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Environmental Law Agencies of North America

CANADA

Environment Canada
Inquiry Centre, 351 St. Joseph Boulevard, Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3
819-997-2800 or 1-800-668-6767; fax 819-953-2225, 953-0966
enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca
http://www.ec.gc.ca/

CANADA (Provincial and Territorial Governments Environmental Departments)

Alberta

Department of Alberta Environment
323 Legislature Building
Edmonton, Canada T5K 2B6
780-944-0313
Fax: 780-427-4407
http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/index.html

British Columbia

Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
PO Box 9360 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC V8W 9M2
250-387-9422
Fax: 250-356-6464
www.elpmail@gems2.gov.bc.ca
http://www.gov.bc.ca/elp/

Manitoba

Ministry of Conservation
333 Legislative Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 0V8
204-945-3730
Fax: 204-945-3586
http://www.gov.mb.ca/environ/index.html 

New Brunswick

Environment Department
Fredericton
506-453-2558
Fax: 506-453-3377
http://www.gov.nb.ca/environm/index.htm

Newfoundland and Labrador

Department of Environment and Labour
4th Floor, West Block
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's Newfoundland, A1B 4J6
709-729-2664
Fax: 709-729-6639
http://www.gov.nf.ca/env/Env/default.asp

Northwest Territories

Environment Protection Service
Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
867-873-7654
Fax: 867-873-0221
http://www.gov.nt.ca/RWED/eps/index.htm

Nova Scotia

Ministry of Environment
5151 Terminal Road, 5th floor
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3B7
902-424-5300
Fax: 902-424-0503
http://www.gov.ns.ca/envi/

Nunavut

Ministry of Sustainable Development
867-979-5115
Fax: 867-979-5920
jarnakak@gov.nu.ca

Prince Edward Island

Ministry of Technology and Environment
Fourth Floor, Jones Building
11 Kent Street
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PEI
C1A 7N8
902-368-5000
Fax: 902-368-5830
http://www.gov.pe.ca/te/index.php

Québec

Ministry of Environment
675, boulevard René-Lévesque Est
Édifice Marie-Guyart, r.-d.-c.
Québec G1R 5V7
418-521-3830
Fax: 418-646-5974
info@menv.gouv.qc.ca
http://www.menv.gouv.qc.ca/index-en.htm

Ontario

Ministry of Environment
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
416-325-4000
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/

Saskatchewan

Environment and Resource Management
3211 Albert Street
Regina, SK Canada S4S 5W6
306-787-2930
Fax: 306-787-2947
http://www.serm.gov.sk.ca/

Yukon Territory

Department of Renewable Resources
10 Burns Road
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 2C6
867-667-5237
Fax: 867-393-6213
http://206.12.26.168/

UNITED STATES

US EPA
401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460
202-260-2090
http://www.epa.gov

Alabama

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
64 N. Union Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1456
(334) 242-3465
http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/index.htm

Alaska

Department of Environmental Conservation
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ENV.CONSERV/home.htm
Anchorage Office, ADEC
555 Cordova
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-269-7500, Fax: 907-269-7600

Juneau Office, ADEC
410 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 105
Juneau, AK 99801-1795
907-465-5010, Fax: 907-465-5097

Fairbanks Office, ADEC
610 University Avenue
Fairbanks, AK 99709
907-451-2360, 907-451-2188

Arizona

Department of Environmental Quality
3033 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85012-2774
602-207-2330
http://www.adeq.state.az.us/

Arkansas

Department of Environmental Quality
8001 National Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72209
501-682-0744
Fax: 501-682-0798
http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/

California

Environmental Protection Agency
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 525
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-445-3846
916-445-6401 Fax
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/

Colorado

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Rm. 718
Denver, CO 80203
http://www.dnr.state.co.us/

Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
303-692-2035
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/

Connecticut

Department of Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127
860-424-3001
860-424-4051 Fax
http://dep.state.ct.us/

Council on Environmental Quality
79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 424-4000
Fax: (860) 424-4070
E-mail: karl.wagener@po.state.ct.us

Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
89 Kings Hwy
Dover, DE 19901
302-739-4403
http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/DNREC2000/

Florida

3900 Commonwealth Blvd. M.S. 10
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000
850-488-1554
850-488-7093 Fax
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

Georgia

Department of Natural Resources
205 Butler Street
Suite 1252, East Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334-1703
404-656-3500
http://www.ganet.org/dnr/

Hawaii

Department of Land and Natural Resources
1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 130
Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813
808-587-0405
Fax: 808-587-0390
dlnr@pixi.com
http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/Welcome.html

Idaho

Department of Environmental Quality
1410 N. Hilton
Boise, ID 83706
208-373-0502
Fax: 208-373-0417
http://www2.state.id.us/deq/

Indiana

Department of Environmental Management
Indiana Government Center North
100 N. Senate
P.O. Box 6015
Indianapolis, IN 46206-6015
317-232-8603
http://www.state.in.us/idem/

Illinois

Department of Natural Resources
524 S. 2nd Street, 5th FL
Springfield, IL 62701
217-785-0075
http://dnr.state.il.us/

Iowa

Department of Natural Resources
Henry A. Wallace Bldg. East 9th and Grand
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
515-281-5385
http://www.state.ia.us/government/dnr/index.html

Kansas

Department of Health & Environment
Division of Environment
Forbes Field, Building 740, Topeka, Ks. 66620-0001
785-296-1535
Fax: 785- 296-8464
http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/

