Key Word
Responsible Office
Telephone
Abandoned or closed landfills
District Office
See District Office
Abandoned waste, drums, etc.
Hazardous Waste Management Branch
404-656-7802
Above-ground storage tanks
- State Fire Marshall
- US EPA Emergency Response
- 404-656-2064
- 800-564-7577
Acid rain (ambient monitoring)
- Air Protection Branch, Ambient Monitoring Program
- US EPA acid rain hotline (Washington, DC)
- 404-363-7006
- 202-233-9620
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
Office of State Hearings and Appeals
404-656-3508
Adopt-A-Stream
Watershed Protection Branch
404-675-1636
Air toxics - Permitting
- Compliance
Air Protection Branch - Stationary Source Permitting Program
- Air Toxics Unit
404-363-7022 - 404-363-7018
- 404-363-7006
Air conditioning Freon recovery
- US EPA Region 4 Atlanta
- US EPA (Washington, DC)
- 404-562-9197
- 800-296-1996
Animal feedlot operations
State Soil & Water Conservation Commission - Athens
- Atlanta
- 706-542-3065
- 404-656-7538
Animal waste lagoons
District Office
See District Office
Animals, dead - Wildlife, endangered species - Reporting
- Farm and domestic, poultry - Reporting
District Office - Wildlife Resources Division
- Department of Agriculture
See District Office - 478-994-1438
- 404-656-3665
Aquaculture
Wildlife Resources Division
770-918-6418
Aquatic toxicity - Toxicology
- Whole Effluent Toxicity
- Environmental Toxicology Coordinator
- Watershed Protection: Permitting Compliance and Enforcement
- 404-656-4713 or 706-369-6376
- 404-362-2680
Archaeology
State Archaeologist
404-656-9344
Asbestos (disposal/removal)
Lead Paint & Asbestos Program
404-363-7026
Automobile emissions - Rules
- Enforcement/Inspections
- Mobile & Area Source Program
- Information Hotline
- 404-363-7028
- 800-449-2471
Bacteria (fecal coliform) - Lab results
- In drinking water
- In rivers and lakes
- Bacteriology Laboratory
- Drinking Water Permitting & Engineering Program
- Watershed Planning & Monitoring Program
- 404-206-5200
- 404-656-2750
- 404-675-6236
Backflow prevention
Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-2750
Batteries - Household
- Commercial reclamation
- Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
- Generator Compliance Program
- 404-651-5120
- 404-657-8831
BIF (Burners/Industrial Furnaces) or boilers - Permitted facility
- Unpermitted facility
- Air Quality
- Hazardous Waste Facility Compliance Program
- Hazardous Waste Generator Compliance Program
- Air Protection Stationary Source Compliance Program
- 404-656-2833
- 404-657-8831
- 404-363-7018
Biomedical waste - disposal
Solid Waste Management Program
404-362-2692
Blasting
State Fire Marshall's Office
404-656-2064
Blocking stream flow
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta Office
- 800-448-2402
- 404-763-7933
Boat dock construction - Lakes, rivers
- Lakes, rivers
- Marshland
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta Office
- Coastal Resources Division
- 800-448-2402
- 404-763-7933
- 912-264-7218
Boil water advisories
Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-2750
Bottled water
Department of Agriculture
404-656-3621
Brownfields
- Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program
- US EPA Region 4 Atlanta
- 404-656-2833
- 404-562-8660
Buffer areas along streams
Watershed Protection: Non-point Source Program
404-675-6240
Cancer and illness clusters
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry/CDC
404-639-3311
Car washes - discharges, water recycling
Watershed Protection: Industrial Wastewater
404-362-2680
Carcinogen
Environmental Toxicology Coordinator - Atlanta office
- Athens office
- 404-656-4713
- 706-369-6376
Cemetery registration and removal
404-656-3079
CERCLA sites
Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program
404-656-2833
CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons, Freon)
- US EPA Region 4 Atlanta
- US EPA (Washington, DC)
- 404-562-9206 404-562-9213
- 800-296-1996
Chemical releases into air
Air Protection Ambient Monitoring Program
404-363-7006
Clean Air Force
Environmental Protection Division
800-449-2471
Clean and Beautiful
Department of Community Affairs
404-679-4910
Clean-up regulations for hazardous wastes
Hazardous Waste Corrective Action Program
404-656-7802
Clear cutting a forest
Georgia Forestry Commission
478-751-3500
Coal ash disposal
Land Protection: Solid Waste Management Program
404-362-2692
Coastal erosion
