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Welcome to the Internet home of the US Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR), Division of Environmental Protection (DEP).  This site was developed to:

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Provide up-to-date information on environmental protection laws of the Government of the US Virgin Islands, and those mandated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and
 

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To provide information on compliance programs, general services and resources managed and administered by the USVI Division of Environmental Protection.

Major programs and projects managed by the USVI Division of Environmental Protection include:

Air Pollution Control
Air Quality Management Program
VI Brownfields Initiative
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Financial Programs
Ground Water
Legal Counsel
Non Point Source Pollution
Pesticide Control
Public Water System Supervision
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Small Business Environmental Assistance
Solid Waste
Storm Water Pollution Prevention
Superfund
Underground Storage Tank
Water Pollution Control
Water Quality Management Program
Watershed Education Program
Wellhead Protection Program
Wetlands Program

What's New!

 

Weekly Beach Public Advisory

2-May-2008 - DPNR-DEP performed water quality analysis at the 43 designated beaches throughout the Territory during the week of April 28-May 02, 2008. 

All beaches surveyed met water quality standards for safe swimming and fishing.

Follow this link for more information.

Sahara Dust Causing Hazy Skies in the Virgin Islands

8-May-2008 - The Department of Planning and Natural Resources is advising the public that the hazy skies in the Virgin Islands are a result of dust from the Sahara Desert. The dust reduces visibility and results in poor air quality. Due to the dust storms and a rise in warm air, the sand in the Sahara rises above the desert.

This rise of This rise of accompanying warm air lifts the dust particles about 15,000 feet above the African deserts and these particles travel westward. As a result, several hundred million tons of African dust can be transported over the Atlantic basin.  Follow this link for further information.

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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Ground Water

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Non Point Source Pollution

Pesticide Control

Public Water Sys. Supervision

Quality Control

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& Quality Control

Small Business Environmental Assistance

Solid Waste

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Water Pollution Control

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