Belmont County Complaint List

This page links you to some of the government services and information you need
as a Resident of the County of Belmont.

Principal Authorities and types of assistance:
 

Belmont County Emergency Management Agency
Dick Quinlin, Coordinator
68329 Bannock Road - State Route 331
St. Clairsville, OH 43950

Phone: 740-695-5984

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Homeland Security

Contact the Emergency Management Agency in case of Fertilizer Spills, Pesticide Spills, Poison Spill, or any other type of Chemical or Emergency Spills. A second contact for Chemical Spills is 1-800-424-8802.

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Responsible for county highways and bridges. Contact the Belmont County Engineer's Office for dead deer located on a county road. Please contact the landowner if the deer is in the ditch along side a county road.

Belmont County Farm Bureau
Betsy Anderson, County Organizational Director
1103 E. Main St.
Barnesville, OH 43713

Phone: 740-425-3681
Fax: 740-425-3667
e-mail: farm-bureau@sbcglobal.com

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Service to our members, information to members and education for members.

Belmont County Fire & Squad Officers Association
Jim Delman, Secretary/Treasurer
69604 Sunset Heights
Bridgeport, OH 43912

Phone: 740-635-0093
Fax: 740-635-0488

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Belmont County Tanker Task Force & Dry Hydrant Project

Belmont County Health Department
Jim King, Director of Environmental Health
68501 Bannock Road
St. Clairsville, OH 43950

Phone: 740-695-1202
Fax: 740-695-8890

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Public Health Nuisances

Belmont County 911
Cliff Sligar, Director
68331 Bannock Road
St. Clairsville, OH 43950

Phone: 740-699-0432
Fax: 740-695-9108

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Answer and dispatch emergency calls.

Belmont County Recycling & Litter Prevention
109 Maple Ave.
Bethesda, OH 43719

Phone: 740-484-4776 or 1-800-447-0399
Fax: 740-484-4779

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Clean up, education and recycling. Contact the Belmont County Recycling and Litter Prevention office to identify Hazardous Waste, including paint, open dumps and recycling.

Belmont Soil & Water Conservation District
Beverly Riddle, Program Administrator
1119 E. Main St.
Barnesville, OH 43713

Phone: 740-425-1100 Ext. 3
Fax: 740-425-2664

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
To conserve, protect and enhance soil, water, and land resources through educational programs and technical assistance to agriculture, forestry, and urban land owners. Also responds to House Bill 88 Complaints against silviculture or manure in the waters of the state. Contact the Belmont SWCD to report agriculture non-point source pollution, dead livestock, logging complaints and nuisance wildlife. If you suspect dead livestock was butchered, please contact the sheriff's department.

For more information contact:

Beverly Riddle, Program Administrator
Nathan Taylor, Wildlife/Forestry Specialist
Brian Porterfield, District Technician
Chad Turner, Urban-GIS Specialist
Yvonne Ackerman, Administrative Assistant

Ohio EPA - SE District Office - Division of Surface Water
Ryszard Lecznar, Environmental Supervisor
22195 Front Street
Logan, OH 43138

Phone: 740-380-5272, 1-800-282-9378 (Columbus), 1-800-686-7330 (Logan)
Fax: 740-385-6490

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Ohio Clean Water Act - ORC Chapter 6111. Any problem related to:
Unsanitary conditions, municipal, semi-public and industrial discharge, or construction and industrial storm water. Contact the Ohio EPA, Southeast District Office for Asbestos isues, contaminated sediments, drainage problems and dredging disposal.

Ohio State University Extension
101 North Market, Suite A
St. Clairsville, OH 43950

Phone: 740-695-1455
Fax: 740-695-5614

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Line fence laws, nuisance wildlife, lady beetles (multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle), chemical problems (drift), how to get rid of chemical, hazardous waste and paint cans, neighbor complaints about improper treatment of animals, and odor complaints.

ODNR - Division of Wildlife
Brian Baker, Wildlife Officer

Phone: 740-589-9981 (please leave a message)

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Enforce laws pertaining to the protection, propagation, taking, possession, management, and preservation of wild animals. Enforce hunting with/without permission, dumping or refuse, stream litter (anything entering water that shouldn't); coyote kills on livestock and wild animal damage (deer, waterfowl, turkeys) to private property.

ODNR-Division of Mineral Resource Management -
Abandoned Mineland, Mine Safety, and Oil & Gas Wells
Dave Clark, Regional Manager
2050 E. Wheeling Avenue
Cambridge, OH 43725

Phone: 740-439-9079
Fax: 740-432-7711

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Regulatory authority for coal mining (surface and underground), 400 industrial mining, oil and gas well drilling and plugging, and mine safety. Administers the abandoned mine lands program and plug idle and orphan well programs - 6,500.

USDA - Farm Service Agency
Christy Collins, County Executive Director
1119 E. Main Street
Barnesville, OH 43713

Phone: 740-425-2300
Fax: 740-425-2664

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Farm subsidies, crop disaster, conservation assistance, crop and wool loans and farm loans.

USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Jeff Bettinger, District Conservationist
1119 E. Main St.
Barnesville, OH 43713

Phone: 740-425-1100 Ext. 102
Fax: 740-425-2664

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Implement USDA NRCS programs including EQIP, WHIP, GRP, WRP, ECP. Visit www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov for more information. USDA NRCS has no regulatory authority. All assistance given is of a technical nature, helping Ohio's owners of private land conserve their soil, water and other natural resources. Most work is done in conjunction with our local partner, Belmont SWCD.

Belmont County Animal Shelter
Dog Warden

Phone: 740-695-4708

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
The Dog Warden is the first point of contact for domestic animal abuse. He/she will report domestic animal abuse to the humane officer.

USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Jeff Bettinger, District Conservationist
1119 E. Main St.
Barnesville, OH 43713

Phone: 740-425-1100 Ext. 102
Fax: 740-425-2664

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Implement USDA NRCS programs including EQIP, WHIP, GRP, WRP, ECP. Visit www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov for more information. USDA NRCS has no regulatory authority. All assistance given is of a technical nature, helping Ohio's owners of private land conserve their soil, water and other natural resources. Most work is done in conjunction with our local partner, Belmont SWCD.

Wildlife Officer-Belmont County
Brian Baker, Wildlife Officer

Phone: 740-589-9981

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
The Wildlife Officer is the second point of contact for coyote kills. He deals with wildlife abuse, chemical spills into streams, fish kills, litter in streams of a floodplain.

Oglebay Good Zoo

Phone: 304-243-4030 Ext. 4

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
Oglebay Good Zoo works with injured owls and hawks.

E-mail: zoonoses@odh.ohio.gov
Phone: 1-888-722-4371

Agencies Principal authorities and types of assistance:
For West Nile Virus