Environmental Programs

Welcome to the Department of Environmental Program’s web site. Our office is located in Snow Hill. Hours of operation are Monday - Friday 8:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. If you need assistance please feel free to call (410) 632-1220.

The Department and its divisions have complimentary areas of focus, have responsibility for implementing and enforcing a wide variety of regulations and programs primarily pertaining to environmental and natural resource management for land use activities.  These programs include:

• Algae Growth in Canals
• Bay Restoration Fund grant program
• Beach monitoring
• Burn permits
• Campgrounds and mobile home parks
• Community hygiene
• EDU transfers
• Expanded Polystyrene Bill
• Food Residuals Division
• Gas and plumbing inspection and plan review
• MDE Appeal Process
• Sanitary Area Expansions
• Sediment and erosion control
• Septic Maintenance
• Shared facilities
• Shoreline construction (see resources below for application)
• Sludge application
• Soil Evaluations
• Stormwater management
• Transient non-community water systems
• Wastewater haulers
• Well and septic

Additional programs for which the Department is responsible include:

• Forest Conservation
• The Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Areas
• Land preservation
• Natural resource protection
• Water and Sewer planning  
• Watershed Planning

The Department is divided into a series of Divisions/Services:

• Environmental Programs
• Land Preservation and Environmental Planning
• Natural Resources
• Plumbing and Gas