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EPA Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic)

Serving Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and 7 federally recognized tribes

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  • Contact and connect with us.
  • Learn about EPA Region 3.
  • Key issues.
  • Public notices.
  • Meetings and events.
  • News releases.

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  • Delaware,
  • District of Columbia,
  • Maryland,
  • Pennsylvania,
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

Contact and Connect with Us

Contact Information

  • 215-814-5000, or 800-438-2474 in the Region 3 states
  • Contact EPA's Region 3 Office
  • If you are a reporter email r3press@epa.gov.
  • Hotlines:
    • Main EPA hotlines page
    • Business Assistance - 800-228-8711
    • Superfund - 800-553-2509
  • Emergencies: To report spills and environmental violations,
    call the National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802
  • Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests

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Learn about EPA Region 3

  • Organization: chart; leadership; organizational responsibilities
  • Region 3 Laboratory
  • Chesapeake Bay Program Office
  • Visiting Region 3's offices in Philadelphia, Pa.; Annapolis, Md.; Fort Meade, Md. and Wheeling, W. Va.

Key Issues

Air

  • Asthma Awareness
  • Clean Diesel
  • Clean Air Act Public Input
  • Permitting under the Clean Air Act
  • Pre-publication Version of West Virginia Regional Haze SIP (pdf) (390.09 KB, 7/1/2025)
  • Maryland Offshore Wind Project Permit-U.S. Wind, Inc. (pdf) (178.53 KB)

Water

  • Do Your Part for Safe Water
  • Chesapeake Bay TMDL, a "pollution diet" for the Bay and its tributaries
  • Healthy watersheds
  • Protecting Drinking Water Sources

Land

  • Brownfields and Land Revitalization
  • Surface coal mining in Appalachia
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Unconventional Gas & Oil Development

Hazardous Waste

  • Hazardous waste cleanup sites

Superfund

  • Superfund Sites Where You Live

Lead

  • Lead Resources

Public Notices

If you don't see any public notices listed here, it's because there are no public notices at this time.  You can find all EPA public notices at epa.gov/publicnotices.

  • EPA Seeks Comment on the Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Town of South Boston for Storm Sewer Improvements in Halifax County, Virginia

  • Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Notice of Draft Permit Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc., PAS2D041BBEA

Meetings and Events

If you don't see any meetings or events listed here, it's because there are no events announced at this time.

There are no results at this time.

News Releases

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Region 3 News Releases

  • EPA and Virginia Agriculture Forge First-Ever Memorandum of Understanding

  • Allegheny, Liberty-Clairton Areas Reach Air Quality Milestones Following EPA Approval

  • EPA Announces Funding for States to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water at Schools and Child Care Facilities

  • EPA Completes Final Cleanup Actions at Reading Drum Site

  • EPA to Provide Nearly $1 Million to Mid-Atlantic States to Protect Beachgoers from Bacteria

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