Coastal Resources Division
912-264-7218
Color problems in streams
State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Commercial hazardous waste facilities - Treatment, Storage and Disposal
- Transporters
- Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program
- Hazardous Waste Generator Compliance Program
- 404-656-2833
- 404-657-8831
Commissioner's Office (Georgia Department of Natural Resources)
Commissioner
404-656-3500
Community reservoir assistance
Water Resources Management Program
404-656-3094
Community-Right-To-Know Program
Emergency Response Program
404-656-6905
Composting household wastes
Department of Community Affairs
404-679-4950
Composting sludge permits
Watershed Protection: Engineering & Technical Support Program
404-675-6232
Conditionally exempt hazardous waste generators
Hazardous Waste Management: Generator Compliance Program
404-657-8831
Corps of Engineers
US Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
US Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta office
800-448-2402
404-562-5011
Corrective action - Hazardous waste
- Underground storage tanks
- Hazardous Waste Management: Corrective Action Program
- Land Protection: UST Management Program
- 404-656-7802
- 404-362-2687
Creosote remediation
Hazardous Waste Management: Generator Compliance Program
404-657-8831
Criminal investigation
Criminal Investigation Unit
404-244-2363
Cross connections/backflow prevention
Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-2750
Dam construction
Water Resources: Safe Dams Program
404-362-2678
Damming a stream
Water Resources: Safe Dams Program
404-362-2678
Dams operated by Corps of Engineers
US Army Corps of Engineers, Dam Safety Program
US Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta Office
800-543-2021
404-562-5011
Dams operated by Georgia Power
Georgia Power Company
404-506-6526
Dams operated by Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
423-751-0011
Delisting petitions - USTs
- Hazardous Waste
- Land Protection Underground Storage Tank Program
- Hazardous Waste Corrective Action Program
- 404-362-2687
- 404-656-7802
Department of Community Affairs
404-679-4940
Development in floodplains
Water Resources: Floodplain Unit
404-656-6382
Discharge permits from industrial/commercial areas
Watershed Protection: Permitting, Compliance & Enforcement Program
404-362-2680
Disposal of hazardous wastes
Hazardous Waste Management: Corrective Action Program
404-656-7802
Disposal of household chemicals
Pollution Prevention Assistance Division (DNR)
404-651-5120
- Coastal District Office (Brunswick)
One Conservation Way, Brunswick 31520
912-264-7284
- Coastal District Office (Savannah)
6555 Abercorn St Suite 130, Savannah 31405
912-353-3225
- East Central District Office (Augusta)
1885-A Tobacco Rd, Augusta 30906
706-792-7744
- Mountain District Office (Cartersville)
PO Box 3250, 16 Center Road, Cartersville 30120
770-387-4900
- Mountain District Office (Atlanta)
4244 International Parkway, Suite 114 Atlanta 30354
404-362-2671
- Northeast District Office (Athens)
745 Gaines School Road, Athens 30605
706-369-6376
- Southwest District Office (Albany)
2024 Newton Rd, Albany 31701
229-430-4144
- West Central District Office (Macon)
2640 Shurling Drive, Macon 31211
478-751-6612
Drainage (flooded streets)
Local planning or public works departments
Check County listings
Drillers of water wells, regulation of
Water Resources
404-656-3214
Drinking water regulations
Water Resources: Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-2750
Drinking water taste and odor - Private wells
- Public water systems-Well/springs
- Public water systems-Surface water
- County Health Department
- District Office
- Drinking Water Compliance Program
- Check County listings
- See District Office
- 404-656-4807
Drinking water Hot Line
US EPA (Washington, DC)
800-426-4791
Dry cleaners hazardous waste
Hazardous Waste Management: Generator Compliance Program
404-657-8831
Dumping hazardous waste
Hazardous Waste Management Branch
404-656-7802
Dumping near streams
District Office
See District Office
Dumps - solid waste or landfills
- hazardous waste
- Local Governments -or- District Office
- Hazardous Waste Management Program
- See District Office
- 404-656-7802
Dust in outside air
District Office
See District Office
Electromagnetic fields
- Department of Human Resources
- US EPA Hotline (Washington, DC)
- 404-657-5400
- 800-EMF-2383
Emergencies, 24 hour reporting
