Environmental Enforcement

Overview

Environmental Enforcement (EE) promotes compliance with the Solid Waste Management Act, Water Pollution Control Act, Groundwater Protection Act, Hazardous Waste Management Act, Underground Storage Tank Act, and Dam Safety Act by providing assistance, inspecting regulated sites, and enforcing conditions required by these acts.

File an Electronic Complaint

Use this form to file a complaint involving dam safety, underground storage tanks, hazardous waste, or water/waste.

Report an Emergency

In the event of a spill or accidental discharge, hazardous emergency or dam emergency, immediately call:
(800) 642-3074 .

Environmental Enforcement Services

Dam Safety

A dam's auxiliary spillway failure

The mission of the Dam Safety Section is to protect lives and property from the danger of a dam failure. Public safety is accomplished by ensuring that dams are constructed, rehabilitated, maintained, operated, or removed in a safe manner.

Hazardous Waste

A hazardous waste inspector in front of barrels on a palete.

The hazardous waste (HW) section with Environmental Enforcement promotes compliance by providing assistance and/or enforcing regulatory requirements of hazardous waste generators and hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities.

Tanks

Backhoe lifting an underground storage tank

The Tanks Unit within Environmental Enforcement is comprised of Corrective Action and Prevention staff. There are four groups within the Tanks Unit covering Aboveground Storage Tanks (AST), Underground Storage Tanks (UST), Leaking Aboveground Storage Tanks (LAST), and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST).

Water and Waste

Environmental inspector Taking Readings

The Water and Waste (WW) section within Environmental Enforcement promotes compliance by providing assistance and / or enforcing permit conditions required of municipalities, solid waste facilities, industry and the public. WW continually works to advance to lawful management of solid waste and wastewater.

Additional Resources

File an Electronic C​ompliant

Environmental Enforcement Online Complaint Form

These complaints are reviewed Monday - Friday under normal business hours only.

This page is for citizen complaints involving Dam Safety, Underground Storage Tanks, Hazardous Waste, or Water and Waste.

Privacy Notice

Information you voluntarily provide will be a part of a public record and can be released. DEP will process your personal information (email address, mailing address and/or telephone number) in accordance with the State of West Virginia's Privacy Policy for appropriate and customary business purposes.

Your personal information may be disclosed to other State agencies or third parties in the normal course of business or as needed to comply with statutory or regulatory requirements, including Freedom of Information Act requests. The Division of Water and Waste Management will appropriately secure your personal information.  If you have any questions about our use of your personal information, please contact the DEP's Chief Privacy officer at depprivacyofficer@wv.gov.

This will be a public record. If you wish to remain anonymous, place check in box and do not enter your name or telephone number.

 

Office Locations and Staff Contacts

Charleston Headquarters and Southwest Region

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Water and Waste Management
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: (304) 926-0470
Fax: (304) 926-0488
 

 

Staff Contacts

A downloadable reference sheet containing Environmental Enforcement staff contacts sorted by county and what EE work unit they serve.  

 
 

DWWM Environmental Enforcement Regional Offices

Northwest Regional Office
Fairmont

1000 Technology Drive
Suite 3220
Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone: (304) 368-3960
Fax: (304) 368-3953  

 

Northeast Regional Office
Romney

22288 Northwestern Pike
Romney, WV 26757
Phone: (304) 822-7266
Fax: (304) 822-3687
 

 

Southeast Regional Office
Fayetteville

1159 Nick Rahall Greenway
Fayetteville, WV 25840
Phone: (304) 574-4465
Fax: (304) 574-4477  

 

Ohio River Regional Office
Parkersburg

76 Conservation Way
Parkersburg, WV 26104
Phone: (304) 420-4635
Fax: (304) 420-4554  

 
 

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