south of that calls to 609-584-4150.
    • Prompt 2: Forwards callers inquiring about a site/ home located north of Mercer or Middlesex Counties to 973-631-6401
    • Prompt 3: Forwards general questions to a member of the Community Relations staff
  • Prompt 2: Forwards calls specific question to Registration & Billing for regulated underground storage tanks to (609) 633-1464.
  • Prompt 3: Forwards calls specific question to Closure of a regulated tank press (609) 633-1464.
  • Prompt 4: Forwards calls specific question to UST regs or an existing UST case to (609) 292-8761

Prompt 3: Forwards specific calls about ISRA, the Industrial Site Recovery Act to the ISRA sub-menu

ISRA sub-menu

  • Prompt 1: Forwards calls about entering into the ISRA process, such as ISRA applicability and expedited reviews to (609) 633-1464
  • Prompt 2: Forwards calls about an existing ISRA case to (609) 777-0899

Prompt 4: Forwards calls about childcare licensing requirements to (609) 984-2038

Prompt 5: Forwards to a member of the Community Relations staff