Environmental Health
The Environmental Health Office covers a variety of areas. Listed below are some of the areas permitted and / or inspected by our office. Click on each area for more information or if you don’t see what you need contact us at eh@tooeleco.gov or by calling (435)277-2440.
- Air Quality
- Asbestos
- Body Art Establishments and Operators
- Childcare/Daycare Kitchen Inspections
- Electronic Smoking Device (ESD) and E Juice
- Food Establishments / Restaurants– opening a business, permitting, regulations, fees, inspections
- Food Handler Permits
- Food Safety Manager Permits
- Food Trucks
- Household Hazardous Waste
- International Smelting & Refinery
- Mass Gatherings
- Massage Establishments
- Methamphetamine testing and Chemical Decontamination Permitting
- Mobile Food Service Establishments- Application and Start Up Process
- Proper Disposal of Medication
- Radon
- Record Search Requests
- Regulations
- Restaurant Inspections
- Septic Tank permits, locations and re-certifications
- Subdivision Feasibility Reviews
- Swimming Pools and Spas
- Tanning Establishments
- Temporary Event Food Booths
- Underground Storage Tanks
- Used Oil
- Utah Indoor Clean Air Act
- Wells- Individual Water Systems: permitting, testing and re-certifications
Click here for a list of applications and fees for Environmental Health services.
Swimming Pools and Spas
Swimming pools and spas that are available for public use are permitted, inspected and routinely sampled by Tooele County Health Department according to Health Regulation #2. For more information contact (435)277-2440 or email eh@tooeleco.gov. Click here for more...
Utah Indoor Clean Air Act
The Utah Indoor Clean Air Act was created by the Utah Legislature to protect Utahns and visitors to the state from the toxic effects of secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke exposure is one of the leading causes of preventable death and disability in the U.S. and Utah...
Massage Establishments
Massage establishments, including bath houses and health salons are inspected and permitted by the Tooele County Health Department according to Health Regulation # 6. For more information on massage establishments contact (435) 277-2440 or email us at eh@tooeleco.gov....
Asbestos. What is it?
Asbestos is a group of minerals that generally look like separable, long, thin fibers. These fibers are small and can be seen with a microscope. When these fibers are disturbed, causing the fibers to float in the air, they can be easily breathed into the lungs....
Water sample fee increase effective March 1, 2015
Due to an increase in lab fees, Tooele County Health Department will be increasing the following fees effective March 1, 2015: Full Chemical Analysis for private wells Bacteriological water samples for private wells Routine pool/spa samples Repeate pool/spa samples...
Is Wood a Sole Source of Heat?
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Homeowners along the Wasatch Front, Cache and Tooele counties who use wood stoves or other solid fuel burning devices as their only source of heat must register with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ)...
Are you breathing Radon?
Did you know you can get lung cancer without smoking? A gas called radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer, and it could be in your home. Watch the video to learn how to find out whether your home has radon and what you can do to fix it. Test kits are...
DAQ Urges Use of Utah Air App as Burning Rules Go Into Effect: Seasonal wood burning restrictions begin November 1
For Immediate Release October 30, 2014 DAQ Urges Use of Utah Air App as Burning Rules Go Into Effect Seasonal wood burning restrictions begin November 1 Salt Lake City, Utah – With the air turning cold, the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) reminds Utahns that wood...
Food Establishment / Restaurant Inspections
Welcome to the Tooele County Health Department Food Establishment / Restaurant Inspection...
Body Art Operators and Facilities
Per Tooele County Health Department Health Regulation Reg #10 Body Art Facilities: 12.7- No person shall practice body art procedures without first obtaining an operator permit from the Tooele County Health Department and per 12.1- No person, firm, partnership, joint...
Today’s Air Quality
