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About EPA Region 4 (Southeast)

Serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and 6 Tribes

Key Issues

  • Floods across Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee
  • Mississippi River/Gulf of America Hypoxia Task Force
  • Hurricane Helene
  • South Florida Program (SFP)
  • Restoration of the Florida Everglades
  • TAV Holdings, Inc., Atlanta, GA RCRA Order
  • Jackson, MS Drinking Water 
  • Jackson, MS Sewer System
  • H2S in South and North Carolina
  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
  • Ethylene Oxide Risk from Commercial Sterilizers 

Map of EPA Region 4 

Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and 6 Tribes

Region 4 Featured Resources

  • EPA’s Work in the Gulf of America
  • Brownfields & Land Revitalization in Region 4
  • Superfund Sites
  • EPA’s Guide to Flooded Home Cleanup
  • Ports Initiative
  • Clean School Bus Program
  • Educational Resources for Pollinator Protection  
  • View How-To on Home Sampling for Lead and Copper in Drinking Water 
  • Prevent Usable Materials from the Landfill: View the Benefits of Deconstruction 

Organization

Main Regional Office - EPA Region 4
61 Forsyth Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Laboratory Services and Applied Science Division
980 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30605

Gulf of America Division
2510 14th Street, Suite 1212
Gulfport, MS 39501

Related Information

  • Contact Region 4
  • 404-562-9900 or in the Region 4 states, 800-241-1754
  • Organization chart
  • Regional Administrator: Kevin J. McOmber, P.E.
  • Region 4 Laboratory
  • FOIA Requests
  • Topics A to Z
  • Visiting the Region 4 Office

Region 4 News | Social Media

  • All Region 4 news releases 
  • Region 4 media contacts

Social Media

  • @EPARegion4 on X
  • @epa_southeast on Instagram
  • @EPASoutheast on Facebook

R4 News Releases

  • EPA announces public meeting for the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp-Navassa Superfund site proposed cleanup plan

  • EPA announces a total of $337 million to North Carolina for water infrastructure resiliency and repair of environmental damage from Hurricane Helene

  • EPA, state and local leaders celebrate Brownfields Grant for redevelopment in Brunswick, Darien and Statesboro  

  • EPA, state and local partners complete cleanup of American Nuclear Corp. Superfund Site

  • EPA allocates $409.4 M to North Carolina to prepare local drinking water utilities for future natural disasters

View all news releases for Region 4 Southeast

R4 Southeast Public Notices

  • Notice of Public Hearing Regarding EPA Objection to Proposed NPDES Permit for Discharges from City of Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • 25MS00001- Notice of Proposed Issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit MS0043460 for the Crystal Ridge Wastewater Treatment Facility and Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification

  • 25NC00001 - Notice of Proposed Issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits NC0089907 for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Jacob Cornsilk Complex

  • Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order with Meritage Homes of Georgia, LLC, located at 3700 Mansell Road, Suite 550, Alpharetta, Georgia

  • EPA Decision to add three (3) waterbody-pollutant combinations to South Carolina’s 2024 Clean Water Act section 303(d) List

View all public notices for EPA, Region 4, Southeast

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