General Info

The Department of Environmental Health, located in San Diego, offers environmental protection services through its divisions, including community health, hazardous materials, food and housing, and land and water quality. Its hazardous materials division is responsible for regulating hazardous materials business plans, chemical inventory, and underground storage tanks and risk management plans. Additionally, the division is responsible for regulating medical waste. The department offers a border inspection program that includes monitoring the Otay Mesa and Tecate ports of entry for illegal shipments of hazardous waste. In addition, the Department of Environmental Health offers a household hazardous waste program that includes recycling hazardous products, including fluorescent lights, aerosols, automotive fluids, paints and stains.