436 Dwight Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Main telephone: 413-784-1100

Business hours

8:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except state holidays.
See also WERO File Review hours.

Directions

Printer-friendly directions to MassDEP Offices

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From the East (Boston)

• Take the Mass Turnpike (I-90) West to Exit 6 "Springfield/I-291."
• After the toll, turn left at light onto I-291 and follow to the Dwight Street exit. Stay in the second lane from the left (road forks: take left fork).
• Turn left at the stop sign at the bottom of the ramp onto Dwight Street.
• Proceed three blocks under the railroad overpass.
• MassDEP is on the right corner in a five-story white limestone building.

From the West (Berkshires and New York)

• Take the Mass Turnpike (I-90) East to Exit 4 "West Springfield/I-91 South."
• Follow I-91 South to Exit 8 "Ludlow/Boston" and merge onto I-291.
• Take exit 2A at top of the ramp and bear right slightly onto Chestnut Street.
• Proceed two blocks, then turn right onto Liberty Street.
• Turn left at the next traffic light onto Dwight Street and go under the railroad overpass. MassDEP is on the right corner in a five-story white limestone building.

From the North (Northampton)

• Take I-91 South to Exit 8 "Ludlow/Boston" and merge onto I-291.
• Take exit 2A at top of the ramp and bear right slightly onto Chestnut Street.
• Proceed two blocks, then turn right onto Liberty Street.
• Turn left at the next traffic light onto Dwight Street and go under the railroad overpass. MassDEP is on the right corner in a five-story white limestone building.

From the South (Connecticut)

• Take I-91 North to Exit 8 "Ludlow/Boston" and merge onto I-291.
• Take the Dwight Street exit.
• Turn right onto Dwight Street and proceed two blocks.
• Go under the railroad overpass.
• MassDEP is on the right corner in a five-story white limestone building.

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General Phone & Email

Main Phone: 413-784-1100
Fax: 413-784-1149
Regional service center: 413-755-2214
Report a spill or environmental crime

Employee Directories

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Online Employee Lookup: Web page

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The public may review the MassDEP Western Region's non-confidential files on Wednesdays 9:00am to 12:00pm and from 1:00pm to 4:00pm in the 5th floor main conference room.

• Wetland File Review: To review wetlands files REQUIRES an appointment in advance. Call 413-784-1100.
• All Other Requests: You are encouraged to fax a completed file review request form (MS Word 85 KB | PDF 40 KB) for all other file review requests at least one day in advance to Kellie Niemiec, 413-784-1149.
  

NOTE: You can also download site lists from MassDEP's website.

Local Assistance

Environmental Issues Handled by Local Officials
Environmental Issues Handled by Other Agencies

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Michael Gorski, Regional Director

The Western Region covers the largest geographic area of the agency's four regions, having jurisdiction over 101 communities. It also has the second largest concentration of industry (centered around Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke) in the state after the greater Boston area, but is the smallest of the DEP regions in terms of population, with a majority of its 800,000 residents concentrated in the lower Pioneer Valley.

A feature unique to the Western Region is its lack of transition zones between older industrial cities and rural farming communities, of which there are many.

The region's major natural features include the Connecticut River, a major source of hydroelectric power; the Quabbin Reservoir, supplying drinking water to 2.1 million people in 46 communities; and the Berkshire mountains. Major river basins in the region include the Chicopee, Connecticut Mainstem, Deerfield, Farmington, Hoosic, Housatonic, Millers, Quinebaug and Westfield.

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