Environmental Health service workload information

Sean La Fontaine made this Government Information (Public Access) request to Hornsby Shire Council as part of a batch sent to 24 authorities

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Sean La Fontaine

Dear Hornsby Shire Council,

Could you please provide the following workload information for Environmental Health covering the latest possible annual reporting period:

Number of Fixed Food premises (high, medium, low)

Number of Mobile Food businesses

Number of Temporary Food businesses

Number of Single Incident Investigations conducted

Number of Outbreaks investigated

Number of Food Complaints investigated
*NOTE - NSWFA have advised to obtain this information from Council

Number of Skin Penetration businesses

Number of Shared Accommodation premises

Number of Onsite Wastewater Permits Issued

Number of Onsite Wastewater inspections conducted

Number of Sewer overflows investigated

Number of Water Quality monitoring samples

Number of Pool Water samples

Number of Cooling Tower inspections/assessments

Number of Noise, Odour/Air, Asbestos, Clan Labs, Hoarding/Squalor complaints investigated

Number of Pest complaints investigated

Number of DA referral responses

Number of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks assessments/inspections conducted

Yours faithfully,

Sean La Fontaine

HSC, Hornsby Shire Council

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Michael Wilson, Hornsby Shire Council

Dear Sean,

 

 

In regards to your GIPA/Access to Information application, I provide the
following details for the 2017/18 period:

 

 

Number of Fixed Food premises (high, medium, low) 605 (481 High, 81
Medium, 43 Low)

 

Number of Mobile Food businesses  - 23

 

Number of Temporary Food businesses - 35

 

Number of Single Incident Investigations conducted  - 19

 

Number of Outbreaks investigated – 1 (In Conjunction with NSW Food
Authority - Outbreaks are generally investigated by NSWFA

 

Number of Food Complaints investigated – 91 (including the 20
investigations referred to above)

*NOTE - NSWFA have advised to obtain this information from Council

 

Number of Skin Penetration businesses - 50

 

Number of Shared Accommodation premises – 1 (Boarding House Register)

 

Number of Onsite Wastewater Permits Issued - 34

 

Number of Onsite Wastewater inspections conducted – on an adhoc basis
based on complaints. -  275

 

Number of Sewer overflows investigated – 0 (The sewer system is regulated
by Sydney Water)

 

Number of Water Quality monitoring samples - 391

 

Number of Pool Water samples - 17

 

Number of Cooling Tower inspections/assessments - 28

 

Number of Noise, Odour/Air, Asbestos, Clan Labs, Hoarding/Squalor
complaints investigated – 417 Noise Pollution; 82 Air Pollution; 66
Asbestos; 6 Clan Labs; 431 Unauthorised Building/Landuse

 

Number of Pest complaints investigated - 0.

 

Number of DA referral responses - 26

 

Number of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks assessments/inspections
conducted – 0 (Still currently regulated by EPA)

 

 

 

If you have any further enquiries regarding your GIPA/Access to
Information application, please contact me as per my details below.

 

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

Michael Wilson

Access to Information Officer | Governance & Customer Service | Hornsby
Shire Council
p 02 9847 6749
e [1][email address] | w [2]hornsby.nsw.gov.au | f
[3]facebook.com/HornsbyCouncil

Council acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands of Hornsby Shire,
the Darug and Guringai people.

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Sean La Fontaine

Dear Michael Wilson,

Thank you for providing the information requested.

Yours sincerely,

Sean La Fontaine