- State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
- US EPA Emergency Response
- 404-656-4300
800-241-4113
- 404-562-8700
Environmental health
Department of Human Resources
404-657-6534
Environmental Protection Agency
US EPA Region 4 Atlanta
404-562-9900
Environmental toxicology
Environmental Toxicology Coordinator - Atlanta office
- Athens office
- 404-656-4713
- 706-369-6376
Erosion and sedimentation control problems & complaints
- Local issuing authority
- Watershed Protection: Erosion & Sedimentation Control Unit
- EPD District Office
- State Soil & Water Conservation Commission
- Check County listings
- 404-675-6240
- See District Office
- 770-761-3020
Excluded waste (Appendix IV-RCRA)
Hazardous Waste Management: Facilities Compliance Program
404-656-2833
Farm water use
Water Resources Management Program
404-656-3094
Fees - Air Title V Permit fees
- Drinking water service fees
- Hazardous waste fees
- Solid waste/Scrap tires
- Air Protection Planning & Support Program
- Drinking Water Permitting Program
- Hazardous Site Response Program
- Solid Waste Management Program
- 404-363-7000
- 404-656-4807
- 404-657-8600
- 404-362-2692
Financial assurance: landfills, surface mines
Land Protection Branch: Solid Waste Management Program
404-362-2692
Financial responsibility: hazardous waste sites
Hazardous Waste Management: Corrective Action Program
404-656-7802
Fires - industrial facilities, hazardous materials, tires
State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Fish kills - Non-emergency
- Emergency
- EPD District Office
- State Operations Center (Atlanta)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
- See District Office
- 404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Fish safe to eat
Environmental Toxicology Coordinator - Atlanta office
- Athens office
- 404-656-4713
- 706-369-6376
Flood maps
Floodplain Unit
404-656-6382
Fluorescent lights disposal
Hazardous Waste Generator Compliance Program
404-657-8831
Fluoridation
- Drinking Water Permitting Program
- Department of Human Resources
- 404-656-4807
- 404-894-6644
Freon recovery
- US EPA Region 4 Atlanta
- US EPA (Washington, DC)
- 404-562-9206 or 404-562-9213
- 800-296-1996
Fuel spill or leak
State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Gasoline, Stage I & II vapor recovery
Air Protection: Mobile & Area Source Program
404-363-7028
Gauging stations (streams)
US Geological Survey
404-903-9100
Generators of hazardous waste
Hazardous Waste: Generator Compliance Program - large, small, conditionally exempt generators
404-657-8831
Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA) - loans and grants for wastewater, drinking water, and solid waste
Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA)
404-656-0938
Georgia Environmental Policy Act (GEPA)
Emergency Response Program
404-656-6905
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Water Resources Branch
404-656-3214
Georgia Clean and Beautiful
Department of Community Affairs
404-679-4910
Government facilities generating hazardous waste
Hazardous Waste: Facility Compliance Program
404-656-2833
Greenspace
Department of Natural Resources
404-656-3500
Grants - Scrap tire clean-up, education/enforcement
- Clean Water Act Section 319 non-point sources
- Scrap Tire Unit
- Nonpoint Source Program
- 404-363-7026
- 404-675-6240
Groundwater problems
Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-2750
Groundwater withdrawals
Water Resources Management Program
404-656-3094
Hazardous material spills
State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Hazardous materials permit and transporting
State Fire Marshal
404-656-9798
Hazardous Site Inventory (HSI)
Hazardous Waste Management: Hazardous Site Response Program
404-657-8600
Hazardous waste - Compliance officers
- Generator EPA ID numbers
- Household
- Incinerator, burning
- Manifesting
- Marketers
- Public outreach
- Treatment, storage, disposal
- Waste reduction plans
- Hazardous Waste Corrective Action Program
- Hazardous Waste Corrective Action Program
- Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
- Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program
- Hazardous Waste Generator Compliance Program
- Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program
- Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program
- Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program
- Hazardous Waste Corrective Action Program
