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Department of Environmental Protection

Department of Environmental Protection

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Contact DEP

To submit an environmental complaint, please fill out our Environmental Complaint Form.

If you are seeking DEP records, please begin your inquiry by visiting our Right to Know Law page to fill out an online request form, or submit a Right to Know Law request form by email. Please be sure to include a subject line with your email so that it's not considered spam.

DEP Regions

DEP Regional Map

Southwest Regional Office: 412-442-4000
Northwest Regional Office: 814-332-6945
North-central Regional Office: 570-327-3636
South-central Regional Office: 717-705-4700
Southeast Regional Office: 484-250-5900
Northeast Regional Office: 570-826-2511
Regional Permit Coordination Office: 717-772-5987

To report an environmental emergency, please call 1-800-541-2050.

Contact Us by Email

Contact Forms

District Mining Offices

Pottsville: 570-621-3118
Moshannon: 814-342-8200
New Stanton: 724-925-5500
Cambria: 814-472-1900
Knox: 814-797-1191
California: 724-769-1100

Program Areas

Air Quality

Topics Include: Open Burning, Air Quality Action Alerts, Methane Reduction Strategy, Volkswagen

Energy

Topics Include:Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIG), Driving Pennsylvania Forward, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Finding Pennsylvania’s Solar Future, Renewable Energy

Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields

Topics Include: Land Recycling, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Home Heating Oil, Storage Tanks, Brownfield Redevelopment, Brownfields to Playfields, Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA)

Environmental Education

Topics Include: Environmental Education Grants, Harrisburg Peregrine Falcons, PA Environmental Leaders

Grants and Loans

Topics Include: Growing Greener, Small Business Advantage Grant, Pollution Prevention Assistance Account (PPAA Loan)

Mining

Topics Include: Environmental Good Samaritan Act, Abandoned Mine Land, Mine Subsidence Insurance, Mine Safety, Noncoal Mines and Quarries, Surface Coal Mining, Underground Coal Mining, PA Mining History

Oil and Gas

Topics Include: Regulations and Laws, Marcellus Shale, Underground Injection Control Wells, Abandoned Wells

Radiation Protection

Topics Include: Radioactive Waste, Radiation Control, Radon, X-Rays

Recycling

Topics Include: Battery Disposal, Covered Device Recycling Act (CDRA), County Recycling Coordinators, Tires, Electronics Recycling

Waste

Topics Include: Hazardous Waste, Household Hazardous Waste, Medical Waste, Residual Waste, Landfills, Municipal Waste

Water

Topics Include: Stormwater, Black Flies, West Nile Virus/ Mosquitos, Public Drinking Water, Chapter 105, Dam Safety, Dredging, Flooding, Impaired Streams, NPDES, PFAS, Septic Systems, Chesapeake Bay Program, Drought, Sinkholes, Private Wells

Policy

Topics Include: Environmental Regulations, Environmental Quality Board (EQB), Citizens Advisory Council (CAC)

Program Integration

Topics Include: Emergency Response, Pipelines, Permit Decision Guarantee

Job Opportunities

Prospective, current and former Commonwealth employees can view employment opportunities by visiting www.employment.pa.gov, clicking on “Open Jobs”, creating a NeoGov user profile, and applying for the positions that they are interested in.