WV Dept of Environmental Protection (consolidated)

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WVDEP consolidated. Marcellus heart — EQT, Antero, Range, Southwestern operate heavily. 11 thematic services in one enterprise folder, 9 layers via 8 methods. ~153K wells + ~10K AMLs + ~11K mining permits + ~34K 303(d) streams.

What is WV Dept of Environmental Protection (consolidated)?

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) consolidated connector — single connector spanning O&G + air + water + mining + dam safety + remediation + watershed because WVDEP runs an exceptionally clean enterprise server with **11 thematic services in one folder** at `tagis.dep.wv.gov/arcgis/rest/services/WVDEP_enterprise/` (probed 2026-05-02). Marcellus heart — EQT Production, Antero Resources, Range Resources, Southwestern Energy operate heavily. Layers consumed: oil_gas/MapServer/7 'All DEP Wells' (~153,267 — primary inventory), oil_gas/MapServer/0 'Horizontal Wells' (~9,406), air_quality/MapServer/7 'All Facilities' (~2,569), abandoned_mine_lands/MapServer/1 'AMLPoints' (~9,989), environmental_remediation/MapServer/2 'Voluntary Remediation Sites' (~364), environmental_remediation/MapServer/14 'SEMS Sites' (~831 Superfund tracking), mining_reclamation/MapServer/0 'DMR permits' (~11,524), dam_safety/MapServer/0 (~395 with H/S/L/N/U hazard codes), watershed_assessment/MapServer/15 '303(d) impaired streams' (~34,199 polylines). upstream quirks (probed): **county on oil_gas wells is 3-digit FIPS suffix** ('103' = Wetzel — full FIPS 54103). Handler accepts county *name* on input via WV_COUNTY_FIPS table; surfaces Title-Case county on output. SEMS Sites layer has 10-character truncated column names ('f_'=Federal Facility, 'site_statu', 'wvdep_prog', 'descriptio', 'contaminat'); SEMS county column IS uppercase ('CABELL') unlike FIPS-coded wells. dam_safety downstream_hazard distinct: H=271, S=70, L=21, N=5, U=28; damclassification 1/2/3/4/U. oil_gas wells `marcellus` is 'y'/'n'/'u' string (133K unknown / 11K no / 8K yes) — surfaced as boolean. Geometry is Web Mercator (102100); handler always uses outSR=4326. welltype distinct: Vertical=140,983, Horizontal 6A=6,832, Horizontal=2,574, CBM=2,336 — handler matches both 'Horizontal' and 'Horizontal 6A' via UPPER LIKE. mining_reclamation/0 spec mentioned permittype/permitstatus columns; **actual columns are type/per_status** (type: Prospect=4342, Coal Surface Mine=2983, Coal Underground=2564; per_status: Completely Released=8219, Renewed=1038, Revoked=798, Active=15). AML status has bracketed variants ('A'/'[A]', 'U'/'[U]', 'E'/'[E]') — handler accepts both. Air/AML/VRP/Mining/Dam/Watershed layers have NO county column — bbox/near only. maxRecordCount varies: oil_gas=3000, mining_reclamation=5000, others=2000.

Available Tools

searchWells
WVDEP O&G wells (~153K). Filter county (name → FIPS), operator, status, wellType, formation, marcellus/horizontal flags.
searchPermits
WV drilling permits ordered by issuedate desc. Filter county, operator, permitType, status, yearFrom/yearTo.
searchAirEmissionSources
Air-permit facilities (~2.6K). Filter facilityName/industry/naicCode/sourceHierarchy/city. NO county column.
searchAbandonedMineLands
AMLPoints (~10K). Filter padNumber/padName/problemKey (P/DI/HEF/WA/VO)/status (A/U/E). NO county column.
searchRemediationSites
Voluntary Remediation Sites + SEMS Superfund tracking. layer: vrp | sems | both. SEMS has UPPERCASE county; VRP no county.
searchMiningReclamation
DMR mining permits (~11K). Filter permittee/permitType (Coal Surface/Underground/Quarry)/permitStatus/inspectionStatus. NO county column.
searchDamSafety
Dams (~395). Filter damName/hazardCode (H=High/S=Significant/L=Low/N/U)/nationalId. NO county column.
searchWatershedAssessment
303(d) impaired streams (~34K polylines). Filter reachName + cause (bio/fecal/ph/aluminum/iron/selenium/manganese/dioxin/pcbs).
getServiceInfo
Schema + record counts for any of 9 layers. Returns _enterpriseFolder summary listing all 11 thematic services.

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 WV Dept of Environmental Protection with the environmental switch.

Call the wv-dep MCP tool — start with method=searchWells or method=searchPermits.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect WV Dept of Environmental Protection (consolidated) 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 WV Dept of Environmental Protection (consolidated) 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 WV Dept of Environmental Protection (consolidated) 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:

"WV Dept of Environmental Protection (consolidated)-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"
}