ESS Application and System Announcements

Stay up-to-date when there are changes to permit applications. Any scheduled system maintenance impacting the availability of ESS will also be posted here.

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05/13/2021Partial Network OutageThere is a networking outage affecting multiple agencies across the state. The Office of Technology is working to identify the problem. DEP is thus far unaffected, but please be aware if you encounter any connectivity issues.
05/11/2021Planned Outage: DEP Online ServicesBeginning Sunday, May 16 at 9:00 PM, ESS and most other DEP online services will be unavailable. The outage is expected to last about 3 hours and services should be running again after midnight. Please be sure you're logged out before this time to avoid losing your work. We apologize for any inconvenience.
05/11/2021Planned Outage: DEP Online ServicesAs a result of ongoing degraded network services the West Virginia Office of Technology will require an emergency maintenance window starting at 8:00pm on Tueday, May 11 until approximately 10:00pm. The emergency outage will impact all Internet provided services including cloud hosted services, Internet provided VoIP telephony, VPN access, and third-party connectivity. While hopeful that tonight's maintenance will isolate and remedy the issue, it is possible that we will request another time to make changes until this issue has been resolved.
05/10/2021Emergency Outage: 05/10/2021As a result of ongoing degraded network services the West Virginia Office of Technology will require an emergency maintenance window starting at 8:00pm this evening until approximately 11:00pm. Please log out before this time to avoid losing your work. We apologize for any inconvenience.
05/05/2021Emergency Outage: 05/05/2021As a result of ongoing degraded network services the West Virginia Office of Technology will require an emergency maintenance window starting at 8:00pm this evening until approximately 12:00am. Please log out before this time to avoid losing your work. We apologize for any inconvenience.
03/05/2021Planned Outage: 03/07/2021Sunday, March 7, beginning at 8:30 PM, ESS and most other DEP online services will be unavailable. The outage is expected to last about 3 hours. Services should be running again by 11:30 PM. Please log out before this time to avoid losing your work. We apologize for any inconvenience.
02/26/2021DEP Online Services: Planned OutageBeginning Friday, February 26 at 9:00 PM, ESS and most other DEP online services will be unavailable. The outage is expected to last less than an hour and services should be running again by 10:00 PM. Please be sure you're logged out before this time to avoid losing your work. We apologize for any inconvenience.
01/27/2021Planned Outage: All DEP ServicesBeginning at 7:00 PM Tuesday, February 2, ESS and all other DEP online services will be unavailable. The outage will last until 6:00 AM Wednesday, February 3. Please be sure you're logged out before this time to avoid losing your work. We apologize for any inconvenience.
09/23/2020Planned Outage: All DEP ServicesOn Thursday, September 24 between 8:00PM and 12:00 midnight, ESS and all other DEP online services will be unavailable. Please be sure you're logged out before this time to avoid losing your work. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Last modified: Thursday May 13 2021