UT Department of Environmental Quality

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Utah DEQ — Voluntary Cleanup Program, brownfields, CERCLIS hazardous-waste sites. ~142 VCP sites (mostly Salt Lake / Davis / Tooele), ~29 brownfields (18 targeted + 11 other), ~145 active CERCLIS sites (469 incl. archived).

What is UT Department of Environmental Quality?

Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UT DEQ) consolidated environmental connector. Probed 2026-05-02. AGOL services1.arcgis.com/99lidPhWCzftIe9K owned by UtahAGRC. 4 services via 4 methods: searchVoluntaryCleanup (~142 VCP sites) ⭐ — distinct SITECNTY values BEAVER/CACHE/CARBON/DAVIS 8/GARFIELD/GRAND/SALT LAKE 81/SAN JUAN/SUMMIT 10/TOOELE/UTAH/WASATCH/WEBER (mostly Salt Lake County); searchBrownfields (~29 sites — BFTARGETED 18 + BFNONTARGETED 11 combined; bfType filter targeted/other/all); searchHazardousWasteSites (SITEREM CERCLIS list ~469 raw, ~145 active after default ARCHIVED='No' filter; ARCHIVED Err 14/No 145/Yes 310; NPL_ Err 14/No 455); getServiceInfo. **upstream quirks**: All 4 layers use SITECNTY (NOT COUNTY) UPPERCASE — defensive `UPPER(SITECNTY) = '<CTY>'` queries with Title-Case on output. Date columns are MM/DD/YYYY strings (NOT epoch) — handler reduces to YYYY-MM-DD via dateFromMdY(). VCP STATE = 'UT' only (142/142) and POSTTONET = 'Yes' only (142/142) — degenerate, not exposed as filters. NORTHING/EASTING are UTM 12N coords, NOT lat/lon — handler reads geometry.x/y exclusively after outSR=4326. **Spec drift**: 'searchHazardousWasteSites' — no UT-published RCRA hazardous-waste-handler Feature Service exists; handler exposes against SITEREM (CERCLA / CERCLIS-compatible) and surfaces caveat in notes that for RCRA G/T/TSDF use EPA Envirofacts (already exposed) for the canonical national source.

Available Tools

searchVoluntaryCleanup
UT DEQ Voluntary Cleanup Program (~142 sites). Filter county/siteName/derrId/city. SITECNTY UPPERCASE.
searchBrownfields
UT DEQ Brownfields (Targeted + Other combined, ~29). bfType: targeted/other/all.
searchHazardousWasteSites
UT DEQ CERCLIS sites (~469, ~145 active). Default activeOnly:true filters ARCHIVED='No'.
getServiceInfo
Schema + record counts for any of 4 services. Pass `service` to scope.

Requirements

ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS
Set ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS=true to allow connector toggles.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Set ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS=true for your deployment.

Open /mcp and turn on UT Department of Environmental Quality with the environmental switch.

Call the ut-deq MCP tool — start with method=searchVoluntaryCleanup or method=searchHazardousWasteSites.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect UT Department of Environmental Quality 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 UT Department of Environmental Quality 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 UT Department of Environmental Quality 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:

"UT Department of Environmental Quality-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"
}