Publication Summary

Title

Implementation of Chapter 70.140 RCW- Area Wide Soil Contamination-A Report to the Legislature

Month-Year PublishedDecember 2006
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Short Description

Washington State Legislature Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1605 was approved by the Governor on May 6, 2005. This bill added a new chapter to Title 70 of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) -Chapter 70.140-Area Wide soil contamination. The law directs the Washington State Department of Ecology in cooperation with the Department of Social and Health Services, The Department of Health, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and local health departments, to assist schools and childcares west of the crest of the Cascade mountains to reduce the potential for children's exposure to area-wide soil contamination.

Publication Number07-09-033
Author(s)Marian Abbett
ContactMarian Abbett, (360) 407-6257
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Number of pages 26 plus figures and appendices
Keywords area wide contamination, legislature, soil
Location(s)
Tacoma
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