Hazardous Waste Program
Program Goal
Minimize public and environmental health threats that result from
improper disposal of hazardous waste.
Boulder County investigates citizen complaints of illegal handling,
storage, and disposal of hazardous waste, as per Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
regulations. We do not have authority to
investigate employee/worker health and safety complaints. Employee/worker
health and safety complaints should be directed to the Occupational
Safety and Health Association (OSHA) at 303-844-5285.
Boulder County Public Health assists Boulder County Government in
identifying and minimizing hazardous waste generation and substituting
less hazardous alternatives. This project, in its third year, increases
efficiencies; improves worker health and safety; and reduces waste to
water, land, and air.
Boulder County Public Health collaborates with the Boulder County Household Hazardous Waste
Facility,
the Boulder County Recycling and Composting Authority, and promotes the
use of pollution prevention options in place of hazardous home chemicals.
The
Boulder
County Public Health Environmental Health Division maintains a 24-7 Environmental Emergency Response Team (EERT) to
respond to emergencies endangering public health or environment.
Below is a graph of the types of incidents the team responded to during 2003.
Anyone witnessing an illegal dumping of any kind should call 911
and report the spill immediately. The police or fire department from the local jurisdiction
will investigate and notify Boulder County Public Health.
Pesticide Information
The National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) is a TOLL-FREE
telephone service that provides objective, science-based information about
a wide variety of pesticide-related subjects, including:
NPIC can...
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Help callers interpret and understand toxicology and environmental
chemistry information.
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Access over 300 pesticide resources
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Direct callers for:
-pesticide incident investigation
-emergency human and animal treatment
-safety practices
-clean-up and disposal
-laboratory analysis
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Supply general information on regulation of pesticides in the United
States.
NPIC Contact Information
Phone: 1-800-858-7378
Fax: 1-541-737-0761
Mail requests to: NPTN, Oregon State University, 333 Weniger,
Corvallis, OR, 97331-6502
E-mail: npic@ace.orst.edu
Visit their Web page at http://npic.orst.edu
Related Information:
Boulder
County Household Hazardous Waste Facility
Colorado
Department of Public Health & Environment, Hazardous Waste
Regulations/Fact Sheets
Environmental
Protection Agency Mixed Waste Information
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