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Free Environmental Health & Safety Telephone Hotlines for the Public - Free from EHSO

Free Environmental Hotlines

Free health telephone hotlines for the public

Federal and State governments operate a number of toll-free resource hotlines to provide information about environmental topics and services. Here's an alphabetized listing.

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  • Acid Rain Hotline
    (description)
    1-202-564-9620

  • Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) - Air Quality Subsystem (AQS) - Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-334-2405

  • Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) - AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS) - Helpline
    (description)
    1-800-367-1044

  • Air Risk Information Center Hotline (Air RISC)
    1-919-541-0888

  • Asbestos Abatement/Management Ombudsman
    1-800-368-5888

  • Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM) Help Desk
    1-706-355-8400
    email: ceam@epa.gov

  • Clean Air Technology Center (CATC) Infoline formerly Control Technology Center
    (description)
    1-919-541-0800 (English) or 1-919-541-1800 (Spanish)
    email: catcmail@epa.gov

  • Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emission Factors (CHIEF) Help Desk
    (description)
    1-919-541-5285
    email: info.chief@epa.gov

  • Climate Wise Wise-Line
    1-800-459-WISE (1-800-459-9473)

  • Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) hotline
    (description)
    1-800-424-9346

  • Energy Star Hotline
    1-888-STAR-YES (1-888-782-7937)

  • Environmental Financing Information Network (EFIN)
    1-202-564-4994
    email: efin@epamail.epa.gov

  • Environmental Justice Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-962-6215
    email: environmental-justice-epa@epamail.epa.gov

  • EPA Enforcement Economic Models Helpline
    1-888-ECONSPT [1-888-326-6778]

  • EPA Grants and Fellowships Hotline (NCERQA Hotline)
    1-800-490-9194

  • Federal Facilities Docket Hotline
    (description) 1-800-548-1016

  • Hazardous Waste Ombudsman
    (description)
    1-800-262-7937

  • Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse (IAQINFO)
    (description)
    1-800-438-4318
    email: iaqinfo@aol.com

  • Inspector General Hotline
    (description)
    1-888-546-8740

  • Local Government Reimbursement Program Helpline
    1-800-431-9209

  • Methods Information Communication Exchange Service (MICE)
    1-703-821-4690

  • Mexico Border Hotline
    1-800-334-0741 (English/Spanish)
    email: border.team@epamail.epa.gov

  • National Antimicrobial Information Network
    (description)
    1-800-447-6349
    email: nain@ace.orst.edu

  • National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP, formerly NCEPI)
    1-800-490-9198
    email: ncepi.mail@epamail.epa.gov

  • National Hispanic Indoor Air Quality Hotline
    1-800-SALUD-12 [1-800-725-8312] (Spanish/English)

  • National Lead Information Center Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-424-LEAD [1-800-424-5323]
    email: leadctr@epamail.epa.gov

  • National Pesticide Telecommunications Network
    (description)
    1-800-858-7378
    email: nptn@ace.orst.edu

  • National Radon Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-SOS-RADON [1-800-767-7236]
    email: airqual@nsc.org

  • National Response Center Hotline
    1-800-424-8802

  • National Small Flows Clearinghouse Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-624-8301

  • Ozone Protection Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-296-1996
    email: hotline@tidalwave.net

  • Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) Helpline
    1-888-EPA-PAYT [1-888-372-7298]

  • Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
    (description)
    1-202-260-1023
    email: ppic@epamail.epa.gov

  • RCRA, Superfund and EPCRA Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-424-9346
    TDD 1-800-553-7672

  • Safe Drinking Water Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-426-4791
    email: hotline-sdwa@epamail.epa.gov

  • Small Business Ombudsman Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-368-5888

  • Storet Water Quality System Hotline
    1-800-424-9067
    email: storet@epamail.epa.gov

  • Toxic Release Inventory - User Support Service
    1-202-260-1531

  • Toxic Release Inventory - Community Right To Know - EPCRA Hotline
    1-800-535-0202
    email: tri.us@epamail.epa.gov

  • Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Hotline
    1-202-554-1404
    email: tsca-hotline@epamail.epa.gov

  • WasteWise Helpline
    1-800-EPA-WISE [1-800-372-9473]
    email: ww@cais.net

  • Wetlands Information Hotline
    (description)
    1-800-832-7828
    email: wetlands-hotline@epamail.epa.gov
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