Region 2 Library Services

The mission of the EPA Region 2 Library is to support the information needs of Region 2 staff, and to provide residents of New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and eight Indian Nations with access to EPA literature and environmental information.

Contact Information

The Library is open to the public by appointment. We are located in the Ted Weiss Federal Building in Lower Manhattan on Broadway, between Duane and Reade Streets. All visitors to the Region 2 Office must pass through security screening.

We can be contacted at:
Phone: (212) 637-3185
Fax: (212) 637-3086
Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address
US EPA Region 2 Library
290 Broadway, 23rd Floor
New York, New York 10007-1866

Hours of Operation
The library is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. We are closed Fridays and federal holidays.
Librarians are on-site on Wednesdays or by appointment.
Public: Please call or email ahead to ensure a librarian is available.

Borrowing Policy and Interlibrary Loans

Borrowing privileges are limited to EPA staff and contractors, as well as other libraries via interlibrary loan.

The Region 2 Library does not circulate materials to the public. Members of the public may visit the library by appointment and review publications onsite. People who need to borrow materials should contact their local public, school, or university libraries and ask for an interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please call or email.

To locate EPA library and repository materials, you can search the EPA National Library Catalog. If you have any questions, please call or email the library.

Information For Other Libraries: We freely share materials with other libraries in North America via the OCLC Interlibrary Loan system. Our OCLC symbol is EIA and we are members of FEDL (Federal Libraries and Information Centers) and LVIS (Libraries Very Interested in Sharing). For libraries that do not have OCLC access, please contact the Library for alternate methods.