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DBCH conducts inspections, monitors, and approves permits for public facilities including children's camps, food service facilities, swimming pools, sewage collection/ disposal and treatment. Investigates food borne illnesses, sewage failures, animal infestations, and animal bites. Provides technical assistance for chemical spills or other hazardous waste. Also does compliance checks on tobacco retails to enforce state and local clean air regulations.

Provides information about how to keep children safe from lead poisoning where they live, learn, and play.

Provides information and tips for coping with emergency situations, such as fire, floods, storms, power failures, etc.

Provides information on fishing, hunting, and wildlife, and how to obtain licenses to fish and hunt in designated locations. Residents can also report suspected wildlife sightings to the regional office.

Provides Oswego County residents, businesses, industries, and institutions a program for the disposal and recycling of solid waste, including management of a sanitary landfill, an Energy Recovery Facility, five transfer stations, recycling centers, and compost areas. Provides solid waste and recycling management information in Oswego County.

* Provides the general public and professionals with information about lead hazards and their prevention. NLIC operates under a contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
*Member of the Healthy Homes Partnership.

Provides Oswego County residents, businesses, industries, and institutions a program for the disposal and recycling of solid waste, including management of a sanitary landfill, an Energy Recovery Facility, five transfer stations, recycling centers, and compost areas. Provides solid waste and recycling management information in Oswego County.

Provides Fulton County residents, businesses, industries, and institutions solid waste and recycling management information and a program for disposal and recycling of solid waste, including management of a sanitary landfill, transfer stations, recycling centers, and compost areas.

Transfer Stations

Berkshire Station
876 East Fulton Street, Johnstown
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 7 AM - 3 PM; Wednesday, 9 AM - 5 PM; Saturday, 7 AM - 12 Noon
Serves Towns of Bleecker and Johnstown, and Town and Village of Mayfield

Broadalbin Station
221 Union Mills Road, Broadalbin
Monday and Friday, 8 AM - 3 PM; Tuesday - Thursday, 12 Noon - 7 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 1 PM
Serves Town and Village of Broadalbin

Caroga Station
221 Everson Road, Caroga Lake
Winter hours: Monday and Saturday, 8 AM - 12 Noon; Wednesday, 12 Noon - 4 PM
Summer hours: Monday and Friday, 8 AM - 4 PM; Wednesday, 4 PM - 8 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 12 Noon
Serves Town of Caroga

Ephratah Station
5225 State Route 29, St. Johnsville
Monday and Thursday, 10 AM - 6 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 4 PM
Serves Town of Ephratah


Landfill Transfer Station
847 Mud Road, Johnstown
Monday - Friday, 7:15 AM - 3 PM; Saturday, 7:15 AM - 11:30 PM
Serves Cities of Gloversville and Johnstown, and Town of Johnstown

Northampton Station
326 County Road 113, Northville
Winter hours: Monday and Tuesday, 8 AM - 4 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 1 PM
Summer hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, 8 AM - 4 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 1 PM
Serves Town of Caroga

Oppenheim Station
122 State Route 331 St. Johnsville
Tuesday and Thursday, 10 AM - 6 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 4 PM
Serves Town of Oppenheim

Stratford Station
113 County Highway 104, Stratford
Winter hours: Tuesday, 5 PM - 8 PM; Thursday, 3 PM - 6 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 4 PM
Summer hours: Tuesday, 5 PM - 8 PM; Thursday, 3 PM - 6 PM; Saturday, 8 AM - 4 PM
Serves Town of Stratford

A free program dedicated to improving the quality of life for Broome County residents by reducing exposure to health and safety risks in the home. The program includes a free in-home safety assessment along with product demonstrations and free safety supplies. The program helps to identify and address concerns around indoor air quality, lead-based paint, fire hazards, slips/trips/fall prevention, pest control, and other potential hazards. There are no income requirements. This is not an enforcement program.

The Environmental Health Division is responsible for enforcing NYS Public Health Law and the State Sanitary Code in Schoharie County. The division provides services, guidance and education, which prevents illness, improves people's health, protects the environment and enhances the quality of life for all Schoharie County residents.

* Provides education and information on lead risk reduction methods.

* Provides lead poisoning screening

* Provides nursing and environmental home visits for children with elevated lead levels.

Provides Greene County residents, businesses, industries, and institutions solid waste and recycling management information and a program for disposal and recycling of solid waste, including management of a sanitary landfill, transfer stations, recycling centers, and compost areas.

* Provides in-home assessments and interventions for asthma, tobacco cessation, indoor air quality, lead, fire safety, and other environmental health hazards.* Provides programs designed for individuals who are pre-diabetic.* Offers education and information about many variables that contribute to diabetes prevention including but not limited to: nutrition exercise stress management other lifestyle variables

Ensures that citizens of all ages have access to appropriate health services and education.Cooling Centers

Regulates and enforces public health and environmental matters in Tioga County Services Include: Child Passenger Safety (Car Seat) Program Children With Special Healthcare Needs Early Intervention Program Child Find Immunizations Lead Poisoning Prevention Dental Services Communicable Disease Permits, Inspections and Enforcements Substance Use ServicesCooling Centers

Residents located in the 12303, 12304, 12307, and 12308 areas of Schenectady are home visited to complete a short survey identifying safety issues for children around lead poisoning, asthma, fire safety and indoor air quality.

Coronavirus Update as of 3/26:Offering "tele-ergonomics" safety assessments for your home office setup, provided by Empowerment Ergonomics (ebd-ot.com). There is no charge for this service. Either you can send photos/videos ahead of time with a follow-up call from one of our ergonomists, or we can meet live via Zoom or Skype for the assessment. All our work is grant-funded. Contact with questions or to set up an assessment.Free, grant-funded health and safety training programs and consulting information and assistance on workplace health and safety problems, especially ergonomics.Training and consultation on: basic employee rights employer obligations for safe and healthy workplace indoor air quality developing joint safety committees proper workstation design injury prevention return-to-work assistance

* Provides lead poisoning prevention and education services.

* Provides home inspections for children with high levels of lead in their blood.

* Offers home inspections and prevention/educational services to pregnant women.

* Offers community outreach and education for lead safety.

* Provides lead testing for children.

* Provides services to lead poisoned children throughout Oneida County.

Information about asbestos and lead removal, radon information, fish advisories, air quality, hazardous waste sites, pesticide information, public water supplies, oil or chemical spills. Information about Lead Test Kits available.

Provides public health services in programs that respond to concerns dealing with the indoor and outdoor environment.

Fulton County Public Health operates a lead testing clinic once a month at our office for those children with no insurance. The majority of children; however, receive a prescription from their family physician and have the test done at a local hospital laboratory. The tests are provided to all children age 6 months up to 6 years of age. The results are sent to Fulton County Public Health for follow-up and risk reduction education.

Provides Oswego County residents, businesses, industries, and institutions a program for the disposal and recycling of solid waste, including management of a sanitary landfill, an Energy Recovery Facility, five transfer stations, recycling centers, and compost areas. Provides solid waste and recycling management information in Oswego County.

* Provides education to prevent lead poisoning.