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 Regional Resources
DEP's Regional Offices are responsible for implementing department programs through permitting, inspection, enforcement, and other field services for environmental and public health protection; program and technical support to Pennsylvania's 66 conservation districts; and compliance assistance to our regulated community. In addition, staff in the regional offices provide assistance to the public in the form of emergency response, disaster recovery, pollution prevention, and energy assistance and complaint response.
The regional offices directly implement the Air Quality, Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, Radiation Protection, Waste Management, Watershed Conservation and Restoration, Clean Water, Waterways and Wetlands, and Safe Drinking Water Programs. Each regional field office is structured in the same manner to consistently implement these programs and services statewide. Additionally, the regional offices provide support services to the Active and Abandoned Mining Operations and Oil and Gas Management programs.
In 2019, DEP launched the Regional Permit Coordination Office (RPCO). This move addressed a need to establish a centralized entity to provide Chapter 102/105 permitting functions for certain large and complex projects and to provide statewide technical support and coordination. Visit the
RPCO website for more details.
- 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 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.