As a precautionary response to COVID-19, Ohio EPA is currently operating with most staff working remotely. If you are working with our staff on a current project and you know the name of the employee you are working with, email them at firstname.lastname@epa.ohio.gov or call them directly. The Agency website has contact information for every district, division, and office. In order to reach us, please contact Ohio EPA’s main phone line at (614) 644-3020 or the main line for the division or office you are trying to reach.

After March 23, our district offices and Central Office will be temporarily closed and will have increasingly limited ability to receive deliveries, plans, etc. All entities are encouraged to submit plans, permit applications, etc., electronically where there are existing avenues to do so, such as the eBusiness Center (eBiz). Please refer to the list of available services on the main eBiz webpage. We encourage you to make use of all that apply, even if you have not used eBiz in the past. Plans under 25 MB can be emailed. For large plans over 25 MB, entities should work with the reviewer/division to upload via LiquidFiles. Directions for submitting docs via LiquidFiles is available on YouTube. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you in advance for your understanding.

To report a spill or environmental emergency, contact the spill hotline (800) 282-9378 or (614) 224-0946. 

Ohio E-Check Exemption and Extension Processing Locations

Hardship, repair, and out-of-state extensions as well as military, student and out-of-state exemptions can now be processed at any of the full-service E-Check stations listed below, as well as the Ohio EPA Twinsburg field office location. Please have the Exemption/Extension Application or Hardship Application filled out and other required paperwork with you when you arrive.

Only walk-in applications can be processed at the following locations:

Important:  Below is a list of exemptions and extensions that cannot be issued at the E-Check stations unless an appointment has been made to meet with an Ohio EPA employee at the station:

• Permanent
  • Overweight vehicles
  • Alternatively fueled vehicles 
• Storage
• Trust
• Handicap vehicles unable to test
• Impounded vehicles
• Medical

To schedule an appointment and for information regarding exemptions and extensions, please contact Ohio EPA at (330) 963-4479. Please note that ALL exemptions and extensions can be processed at the Ohio EPA office locations listed below. Mail-in applications must be sent to one of the Ohio EPA offices below for processing.