EPA (ECHO & AQS)

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EPA facility compliance, air quality monitoring, drinking water safety, and toxic release data.

What is EPA (ECHO & AQS)?

Access EPA's ECHO facility search, Air Quality System (AQS) monitoring data, Safe Drinking Water (SDWIS) compliance, Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), and Underground Injection Control (UIC) data. Essential for environmental compliance and regulatory risk assessment.

Available Tools

searchEchoFacilities
Search EPA ECHO regulated facilities by location
getFacilityDetail
Get detailed compliance info for a facility
getComplianceHistory
Get compliance and enforcement history
getAqsMonitors
Find air quality monitoring stations
getAqsData
Get air quality measurement data
querySDWIS
Query Safe Drinking Water Information System
queryTRI
Query Toxics Release Inventory data
queryUIC
Query Underground Injection Control data

Requirements

No authentication required
Free EPA public APIs — no API key needed

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

These are free public APIs with no authentication.

Ask about facility compliance, air quality, or environmental data near your operations.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect EPA (ECHO & AQS) to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect EPA (ECHO & AQS) to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting EPA (ECHO & AQS) to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"EPA (ECHO & AQS)-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}