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Environmental
Health
Director: Charlene Weiss |
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Office
Location:
Miami County
Administration Building
201 S. Pearl, Suite 201
Paola, KS 66071 |
Office
Hours:
8:00 a.m.to
4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday |
| Contact
Information:
Phone: 913-294-4117
Fax: 913-294-9545
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| Department
Function: The
Environmental Health Department administers and enforces the Environmental
Health Sanitary Code and the Kansas Noxious Weed Law. The department
is also responsible for the county's Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Program.
Through these
varied functions the department:
- Permits
and inspects septic system and private water well installations,
licenses septic installers, designers and pumpers, and responds
to various complaints.
- Controls
noxious weed infestations on county right-of-way and properties,
responds to noxious weed complaints, and offers assistance to
all persons and organizations who own land in the county to control
noxious weed infestations through a cost-share program.
- Accepts
all non-hazardous household waste such as latex paint as well
as any flammable, explosive, corrosive or poisonous materials
from county residents at a permanent collection facility. These
wastes are recycled or re-used when possible or packaged for proper
disposal.
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