- 404-657-8679
- 404-656-7802
- 404-651-5120
- 404-656-2833
- 404-657-8831
- 404-657-8688
- 404-657-8688
- 404-656-7802
- 404-656-7802
Incinerators - Burning hazardous waste
- Burning solid waste
- Air emissions
- Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program Hazardous Waste Generator Compliance Program
- Solid Waste Management Program
- Air Protection Stationary Source Compliance Program
- 404-656-2833
404-657-8831
- 404-362-2692
- 404-363-7018
Indoor air quality, pollution
- US EPA Region 4 Atlanta
- US EPA Indoor Air Information Clearinghouse
- US OSHA (workplace air only)
- 404-562-9105
- 800-438-4318
- 770-493-6644
Industrial wastewater treatment plants
Watershed Protection: Industrial Wastewater Unit
404-362-2680
Industrial furnaces (hazardous waste only)
Hazardous Waste Management: Facilities Compliance Program
404-656-2833
Irrigation water use
Water Resources Management Program
404-656-3094
Laboratory - accreditation (commercial labs)
- certification (drinking water)
- State environmental
- Quality Assurance Program
- Drinking Water Compliance Program
- EPD Laboratory
- 404-657-5739
- 404-656-4807
- 404-206-5269
Lake draining/filling - dam structure
- water quality
- Safe Dams Program
- Watershed Planning and Monitoring Program
- 404-362-2678
- 404-675-6236
Land disturbing activity permits
Watershed Protection: Erosion & Sedimentation Unit
404-675-6240
Landfills - abandoned or closed
- assessments: new and existing sites
- complaints
- disposal ban (lead-acid batteries, appliances, waste oil, tires, yard waste)
- lists of
- permitting (non-hazardous) - sanitary, new site, horizontal or vertical expansion
- District Office
- Solid Waste Management Program
- District Office
- Land Protection Planning & Administrative Support Program
- Land Protection Planning & Administrative Support Program
- Solid Waste Management Program
- See District Office
- 404-362-2692
- See District Office
- 404-362-2537
- 404-362-2537
- 404-362-2692
Lead & copper (in water)
Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-2750
Lead monitoring (air emissions)
Ambient Monitoring Program
404-363-7006
Lead-based paint - removal, training & certification
- information hotlines
- generation or disposal of over 220 pounds
- Land Protection Lead-based Paint & Asbestos Program
- National Lead Information Center US EPA Lead Hotline
- Hazardous Waste Generator Compliance Program
- 404-363-7026
- 800-424-5323
800-532-3394
- 404-657-8831
Leak detection (water pipes)
Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-2750
Maps - Geologic/topographic
- Soils
- Water Resources Branch
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- 404-656-3214
- 706-546-2278
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Emergency Response Program
404-656-6905
Medical waste incinerators
(also see biomedical waste disposal)
- Air Protection Stationary Source Compliance Program
- Solid Waste Management Program
- 404-363-7018
- 404-362-2692
Mercury (from thermometers and thermostats)
- Land Protection Planning & Administrative Support Program
- Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
- 404-363-7026
- 404-651-5120
Mining claims
Water Resources Branch
404-656-3214
Mining permits
Land Protection: Solid Waste Management Program
404-362-2692
Mixed waste (hazardous/radioactive waste mixture)
Hazardous Waste: Generator Compliance Program
404-657-8831
Motor Oil Used (household quantities)
Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
404-651-5120
Mountain Protection Act
Department of Community Affairs
404-679-4950
Municipal wastewater lift stations
Watershed Protection: Permitting Compliance & Enforcement Program
404-362-2680
Municipal sewer lines design & construction
Watershed Protection: Engineering & Technical Support Program
404-675-6232
Natural gas deregulation
Public Service Commission
404-657-8767
Noise pollution Airport noise
County Health Department Federal Aviation Administration
Check County listings 404-305-7200
Nonpoint discharge
Watershed Protection: Nonpoint Source Program
404-675-6240
NPDES (wastewater) permits
Watershed Protection: Permitting Compliance & Enforcement Program
404-362-2680
NPL (National Priority List) sites
Hazardous Waste Management Branch
404-656-7802
Nuclear power
Environmental Radiation Program
404-362-2675
Odors, wastewater treatment plants
- Watershed Protection: Permitting Compliance & Enforcement Program
