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Report an Environmental Crime

Have you witnessed something that looks suspicious?

Has some one in your neighborhood or workplace dumped something into a sewer drain or storm drain that you think shouldn't go there? Have you seen any one polluting a lake or stream, driving a car that smokes, or leaving garbage laying around?...

Chances are that what you have witnessed is an environmental crime

It is important that you contact the agency that can best investigate your claims. The following is a table showing the type of crime and the agency to contact

Anything put into a storm drain

Urban Runoff

(408) 945-3000

Discharge to Sanitary Sewer

Source Control

(408) 945-3000

Air Pollution Odor Complaints

BAAQMD

(800) 344-ODOR

Smoking Car

BAAQMD

1-800-EXHAUST

Hazardous Road Spill

California Highway Patrol

(916) 327-3310

Unsanitary Garbage

Code Enforcement

(408) 277-4528

Lakes and Rivers

Fish and Game

(916) 445-0045

General Emergency

Office of Emergency Services

(916) 262-1621

Emergency Threatening Life or Limb

Local Dispatch

911