U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Freedom of Information Act
Public Access Portal
ALERT TO OUR REQUESTERS: SUBMISSIONS ENTERED FEBRUARY 14th
through FEBRUARY 18th
EPA has determined that the data failure experienced by its
contractor, Opexus, impacted submissions made to this site starting Friday,
February 14th through Tuesday, February 18th. All submissions from February 14th
through the 18th have been lost. If you submitted a request or appeal during this timeframe,
please re-submit a request to us.
We apologize for the delay and confusion this incident
created for our requester community.
The Freedom of Information Act is a law that allows any person access to federal agency records. All agencies, including the EPA, have the duty to release records to the public.
To balance the public's right to know with efficient government operations, the FOIA allows EPA and all agencies to withhold nine categories of information from the public if disclosure of that information would harm government or private interests.
First-Time Requesters: Submit a FOIA Request
- If you are submitting a request for the first time, you must create an account by registering before submitting your request.
- Trouble creating an account? Contact managed.services@opexustech.com
Returning Requesters Submitting a New Request: Sign In
Submit an Appeal: Sign In
Check Your Request Status
- Quickly see your request’s status
Locate Proactively Released Records
Records you are requesting may already be available.
- Chemical Data Reporting - the most comprehensive source of basic screening-level, exposure-related information on chemicals available to EPA
- ChemView - a public portal housing toxic chemical reviews, including Data Evaluation Records (DER). DERs document EPA's review of studies and may include product chemistry, toxicology, ecological effects, human exposure, spray drift, environmental fate, and residue chemistry.
- Data.gov - EPA’s public catalog of available data assets
- Envirofacts - search environmental information by location
- ECHO - facilities, enforcement, and compliance history
- EPA Data - a landing page to explore data EPA data resources
Locate Real Estate Information
Find property records without submitting a FOIA request by searching the following sites. Your search results are identical to results you would receive by filing a FOIA request.
- MyProperty Portal - allows real estate agents, mortgage banks, engineering and environmental consulting firms, and the public to determine if EPA's holds records on a specific property without filing a FOIA request. The results of this search will be identical to the information you would receive by filing a FOIA request with EPA for these records.
- Envirofacts - search environmental information by location
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