Our Responsibilities
- Inspection and enforcement of regulations regarding: Food Establishments, Housing and Tobacco.
- Enforcement of Title 5 of the State Environmental Code: Examine sites, witness perk tests, issue Certificates of Compliance and approve plans.
- Involvement with all new or existing wells and septic systems including failures and repairs.
- Responding to complaints regarding common housing or rental units, sanitary sewage disposal, hazardous materials/waste and solid waste disposal, air quality noises and general nuisances.
- Issuance of all health-related permits.
- Monitoring safety of drinking water, receiving reports, acting on reports of unsafe water.
- Reporting of infectious disease activity, rabies surveillance and specimen collection, pandemic response and related planning.