Creating an Emergency Permit Certificate for an Applicant

Any internal PennDOT role (except view-only) can create emergency permit certificates on behalf of a utility company.

1. Log in to EPS to access the Applications Portal page.

2. From the green tool bar at the top of the page, click on Emergency and then Create Certificate. The Create Emergency Permit Certificate page will display.

3. If the company for which you are creating a certificate has a BPID, click on the BPID looking glass icon to select the BPID, which will populate much of the information needed on this page.

If the company does not have a BPID, then you will need to fill in all the required fields.

4. The email address entered on this page will be used by the system to send emails regarding certificate renewals, status changes as well as notifications of emergency work that was started.

5. While the certificate will be valid statewide, select your District and County.

6. When you are finished entering the contact information to be on the certificate, click on the Generate Certificate button. Doing so will open the Emergency Permit Certificate page. Note that EPS does not save the certificate until it is issued.

7. Review the certificate. When you are ready, click on the Issue button. The certificate will be automatically emailed to the email address specified on the Create Emergency Permit Certificate page.

Note: that if for any reason PennDOT does not want the company to have an emergency permit certificate, you can click on the Deny button. Doing so will send an email to the address specified on the Create page regarding the request denial.