AL Department of Environmental Management

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Alabama Department of Environmental Management environmental permits, UST sites, brownfields, Justice40 census tracts, and public complaints via agency host. 5 curated layers from ADEM's 110+ data services catalog. No credentials required.

What is AL Department of Environmental Management?

Alabama Department of Environmental Management environmental permits, UST sites, brownfields, Justice40 census tracts, and public complaints via agency data services. Five curated layers from ADEM's sprawling 110+ data services catalog: layer 0 ADEM e-Permitting + Compliance Activities (~83,663 points covering 42 distinct permit categories including Industrial Individual Permit, Industrial General, MS4 General/Individual, Construction General, Mining General/Individual, Stormwater, Stage 1 Air Permit, Solid Waste Landfill / Post Closure, UIC Class 1/3/5 + General, CAFO Registration, Asbestos Notification/Contractor, Bulk Gasoline Plant, Materials Recovery, Recycling, Scrap Tire Facility/Landfill/Processor/Transporter, Coastal Variance, 401 WQC, Pesticides, Storage Tank Registration; 12 STATUS values: Closed/Expired/Expired (Inactive)/Extended/In Effect/In Process/Issued (Not In Effect)/Post Closure/Superseded/Suspended/Terminated/Terminated (Can Re-Register)); layer 0 (~10,347 underground storage tank facilities; SITE_ID_COUNTY uses 3-digit FIPS strings only — handler maps county names to FIPS internally); layer 0 ADEM Brownfield Events (~776 sites with site number, master ID, address, county, recorded owner, approx acres, last activity date); layer 4 Justice40 Disadvantaged Census Tracts (~655 polygons; 248 CEJST methodology fields covering demographics + screening factors + DF_PFS / AF_PFS / HDF_PFS / DSF_PFS / EBF_PFS / EALR_PFS / EBLR_PFS / EPLR_PFS / HBF_PFS / LLEF_PFS / LIF_PFS / LMI_PFS / MHVF_PFS / PM25F_PFS / etc.); layer 0 (~12,988 public environmental complaints; Media is exactly 4 UPPERCASE values AIR/COASTAL/LAND/WATER; Status is exactly 2 UPPERCASE values OPEN/CLOSED). §0 surprises: AEPACS uses both lowercase `object_id` (Double, duplicate) and uppercase `ESRI_OID` (actual OID, esriFieldTypeOID) — handler reads ESRI_OID. AEPACS does NOT support `aggregation` reliably and refuses `distinct-values=true` with geometry (`Geometry is not supported with DISTINCT.`). UST_Sites SITE_ID_COUNTY is 3-digit FIPS-only with no county-name column — handler exposes a county filter that accepts FIPS or county name and resolves via embedded 67-county map. Brownfields County column has casing inconsistencies ('DeKalb' 9 + 'De Kalb' 4 same county) and whitespace bugs (' Montgomery ' with leading + trailing spaces) — handler trims + uppercases. Brownfields LastActivityDate is a STRING formatted '10/20/2025 2:12 PM' (NOT epoch ms) — handler parses with new Date(...). AEPACS native CRS EPSG:26916 (NAD83 UTM Zone 16N), other layers EPSG:3857; Last verified live 2026-05-07.

Available Tools

searchPermits
ADEM AEPACS environmental permits + compliance (~83.7K). 42 permit categories covering NPDES, MS4, stormwater, air, solid waste, UIC, CAFO, scrap tire, asbestos, etc. Filter status (12 values), permitCategory, permitType, facilityName, permittee, city.
searchUSTSites
AL UST Sites (~10.3K). Filter county (handler accepts 3-digit FIPS or county name and resolves to FIPS internally — 67 counties mapped), siteName, city, accountNumber. Native column is FIPS-only.
searchBrownfields
ADEM Brownfield Events (~776). Filter county (handler trims whitespace and handles DeKalb/De Kalb casing), siteName, city, owner. LastActivityDate is parsed from string format.
searchComplaints
ADEM Public Complaints (~13K). Filter media (AIR/COASTAL/LAND/WATER — exactly 4 UPPERCASE values), status (OPEN/CLOSED — exactly 2), complainant, number.
searchJustice40Tracts
AL Justice40 Disadvantaged Census Tracts (~655 polygons). Filter geoid, sf. 248 CEJST methodology fields available in `properties` for advanced use.
getServiceInfo
Schema, record counts (live), max-page caps, enum values for every filter, county FIPS map, and §0 probe notes for any of the 5 curated services.

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 AL Department of Environmental Management with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call searchPermits with permitCategory: 'Stage 1 Air Permit' and status: 'In Effect' for active major air sources, or searchUSTSites with county: 'Mobile' (handler maps to FIPS 097) for Mobile County tank sites.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect AL Department of Environmental Management 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 AL Department of Environmental Management 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 AL Department of Environmental Management 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:

"AL Department of Environmental Management-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"
}