Overview
The EPA API provides access to environmental data and web services from the US Environmental Protection Agency, including air quality, water quality, and toxic release data. It requires no API key, so you can start querying environmental datasets immediately. This is ideal for building environmental monitoring dashboards or research tools.
Beginner Tip
The EPA exposes multiple distinct services (like ECHO for water enforcement and AQS for air quality), so check the developer docs to find the specific endpoint for your data need. Start with the Envirofacts Data Service API for a straightforward REST interface to environmental databases.
Measurement Record
What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.
- Request
- GET https://data.epa.gov/efservice/PUB_DIM_FACILITY/ROWS/0:5/JSON
- Result
- HTTP 200 · application/json · 6,761 bytes
- Response time
- 4933 ms (median of 3) · fastest 4837 ms
- Transport
- TLSv1.2 · ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 · certificate issued by DigiCert Inc
- Browser CORS
- Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://apisscore.com
- Served by
- nginx/1.27.3
- Recorded
- 2026-08-10
Fields Returned
Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.
| Field | Type | Value received |
|---|---|---|
| facility_id | integer | 1000001 |
| latitude | number | 48.828707 |
| longitude | number | -122.685533 |
| city | string | FERNDALE |
| state | string | WA |
| zip | string | 98248 |
| county_fips | string | 53073 |
| county | string | WHATCOM COUNTY |
| address1 | string | 5105 LAKE TERRELL ROAD |
| address2 | null | null |
| facility_name | string | PSE Ferndale Generating Station |
| state_name | string | Washington |
| naics_code | string | 221112 |
| year | integer | 2010 |
Captured Response
Captured from a real request to https://data.epa.gov/efservice/PUB_DIM_FACILITY/ROWS/0:5/JSON on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.
[
{
"facility_id": 1000001,
"latitude": 48.828707,
"longitude": -122.685533,
"city": "FERNDALE",
"state": "WA",
"zip": "98248",
"county_fips": "53073",
"county": "WHATCOM COUNTY",
"address1": "5105 LAKE TERRELL ROAD",
"address2": null,
"facility_name": "PSE Ferndale Generating Station",
"state_name": "Washington",
"naics_code": "221112",
"year": 2010,
"…": "(23 more fields)"
}
] Implementation Example
Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.
const url = "https://www.epa.gov/developers/data-data-products";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
Common Errors & Troubleshooting
Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.
Measured Score Breakdown
Live HTTP request to the API endpoint
Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026
Technical Specifications
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