Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 70A.320 · 8 active provisions
The legislature finds that state and local agencies are currently implementing actions to reduce children's exposure to soils that contain hazardous substances. The legislature further finds that it is in the public interest to enhance those efforts in western Washington in areas located within the central Puget Sound…
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Area-wide soil contamination" means low to moderate arsenic and lead soil contamination dispersed over a large geographic area.(2) "Child care facility" means a child day-care center or a family day-care pro…
(1) The department, 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 districts, shall assist schools and child care facilities west of the crest of the Cascade mountains to reduce the potential for childr…
(1) The department shall assist schools and owners and operators of child care facilities located within the central Puget Sound smelter plume. Such assistance may include the following:(a) Technical assistance in conducting qualitative evaluations to determine where area-wide soil contamination exposures could occur;(…
The department of health shall assist the department in implementing this chapter, including but not limited to developing best management practices and guidelines.
The department of social and health services shall assist the department by providing information on the location of child care facilities and contacts for these facilities.
This chapter does not apply to land devoted primarily to the commercial production of livestock or agricultural commodities.
Nothing in this chapter is intended to change ongoing actions or the authority of the department or other agencies to require actions to address soil contamination under existing laws.