aid: environmental-protection-agency
name: Environmental Protection Agency
description: >-
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides multiple public
  data APIs covering environmental records, air quality monitoring, UV
  forecasts, and internal data holdings. These services enable State and
  local governments, federal agencies, researchers, and the public to
  access environmental data about air, water, and land.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Environment
  - Federal Government
  - Air Quality
  - Open Data
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/environmental-protection-agency/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
apis:
  - aid: environmental-protection-agency:envirofacts
    name: EPA Envirofacts Data Service API
    description: >-
      Envirofacts provides a single point of access to U.S. EPA environmental
      data contained in U.S. EPA databases. The RESTful Data Service API
      returns output in JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, JSONP, Parquet, PDF, or XML
      formats and supports queries across any Envirofacts table.
    humanURL: https://www.epa.gov/enviro/envirofacts-data-service-api
    baseURL: https://data.epa.gov/efservice/
    tags:
      - Environment
      - Open Data
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.epa.gov/enviro/envirofacts-data-service-api
      - type: Web Services
        url: https://www.epa.gov/enviro/web-services
  - aid: environmental-protection-agency:aqs
    name: EPA Air Quality System API
    description: >-
      The EPA Air Quality System (AQS) API provides programmatic access to
      ambient air pollution data collected by the EPA, state, local, and
      tribal air pollution control agencies, including hourly sample data,
      daily/quarterly/annual summaries, monitor information, and quality
      assurance data. JSON response format with API key authentication.
    humanURL: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/documents/data_api.html
    baseURL: https://aqs.epa.gov/data/api
    tags:
      - Environment
      - Air Quality
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/documents/data_api.html
      - type: Sign Up
        url: https://aqs.epa.gov/data/api/signup
  - aid: environmental-protection-agency:uv-index
    name: EPA UV Index API
    description: >-
      The EPA UV Index API provides hourly and daily ultraviolet radiation
      forecasts by ZIP code or city/state. Output is available in XML,
      JSON, Excel, and CSV formats.
    humanURL: https://www.epa.gov/enviro/web-services
    baseURL: https://data.epa.gov/efservice/getEnvirofactsUVHOURLY/
    tags:
      - Environment
      - UV Index
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.epa.gov/enviro/web-services
  - aid: environmental-protection-agency:echo
    name: EPA ECHO Compliance and Enforcement API
    description: >-
      Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) provides public
      access to compliance and enforcement information for EPA-regulated
      facilities nationwide. The ECHO web services API supports facility
      searches, compliance reports, and enforcement case lookups.
    humanURL: https://echo.epa.gov/tools/web-services
    baseURL: https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/
    tags:
      - Environment
      - Compliance
      - Enforcement
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://echo.epa.gov/tools/web-services
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.epa.gov/
  - type: Developer Central
    url: https://www.epa.gov/developers
  - type: Web Services
    url: https://www.epa.gov/enviro/web-services
  - type: Open Data
    url: https://www.data.gov/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com