Environment
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812
916/322-7664
800/952-5588 stationary source complaints
800/287-6653 San Diego car emission complaints
#SMOG from cellular phone
www.arb.ca.gov
Handles complaints about sources of air pollution emission.
California Department of Air Pollution Control
9150 Chesapeake Drive
San Diego, CA 92123
858/650-4700
858/650-4550 other complaints
800/287-6653 San Diego car emission complaints
#SMOG from cellular phone
www.sdapcd.co.san-diego.ca.us
Online complaint form
Handles complaints about industrial and automotive sources of air pollution.
Environmental Health Coalition (EHC)
1717 Kettner Blvd., Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92101-2532
619/235-0281
www.environmentalhealth.org/index1.html
email: ehc [at] environmentalhealth [dot] org
Nonprofit group provides assistance with complaints about illegal and harmful toxic pollution and offers information about alternatives to pesticides and other toxic chemicals.
San Diego City Attorney
Consumer and Environmental Protection Unit
1200 Third Avenue, Suite 700
San Diego, CA 92101-4106
619/533-5600 helpline
http://genesis.sannet.gov/infospc/templates/attorney/complaint_form_eng.pdf
email: cepu [at] sandiego [dot] gov
Investigates and prosecutes crimes committed in the City of San Diego involving public heath, consumer transactions such as misleading advertising, environmental pollution, and other unlawful business acts and practices.
San Diego County Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection Unit
5555 Overland Avenue, Bldg. 3
San Diego, CA 92123
858/694-2739
858/694-2748 Pesticides Program
www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/landuse/agri
Fields complaints and concerns about pesticide use, buying and transporting pesticides, selling poison and bait, and subsequent effects of the abuse of pesticides on watershed management.
San Diego County Department of Environmental Health
P.O. Box 129261
San Diego, CA 92112-9261
619/338-2222
800/246-1233 household toxins & water quality hotline
888/846-0800 complaint hotline
www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/landuse/env_health/
Online complaint form
Takes complaints about county trash collection and individuals who transport waste illegally, dump waste into the environment, or mismanage toxic waste. All information received will remain confidential.
San Diego County District Attorney's Office
Economic Fraud and Environmental Protection Division
P.O. Box X-1011
San Diego, CA 92112-4192
619/531-4070
619/531-3507 24-hr. message
http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/safety/da/
Prosecutes investment, insurance, and real estate fraud, false advertising, and telephone scams within San Diego County but outside of the City of San Diego. Also takes consumer reports of illegal or hazardous pollution of air, land, and water and prosecutes complaints that are within the jurisdiction of the County’s DA office. Otherwise, the office will refer complaints to the appropriate agency.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
866/372-9378
415/744-1500
www.epa.gov/region09/index.html
email: r9.info [at] epamail [dot] epa [dot] gov
Online comment/question form
Handles complaints about violations of environmental regulations and directs environmental concerns to the correct agencies.
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