Public Acces/Right to Know




How to Request Information from DEP

New Right-to-Know Procedure

The Department of Environmental Protection maintains millions of records in more than 20 offices throughout the Commonwealth. To obtain access to DEP information under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, you can print out a request form and mail it to the appropriate office or contact the office by phone. To help locate the appropriate records, the department suggests that a person requesting records call a DEP office listed below and ask for the Records Desk.

Designated Records Officers

Note: Please address all written requests to Attn: Records Officer.

DEP Central Office

Central Records Officer

Department of Environmental Protection
Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 8473, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8473
Phone: 717-787-2043 / Fax: 717-705-8023

Regional Offices

Northwest Regional Office
230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Phone: 814-332-6340 / Fax: 814-332-6344

Counties: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango and Warren

District Offices: New Castle, Knox, Warren

Southwest Regional Office
400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Phone: 412-442-4096 / Fax: 412-442-4098

Counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland

District Offices: Beaver Falls, Uniontown

Northcentral Regional Office
208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448
Phone: 570-327-3693 / Fax: 570-327-3565

Counties: Bradford, Cameron, Clearfield, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union

District Offices: Mansfield, Sunbury, Hawk Run

Southcentral Regional Office
909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200
Phone: 717-705-4732 / Fax: 717-705-4710

Counties: Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry and York

District Offices: Altoona, Chambersburg, Lancaster, Reading, York

Northeast Regional Office
2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Phone: 570-826-5472 / Fax: 570-830-3127

Counties: Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming

District Offices: Bethlehem, Pocono, Pottsville, Scranton

Southeast Regional Office
2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401
Phone: 484-250-5910 / Fax: 484-250-5914

Counties: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia

District Offices: None

Mineral Resources Field Offices

Pottsville District Mining Office
5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454
Phone: 570-621-3118 / Fax: 570-621-3110

Counties: Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Susquehanna, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, York

Moshannon District Office
186 Enterprise Drive, Phillipsburg, PA 16866
Phone: 814-342-8200 / Fax: 814-342-8216

Counties: Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga

Greensburg District Mining Office
Armbrust Building, R.D. #2, Box 603C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982
Phone: 724-925-5500 / Fax: 724-925-5557

Counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland

Cambria District Mining Office
286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119
Phone: 814-472-1900 / Fax: 814-472-1898

Counties: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Somerset

Knox District Mining Office
White Memorial Building, P.O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669
Phone: 814-797-1191 / Fax: 814-797-2706

Counties: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango, Warren

California District Office
25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423
Phone: 724-769-1100 / Fax: 724-769-1102

Counties: Underground mining permits issued for all counties from this office.

Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Field Offices

Wilkes-Barre District Office
2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Phone: 570-826-2371 / Fax: 570-826-2441

Cambria District Office
286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0149
Phone: 814-472-1800 / Fax: 814-472-1839

Bureau of Deep Mine Safety Field Offices

Bituminous Region - Uniontown Office
167 Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Road, Uniontown, PA 15401
Phone: 724-439-7469 / Fax: 724-439-7324

Anthracite Region - Pottsville Office
5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454
Phone: 570-621-3139 / Fax: 570-621-3445