- District Office
- 404-362-2680
- See District Office
Oil and gas wells and drilling
Water Resources Branch (UIC Coordinator)
404-656-3214
Oil spills
State Operations Center (Atlanta)
Statewide number
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Open burning
- District Office
- Air Protection Stationary Source Compliance Program
- See District Office
- 404-363-7018
Operator training - Landfill
- Wastewater/water systems
- Land Protection: Planning & Administrative Support Program
- Georgia Water & Wastewater Institute
- 404-363-7026
- 770-836-6656
OSHA
US Occupational Safety and Health Administration
404-562-2300
Ozone monitoring
Air Protection: Ambient Monitoring Program
404-363-7006
Ozone (stratospheric ozone protection)
US EPA (Washington, DC)
800-296-1996
Paint fumes - outside
District Office
See District Office
Paint waste - <220 pounds (100 kg)
- >220 pounds (100 kg)
- Lead-Based Paint & Asbestos Program
- Hazardous Waste: Generator Compliance Program
- 404-363-7026
- 404-657-8831
Pesticides - disposal
- use or misuse of pesticides
- container disposal & recycling plastic containers
- general information
- Hazardous Waste: Generator Compliance Program
- Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Division
- Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
- US EPA Hotline (Washington, DC)
- 404-657-8831
- 404-656-4958
- 404-651-5120
- 800-858-7378
Petroleum contaminated soils
Land Protection: Solid Waste Management Program
404-362-2692
Pollution index - Automated
- Questions
- Air Protection Ambient Monitoring Program
- Air Protection Ambient Monitoring Program
- 404-362-4909
- 404-363-7006
Pollution prevention
- Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
- US EPA Pollution Prevention Hotline (Washington, DC)
- 404-651-5120
- 800-685-2443
800-476-8686
Pond weeds
Wildlife Resources Division
770-918-6418
Pretreatment permits (Industrial wastewater)
Watershed Protection: Permitting & Compliance Program
404-362-2680
Proposed rules and regulations, mailing list
Customer Assistance Program
404-657-5947
888-373-5947
PSC
Public Service Commission
404-656-4562
Public water system permits
Drinking Water Permitting & Engineering Program
404-656-4807
Public information
Customer Assistance Program
404-657-5947
888-373-5947
Quarries (rock, aggregate) complaints
District Office
See District Office
Radiation, radioactive waste or by-products
Environmental Radiation Program
404-362-2675
Radioactive/hazardous waste mixture
Hazardous Waste: Generator Compliance Program
404-657-8831
Radioactive materials licensing
Radioactive Materials Program
404-362-2675
Radon
- Southface Energy Institute (under contract to Pollution Prevention Assistance Division)
- Department of Human Resources Public Health Division
- US EPA Region 4 Atlanta
- US EPA Radon Hot-Line
- 404-872-3549
800-745-0037
- 404-657-6522
- 404-562-9145
- 800-SOS-RADON
Rainfall data
National Climatic Data Center, UGA
706-542-6067
RCRA hotline
US EPA (Washington, DC)
800-424-9346
Rechannelization of streams
US Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
US Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta office
800-448-2402
404-763-7933
Recycling - hazardous waste facility (permitted)
- hazardous waste facility (unpermitted)
- household hazardous waste
- household waste, recycling locations
- Hazardous Waste Facilities Compliance Program
- Hazardous Waste Generator Compliance Program
- Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
- Department of Community Affairs
- 404-656-2833
- 404-657-8831
- 404-651-5120
- 404-679-4950
Regional reservoirs
Water Resources Management
404-656-3094
Regulations, copies of
Customer Assistance Program
404-657-5947
888-373-5947
Release reporting - emergency chemical
- hazardous waste
- wastewater
- State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
- Hazardous Sites Response Program
- Water Protection Permitting Compliance & Enforcement Program
- 404-656-4300
800-241-4113
- 404-657-8600
- 404-362-2680
Risk assessment - general information
- hazardous waste
- Superfund (HSRA)
- Environmental Toxicology Coordinator
Atlanta office
Athens office
- Risk Assessment Unit
- Hazardous Sites Response Program
- 404-656-4713
706-369-6376
- 404-656-7802
- 404-657-8600
River basin management planning
Watershed Planning and Monitoring Program
404-675-6236
River clean-up/Adopt-A-Stream
Adopt-A-Stream Program
404-675-1636
River Corridor/Mountain Protection Act
