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Region 8 Environmental Information Service Center
How can we help?It can be difficult finding the right person to speak to about a specific environmental question. That's why EPA Region 8 created an Environmental Information Service Center (EISC) in 1993.
Note: click on the image to see a larger view of the EISC.
The EISC Information Specialists process numerous phone and e-mail inquiries
per month from the entire United States.
Questions answered by the specialists pertain to the following topics:
- Asbestos
- Drinking water
- Environmental grants
- Green products and services
- Household hazardous wastes
- Indoor and outdoor air quality
- Lead
- Mold
- Pesticides and herbicides
- Pollution prevention
- Radon
- Recycling
- Superfund sites - and
- Vehicle emissions.
Inquiries are received via telephone, e-mail requests, and drop-in visitors. Whether you're in need of an expert at EPA, a website address, a hotline number, or a contact in a state or local government agency, EISC can help you find the resource or answer. We are always interested in your comments regarding our customer service so that we can serve you better.
Here are some examples of the types of questions EISC receives:
- The ceiling in my house contains 8 percent asbestos. Is this a problem?
- Who can help me with an environmental issue on Tribal land?
- Can you advise me on how to start an eco-friendly business?
- How can I get my home tested for radon?
- I want to import a vehicle into the USA. Whom must I contact?
- What is the current allowable level of arsenic in drinking water?
The EISC is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Mountain Time), excluding federal government holidays. Send your environmental questions via e-mail to: r8eisc@epa.gov.
Information Specialists:
- Maintain an extensive directory of EPA, state, and local government agency contacts, and
- Can answer the question or direct the caller to the appropriate person or agency;
- Process numerous inquiries per month from concerned citizens, students, university faculty, and other government agencies;
- Respond to e-mail requests from the EPA Region 8 states and from locations anywhere within or outside the U.S., and
- Strive to ensure that all e-mail inquiries are responded to within 48 hours.
Drop-in visitors are greeted by EPA Information Specialist after passing through the security screening, and signing in at the front desk. Access to the Center is available on Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 12 noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m (MT). (This excludes federal government holidays.) Visitors are welcome to free EPA publications in the EISC visitor center on the first floor and at the Region 8 Technical Library on the second floor.
How to contact or find EISC
Mailing Address:
US EPA Region 8
1595 Wynkoop St
8OC-EISC
Denver, CO 80202-1129
Local phone: 303-312-6312
Toll-free for EPA Region 8 callers - Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming: 800-227-8917
E-Mail address: r8eisc@epa.gov or use our electronic Comments Form.
