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1/26/2018 UPDATE - PRIVATE WELLS & NEW DEVELOPMENT
Welcome to the Environmental Health Division
Our offices are located on the 3rd floor of the Grays Harbor County Administration Building at 100 W. Broadway Suite 31, Montesano, Washington.
Office hours: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Environmental Health staff oversee several programs and although you are welcome to stop by for a drop-in consultation between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily - We strongly encourage you to make an appointment, this ensures that staff from the appropriate program will be available to assist you.
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Permit Coordinators are available during regular business hours and accept applications until 4:00 p.m. daily. You can also reach us by phone or by email at:
The Environmental Public Health Division is the regulatory agency that works to ensure a healthy and safe environment for both residents and visitors through monitoring, regulating, and educating the community in safe food, drinking water, water recreational facilities, vector surveillance, and Liquid and Solid Waste Disposal.
Our Environmental Health Specialists continually receive training and have diverse educational backgrounds rooted in the sciences including chemistry, physics, biology, microbiology, and environmental health and sanitation.
"Environmental public health services and sanitation have been the backbone of public health in the United States since 1798...The first laws enacted to protect public health and ensure safety pertained to sanitation. Laws ensuring clean water, sewage management, and food service standards were promulgated 100 years before vaccination of children became law. As a result of proper sanitation, more than 80% of human disease has been eliminated." *
Our Environmental Health Specialists continually receive training and have diverse educational backgrounds rooted in the sciences including chemistry, physics, biology, microbiology, and environmental health and sanitation.
"Environmental public health services and sanitation have been the backbone of public health in the United States since 1798...The first laws enacted to protect public health and ensure safety pertained to sanitation. Laws ensuring clean water, sewage management, and food service standards were promulgated 100 years before vaccination of children became law. As a result of proper sanitation, more than 80% of human disease has been eliminated." *
Jeff Nelson, R.S. Director
100 W Broadway, Suite 31
Montesano, WA 98563-3614
(360) 249-4222
(360) 249-3203 Fax
| Eric Khambatta, R.S. Environmental Health Specialist III Water Lab Manager / Water Rec. Facilities |
Kristina Hollatz, R.S. Environmental Health Specialist III Food Program / Indoor Air Quality |
| Rob King Environmental Health Specialist II Food Program / Schools / Solid Waste |
Scott Evans Environmental Health Specialist Drinking Water & Wells / Food Program / Group B Water Systems |
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Haley Furstenwerth |
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Programs
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Permits / Complaints
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Restaurant Inspections / Food Handlers / Complaints
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Effective May 1, 2013
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Facilities / Enforcement
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Restaurant Inspections / Food Handlers / Complaints
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West Nile Virus
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Response & Recovery
* CDC. "A National Strategy to Revitalize Environmental Public Health Services" - 2003