Public Information Act (PIA) Program

In accordance with the Maryland Public Information Act (PIA), Environmental Health staff provides the public access to all available property records, and inspections, as well as inspections of food service facilities, mobile home parks, camps and public swimming pools. Staff also provides inspections and reports on air quality and solid waste, rabies and vector control, and complaints while limiting the availability of protected information. Environmental Health also provides documents for environmental concern studies when requested.  

To obtain records, complete the attached PIA request form and email to hchd.ehpia@maryland.gov.

Link to PIA request form

Environmental Concerns

An environmental concern is defined as anything that poses a potential risk to the quality of the groundwater in Harford County and to the health of individuals drinking from the groundwater.

Environmental concerns include the following:

1. Fuel Storage Tanks – underground or above ground tanks that contain gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, or waste oil.  Click here (external site)

for more information.

2. Landfills/Dumps – areas in Harford County where solid waste is disposed, including landfills, rubble fills, illegal dumps, and farm dumps.  Click here (external site) for more information.
3. Sludge Sites – agricultural properties in the county where sewage sludge is applied for the fertilization of crops.  Click here (external site)

for more information.

4. Salt Storage – areas in the county where salt is stored for use on roads during inclement weather.  Click here (PDF) (external site)

for more information.

5. Pesticide Storage – businesses that store and sell pesticides for agricultural use.  Click here 

(external site) for more information.

6. Hazardous Waste Sites – sites contaminated by hazardous waste, including superfund sites 

(external site)  and brownfields (external site)

7. Environmental Concerns Agencies (PDF)