Area-Wide Task Force Report

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Area-Wide Soil Contamination Task Force Final Report
June 30, 2003

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

PDF Version of the Report (3.2 MB)

Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. Project Background and Task Force Charge

3. Task Force Composition, Process, and Information Gathering

4. Consideration of Health Risks and Guiding Principles for Making Recommendations

5. Nature and Extent of Area-Wide Soil Contamination

	What is Known About the Nature and Extent of Area-Wide Arsenic and Lead Soil Contamination
	Recommendations on How Information on the Nature and Extent of Area-Wide Soil Contamination Should be Communicated
	Individual Property Evaluations
	Maps of Potential Area-Wide Soil Contamination
	Recommendations for Improving Our Understanding of the Nature and Extent of Area-Wide Soil Contamination in Washington

6. Range of Protection Measures Considered and Evaluation of Protection Measures

7. Broad-Based Education and Awareness-Building Recommendations

8. Recommendations for Specific Land-Use Scenarios

	8a. Child-Use Areas
		Recommendation
	8b. Residential Properties
		Recommendations
	8c. Commercial Areas
		Recommendations
	8d. Open Land
		Recommendations
		Open Land Being Developed into Other Land Uses
		Open Land Not Proposed for Development
	8e. Root Vegetables

9. Real Estate Disclosure Recommendations

Recommendations

10. Application of the Model Toxics Control Act

Recommendations

11. Recommendations for Additional Information Needed

	Monitoring of Arsenic and Lead Exposure
	Research on Roadside Lead Contamination
	Research on Ecological Risks

12. Costs and Funding Recommendations

Recommendations

List of Appendices

(The following Appendices are in PDF format)

Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and Uses (16 KB)

Appendix B: Task Force Process Documents (131 KB)

Appendix C: Summary of Focus Group and Public Comments on the Task Force Preliminary Recommendations (102 KB)

Appendix D: Summary of Interviews with Task Force Members and Stakeholders (210 KB)

Appendix E: Summary of the Information Survey (618 KB)

Appendix F: Institutional Frameworks Case Studies and Institutional Approaches Used in Other States (388 KB)

Appendix G: Supporting Research on Institutional Systems in Washington (67 KB)

Appendix H: Information on Health Effects from Exposure to Arsenic and Lead (179 KB)

Appendix I: Examples of Local Maps of Area-Wide Soil Contamination (5.2 MB)

Appendix J: Evaluation of Protection Measures (11.2 MB)

Appendix K: Area-Wide Soil Contamination Toolbox (16.7 MB)

Appendix L: NWFPA Interim Recommendations for Managing Potential Risk of Lead Arsenate Uptake from Former Orchard Sites and Related Documents (243 KB)

Appendix M: Cost Estimates for the Task Force Recommendations (50 K)

Appendix N: Summary of Potential Funding Sources (134 KB)

Appendix O: Summary of Task Force Recommendations (103 KB)

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