If you smell something, say something. It’s the last chance to sniff out the stink in Hunts Point. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) inspector will be around sniffing out the aromas of the industrial area today and next Tuesday as a way to find the offensive odors.

Armed with just their noses, the inspectors will be driving through Hunts Point on September 20 and 25 to try to hunt down the smells that have been sickening residents for years.

“The Department of Environmental Protection is committed to working on the issue with the community going forward. Odors have been a great concern for the Hunts Point community, and as part of the on-going collaboration with the community, the DEP has asked Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., an engineering consulting firm, to conduct an odor survey,” said DEP spokesperson Mercedes Padilla.

At least five residents called the complaint hotline last Friday to report the stink. The main culprit appears to be the New York Organic Fertilizer Company (NYOFCo) next door to the recently opened Barretto Point Park. The newly opened $5 million park smell like sh—because NYOFCo actually burns it. The factory transforms sludge into fertilizer pellets.

On the other side of the park is the water sewage treatment plant. Mothers on the Move member Wanda Salman described the smell as a swimming pool filled with feces. The problem is expected to grow once the DEP install two to four 13-story egg-shaped water digesters at the plant.

“The Hunts Point odor survey should be helpful in documenting the various sources and recipients of noxious odor plaguing the peninsula,” said Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr. “Systematic documentation of the problem is an important first step toward finding the solutions. These studies must be followed by a comprehensive plan to address the root causes of the odor problems with dedicated resources for technical solutions and enforcement of existing odor regulations.”

For years, the students of St. Athanasius School sat in sweltering classrooms with closed windows because the smell was so bad. The fertilizer plant has long been held as the culprit.

Community Board 2 District Manager John Robert said the odor is “putrid like rotting flesh. It’s a nasty smell.”

In addition to the fertilizer and water treatment plants, Hunts Point is awash in rotting garbage. Scores of waste treatment centers overflowing with restaurant garbage fill the area below Randall Avenue.

And the smells have not been contained to Hunts Point. Residents in nearby Soundview have been complaining about the “sewer” odor that wafts across the Bronx River. It’s unclear the source of the smell.

The stink smack down is seen by residents as a positive sign that the city officials might finally be trying to clear the air. Over the past decade, developments in the community have led to neighborhood revitalization. The Terminal Market, complete with host fruit vendors, recently moved into the peninsula. Housing has started to bloom and artists fleeing Manhattan prices have set up shop in lofts at the Old Bank Note building on Garrison Avenue. The culmination of this resurgence came when the city completed a $5 million waterfront park on Tiffany Street and Viele Avenue. Yet, the burning feces continue to plague park goers.

“I welcome this renewed and long-overdue focus on odor problems in the Hunts Point peninsula,” Congressman Jose E. Serrano said. “Permitting and siting decisions made by the government long ago created the conditions under which such noxious odors are commonplace in the community. Regardless of the original cause, we in government today have a responsibility to address the historic injustices that have been imposed upon this community. The odor problem is one of the most pressing.”

“It’s not going to go away overnight, but it’s a start,” Robert said.