Department of Community Affairs
404-679-4950
SARA (Superfund Act Reauthorization Amendments) Title III Information
- Community Right-to-Know Program
- EPA Hotline (Washington, DC)
- 404-656-6905
- 800-424-9346
Scrap tires
Land Protection: Scrap Tire Program
404-362-2537
Sediment in streams due to development
Watershed Protection: Erosion & Sedimentation Unit
404-675-6240
Septic systems - domestic or household
- non-domestic
- County Health Department
- Water Resources Branch
- Check County listings
- 404-656-3214
Septic tank problems
County Health Department
Check County listings
SERC (State Emergency Response Commission)
Community Right-to-Know Program
404-656-6905
Sewage spills and leaks
District Office
See District Office
Sewage treatment plants
Watershed Protection: Permitting, Compliance & Enforcement Program
404-362-2680
Sludge, sewerage - approval/review of sludge management plans/specs for LAS systems
Watershed Protection: Engineering & Technical Support Program
404-675-6232
Small business technical assistance
Air Protection: Planning & Support Program
404-363-7000
Small quantity generators
Hazardous Waste: Generator Compliance Program
404-657-8831
Smoke, outside or industrial
District Office
See District Office
Smoke school
Air Protection: Planning & Support Program
404-363-7000
Soils, information or maps
Natural Resources Conservation Service
706-546-2278
Soil remediation - Solid waste
- Hazardous waste
- UST, petroleum contamination
- Hazardous Waste: Solid Waste Management Program
- Hazardous Waste: Corrective Action Program
- Land Protection: Underground Storage Tank Management Program
- 404-362-2692
- 404-656-7802
- 404-362-2687
Soil and water
Soil and Water Conservation Commission
706-542-3065
Solid waste
Land Protection: Solid Waste Management Program
404-362-2692
Solid waste fees
Land Protection: Planning & Administrative Support Program
404-362-2537
Source reduction
Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
404-651-5120
Spills (oil, chemical, etc.)
State Operations Center (Atlanta)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
State Clearinghouse
Department of Administrative Services
404-656-3855
State superfund program
Hazardous Waste: Hazardous Sites Response Program
404-657-8600
State waters, buffer variance
Watershed Protection: Erosion & Sedimentation Control Unit
404-675-6240
Storage of hazardous waste: facilities/permits
Hazardous Waste: Facilities Compliance Program
404-656-2833
Storm water runoff
Watershed Protection Nonpoint Source Program
404-675-6240
Streams, studies/classification
Watershed Protection Watershed Planning & Monitoring Program
404-675-6236
Streams, water quality complaints
- Watershed Protection Permitting, Compliance & Enforcement Program
- District Office
- 404-362-2680
- See District Office
Street drainage
County/City Public Works Department
Check County listings
Surface mining, complaints or reclamation
Land Protection: Solid Waste Management Program
404-362-2692
Surface water withdrawals
Water Resources Management Program
404-656-3094
Tax Exemptions - Sales/Use tax for Pollution Control
- Property tax for Water and Air Pollution Control Equipment
- Department of Revenue
- EPD Director's office
- 404-656-4060
- 404-656-4713
Technical guidance documents, copies of
Customer Assistance Program
404-657-5947
888-373-5947
Tire dumps, clean-up
- Land Protection: Scrap Tire Program
- District Office
- 404-363-7026
- See District Office
Tire fire
State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Title III
Community Right-to-Know Program
404-656-6905
Title V air permits
Air Protection: Stationary Source Permitting Program
404-363-7022
Topographic maps
Water Resources Branch
404-656-3214
Toxic chemical spills
State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Toxics release inventory (TRI)
Community Right-To-Know Program
404-656-6905
Transportation spills
State Operations Center (Atlanta area number)
State Operations Center (statewide number)
404-656-4300
800-241-4113
Hazardous Waste: Generator Compliance Program
404-657-8831
- Hazardous Materials Transportation Permits (required only for radioactive materials, PCBs, and/or liquefied natural gas (not propane)
Department of Public Safety
404-624-7210, 7211
- Hazardous Materials Transportation Carrier Regulations (49 CFR)
Department of Public Safety
404-624-7210, 7211
US Department of Transportation
800-942-6990
