AK Department of Environmental Conservation

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Alaska DEC SPAR contaminated-sites database — active spills, cleanup-complete sites, LUST tanks, institutional controls. ~8.8K sites with public report links. No credentials required.

What is AK Department of Environmental Conservation?

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Spill Prevention & Response (SPAR) program — public Contaminated Sites database. ~8,802 sites covering active spills, cleanup-complete remediation, LUST (leaking underground storage tank) sites, and institutional-controls overlays. Status distribution (only 4 values): Cleanup Complete 4,596; Active 2,469; Cleanup Complete - Institutional Controls 1,275; Informational 462. 2,631 of 8,802 sites are LUST. Filters: borough (AK county-equivalent), site name, status, lustOnly, city, staff (case manager), ANCSA-categorized only, bbox/near. Each record includes Site_Report_Link to the canonical SPAR public-report portal. §0 decision: SPAR_Internal/Contaminated_Sites_Plus requires auth (HTTP 200 + error 499 "Token Required") — DROPPED from this connector; future work could request a token from AK DEC.. Last verified live 2026-05-07.

Available Tools

searchContaminatedSites
SPAR contaminated sites (~8.8K). Filter borough (AK county-equivalent), siteName, status (Active / Cleanup Complete / Informational), lustOnly, city, staff, ancsaOnly.
getSiteById
Single site lookup by Hazard_ID. Returns Site_Report_Link to the public SPAR portal.
getServiceInfo
Schema, record count, enum values, and §0 probe notes for the public Contaminated Sites layer.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Open /mcp and enable AK Department of Environmental Conservation with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call searchContaminatedSites with a borough name to explore active and cleanup-complete sites.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect AK Department of Environmental Conservation 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 AK Department of Environmental Conservation 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 AK Department of Environmental Conservation 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:

"AK Department of Environmental Conservation-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"
}