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Lead Response To Comments Lead is a soft, bluish-white, silvery gray Written and/or email comments must be heavy toxic metal used in electronic circuit postmarked by May 10, 2006. Comments boards and may be found in some should be addressed to Violeta Mislang, insecticides, auto exhaust, industrial Project Manager, Department of Toxic emissions, and a variety of other products. Substances Control, 5796 Corporate Exposure to lead and lead compounds may Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630. Violeta can be occur from breathing air, drinking water, reached at (714) 484-5387 and via email at eating foods, swallowing or touching dust or vmislang(a)dtsc.ca.00v. dirt contaminated with lead chemicals. Both children and adults are susceptible to health Once the 30-day comment period is over, effects from lead exposure. DTSC will review and respond to comments received. A document called a Response to Removal of Contaminated Soil From The Comments will be distributed to anyone who Site submitted coriiments. copies will also be It will take approximately 5 days to remove made available at the information and dispose of the contaminated soil from repositories listed in this fact sheet and to Building 1848. The concrete floor will be anyone who requests a copy. broken and removed from the vacant building using a backhoe and the California Environtmental QualityAct contaminated soil will be placed in covered Before DTSC can approve a proposed bins until they are full enough for trucks to Interim Measure, it must meet the move them to a landfill that handles this type requirements of a California state law known of contamination.Approximately 43 tons of as the California Environmental Quality Act contaminated soil will be removed. It will (commonly referred to as CEQA). The take approximately 2 to 3 truck loads per purpose of CEQA is to determine if a day to remove all of the contaminated soil. proposed project will impact the All trucks will be covered prior to leaving the environment. The Proposed Interim Site. This is done so dirt doesn't blow off Measure involves removal of a relatively the trucks. Bins holding contaminated soil small amount of lead contaminated soil in a on-Site during excavation will also be comparatively short period of time; covered, and dust at the Site will be kept therefore, DTSC has determined that the under control by watering down soil as it is Site Proposed Interim Measure qualifies for excavated. Confirmation samples (samples a categorical exemption under CEQA. The --taken after the excavation is done),WII-be Notice o Ex>xeemption will be available for taken to ensure that all of the contamination review during the public comment period. is removed. The excavation will be backfilled with clean soil and the building For More Information floor will be restored to its original condition. If you have any questions regarding the Proposed Interim Measure, please contact The Site will be fenced and secured prior to the following DTSC staff: and during the excavation and removal of contaminated soil. All work will be Violeta Mislang performed between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Project Manager Monday through Friday. The work is Department of Toxic Substances Control anticipated to begin in Spring 2006. 5796 Corporate Avenue