- HazMat Safety Fitness Permit (Form MCS-150B)
US Department of Transportation
800-832-5660
Land Protection: Solid Waste Management Program
404-362-2692
Environmental Radiation Program
404-362-2675
Trash haulers, blowing garbage
City/County Code Enforcment office or County sheriff
Check County listings
Treatment of hazardous waste facilities/permits
Hazardous Waste: Facilities Compliance Program
404-656-2833
Truck washing, discharges or water recycling
Watershed Protection: Industrial Wastewater Unit
404-362-2680
Trust deeds, conveying public water system
Water Resources: Drinking Water Permitting Program
404-656-4807
Underground injection control (UIC)
Water Resources Branch
404-656-3214
Underground storage tanks
Land Protection: Underground Storage Tank Management Program
404-362-2687
Urban stream quality
Watershed Protection: Watershed Planning & Monitoring Program
404-675-6236
Urban Runoff
Watershed Protection: Nonpoint Source Program
404-675-6240
Used oil - fuel facility, non-household
- household (motor oil)
- Hazardous Waste: Facilities Compliance Program (permitted)
Hazardous Waste: Generator Compliance Program (non-permitted)
- Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
- 404-656-2833
404-657-8831
- 404-651-5120
Utilities
Public Service Commission
404-559-6600
Vapor recovery
Air Protection: Mobile & Area Source Program
404-363-7028
Variance, stream buffers
Watershed Protection: Erosion & Sedimentation Unit
404-675-6240
Vehicle emissions - inspection information
- problems with inspections
- rules for enforcement/inspections
- Clean Air Force Information Hotline
- Clean Air Force Headquarters
- Air Protection: Mobile & Area Source Program
- 800-449-2471
- 770-421-9051
- 404-363-7028
Visible emissions school
Air Protection: Planning & Support Program
404-363-7014
VOCs (volatile organic compounds)
Air Protection Branch
404-363-7000
Vulnerability assessments, public water systems
Water Resources: Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-4807
Waste reduction - municipal landfills
- household, industrial, commercial
- Land Protection: Planning & Administrative Support Program
- Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
- 404-363-7026
- 404-651-5120
Wastewater treatment (municipal & industrial)
Watershed Protection: Permitting Compliance & Enforcement Program
404-362-2680
Water-borne illnesses (e.g., giardia) from drinking water
Water Resources: Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-4807
Water conservation
Water Resources: Drinking Water Compliance Program
404-656-4807
Water pollution in ponds
Watershed Planning & Monitoring Program
404-675-6236
Water quality education
- Adopt-a-Stream Program
- Project WET
- 404-675-1636
- 404-675-1762
Water quality standards, studies
Watershed Protection: Watershed Planning & Monitoring Program
404-675-6236
Water system plans & specifications
Water Resources: Drinking Water Permitting & Engineering Program
404-656-2750
Watershed protection - resource management
- quality
- Water Resources Management Program
- Watershed Protection: Watershed Planning & Monitoring Program
- 404-656-3094
- 404-675-6236
Well water problems - Private (individual wells)
- Public
- County Health Department
- Drinking Water Compliance Program
- Check County listings
- 404-656-4807
Wellhead protection (public wells)
- Water Resources Branch
- Water Resources: Drinking Water Compliance Program
- 404-656-3214
- 404-656-4807
Water use restrictions
Water Resources: Drinking Water Permitting & Engineering Program
404-656-2750
Water well permitting (public)
Water Resources: Drinking Water Permitting & Engineering Program
404-656-2750
Wetlands - general information
- 404 permits
- Watershed Protection: Nonpoint Source Program
US EPA Hotline (Washington, DC)
US EPA Region 4 Wetlands Information
- 401 Certification US Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
US Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta Office
- 404-675-6240
800-832-7828
404-562-9408
- 800-448-2402
404-763-7933
Wetlands maps
Water Resources Branch
404-656-3214
Yard trimming - ban from disposing into landfills
- disposal enforcement
- technical assistance
- Land Protection: Solid Waste Management Program
- District Office
- Department of Community Affairs
- 404-362-2692
- See District Office
- 404-679-4940
X-rays (radiation monitoring)
Radioactive Materials Program
404-362-2675
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