Southeast District Office of Media Relations, External Affairs and Ombudsman

The Southeast District Office of Media Relations, External Affairs and Outreach is responsible for overseeing:

• Media inquiries
• Legislative requests
• Outreach and public speaking requests
• Public records requests

Media Relations / External Affairs

• As a liaison between the Southeast District staff and members of the media, Florida Legislature and local communities; we are here to inform environmental stakeholders of any news and activities that may be occurring in DEP’s Southeast District. All media and external affairs inquiries related to the operations and activities of DEP’s Southeast District should be directed to  Southeast.District@FloridaDEP.gov. 

Speaker Requests

• DEP's Southeast District can provide your school, community or organization with speakers and presentations on a variety of environmental conservation and protection topics. If DEP cannot provide a speaker for you, we will help you locate another resource. All outreach inquiries and speaker requests should be directed to Southeast.District@FloridaDEP.gov.

Environmental Concerns or Complaints

• If you would like to submit an environmental concern to the Southeast District, please fill out this form or call 561-681-6676.

Public Records 

•  Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from state officials regarding state business are public records that are available to the public upon request. Citizens can search the DEP's public records database, Oculus, to find information regarding specific facilities. For information on how to use Oculus, click here. You can also email your public records requests to PublicRecordsRequests_Regulatory@FloridaDEP.gov