Environmental Divisions

Air Quality Division
The Division is responsible for protecting and enhancing the air quality throughout Pinellas County. This is accomplished on a local level through air quality monitoring, source permitting/compliance reviews, and planning, as well as on a regional level through cooperative efforts between various regulatory/planning agencies and groups.

Coastal Management Section
The Section coordinates coastal enhancement projects including beach nourishment, channel dredging, beach vegetation promotion, sea turtle nesting monitoring/lighting, and nearshore artificial reef creation. Federal nourishment projects include Sand Key and Sunset/Upham Beach. Other beach projects are cost shared with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems. Coastal coordination with the thirteen coastal municipalities in Pinellas County is very important. The section is also responsible for FEMA floodplain management, establishment and maintenance of waterway regulatory zones, and removal of derelict vessels.

Code Enforcement Division
The Division is responsible for enforcing much of the Pinellas County Code that helps maintain the quality of life in the unincorporated areas. We help address issues of the urban environment that enables us to live and work in cleaner, safer neighborhoods.

Environmental Lands Division
The Division is responsible for designated environmental lands within the county. It is accomplished through a coordinated effort between the land management, research and education sections of the division and by partnering with a wide variety of agencies, organizations and the public.

Watershed Management Division
The Watershed Management Division assesses, manages and restores surface water resources of the County. The Division is responsible for water quality monitoring and various water quality improvement projects, environmental permitting of County capital improvement projects in wetlands and upland habitats, responding to citizen complaints and providing education on pollution prevention to County staff, citizens and businesses.

Water & Navigation Section
The Section handles the permitting of docks and dredge and fill projects within the Waters of the County. This section also administers the mangrove trimming program for Pinellas County through a delegation with the State.