Kentucky

Department for Environmental Protection
14 Reilly Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-2150
Fax: 502-564-4245
http://www.nr.state.ky.us/nrepc/dep/dep2.htm

Louisiana

Department of Environmental Quality
7290 Bluebonnet Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
225-342-1234
http://www.deq.state.la.us/

Maine

Department of Conservation
22 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
207-287-2211
Fax: 207- 287-2400
http://www.state.me.us/doc/dochome.htm

Maryland

Department of the Environment
2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-631-3000
http://www.mde.state.md.us/

Massachusetts

Department of Environmental Protection
1 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-292-5500
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/

Department of Environmental Management
100 Cambridge Street, 19th Floor
Boston, MA 02202
617-626-1250
http://www.state.ma.us/dem/

Michigan

Department of Environmental Quality
106 West Allegan Street
Hollister Building, 6th Floor
PO Box 30473
Lansing, MI 48909-7973
517-373-7917
Fax: 517-241-7401
http://www.deq.state.mi.us

Minnesota

Office of Environmental Assistance
520 Lafayette Rd N Floor 2
St. Paul, MN 55155-4100
651-296-3417
800-657-3843
Fax: 651-215-0246
http://www.moea.state.mn.us/

Mississippi

Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 20305
Jackson, MS 39289-1305
601-961-5171
Fax:  601- 961-5349
http://www.deq.state.ms.us/

Missouri

Department of Natural Resources
P. O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102
800-334-6946
webmanager@mail.dnr.state.mo.us
http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/homednr.htm

Montana

Department of Natural Resources & Conservation
1625 Eleventh Avenue
PO Box 201601
Helena, MT 59620-1601
406-444-2074
Fax:  406-444-2684
http://www.dnrc.state.mt.us/

Nebraska

Department of Environmental Quality
1200 "N" Street, Suite 400
PO Box 98922
Lincoln, NE 68509
402-471-2186
Fax:  402-471-2909
http://www.deq.state.ne.us/

Nevada

Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
123 W. Nye Lane, Room 230
Carson City, Nevada 89706-0818
775-687-4360
Fax:  775-687-6122
http://www.state.nv.us/cnr/

New Hampshire

Department of Environmental Services
6 Hazen Drive
PO Box 95
Concord, NH 03302-0095
603-271-3503, 271-2867
http://www.des.state.nh.us/descover.htm

New Jersey

Department of Environmental Protection
401 E. State Street
7th Floor, East Wing
P.O. Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
609-292-2885
Fax:  609-292-7695
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/

New Mexico

Environment Department
Harold S. Runnels Building
1190 St. Francis Dr.
Santa Fe NM 87502-0110
505-827-2855
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/

New York

Department of Environmental Conservation
50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12233-1011
518-485-8940
Fax:  518-457-7744
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/

North Carolina

Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
919-733-4984
http://www.enr.state.nc.us/

North Dakota

Natural Resources and Indian Affairs Division
900 E Boulevard Ave
Bismarck ND 58505-0041
701-328-3640
Fax:  701-328-4300

Department of Health
Environmental Health Section
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
701-328-2372
Fax:  701-328-4727
http://www.health.state.nd.us/ndhd/default.asp

Ohio

Environmental Protection Agency
Lazarus Government Center
122 South Front Street
614-644-3020
Columbus, OH 43215
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/

Oklahoma

Department of Environmental Quality
707 N Robinson
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
405-702-1000
http://www.deq.state.ok.us/

Oregon

Department of Environmental Quality
811 SW Sixth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204-1390
503-229-5696
503-229-6124 Fax
http://www.deq.state.or.us/

Pennsylvania

Department of Environmental Protection
Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
717-787-2814
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/

Rhode Island

Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street
Providence, RI 02908-5767
401-222-2771
Fax:  401-222-6802
http://www.state.ri.us/dem/

South Carolina

Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803-898-3432
http://www.state.sc.us/dhec/

South Dakota

Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Joe Foss Bldg.
523 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
605- 773-3151
http://www.state.sd.us/denr/denr.html

Tennessee

Department of Environment and Conservation
21st Floor, L&C Tower
401 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37243
888-891-TDEC
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/

Texas

Natural Resource Conservation Commission
12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, TX 78753
512-239-1000
http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/

Utah

Department of Environmental Quality
168 North 1950 West
P.O. Box 144810
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4810
801-536-4400
Fax:  801-536-4401
http://www.eq.state.ut.us/

Vermont

Agency of Natural Resources
Center Building
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-0301
802- 241-3600
802-244-1102 Fax
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/

Virginia

Department of Environmental Quality
629 East Main Street
Post Office Box 10009 23240
Richmond, VA 23219
804-698-4000
804-698-4500 Fax
www.deq.state.va.us

Washington

Department of Natural Resources
1111 Washington Street SE
PO Box 47000
Olympia, WA 98504-7000
360-902-1000
http://www.wa.gov/dnr/

Department of Ecology
300 Desmond Drive
Lacey, WA 98503
360-407-6000
http://www.wa.gov/ecology/ecyhome.html


West Virginia

Division of Environmental Protection
10 McJunkin Road
Nitro, WV 25143
304-759-0515
Fax:  304-759-0526
http://www.dep.state.wv.us/

Wisconsin

Department of Natural Resources
101 South Webster Street
PO Box 7921
Madison, 53707
608-266-2621
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/

Wyoming

Department of Environmental Quality
122 West 25th Street, Herschler Building
Cheyenne, 82002
307-777-7758
307-777-7682 Fax
http://deq.state.wy.us/