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Committee considers narrowing wording in arsenic-in-soil standard; sponsors say change will aid housing projects
Summary
Senator DePalma proposed striking the phrase “naturally occurring” from the statute that sets the state soil-arsenic threshold at 19 parts per million, saying the change would remove a legal/administrative impediment to property transfers and affordable housing projects without raising the numeric standard.
Senator DePalma presented a bill to amend the state soil-arsenic language by striking the phrase “naturally occurring” from the statute that set the acceptable arsenic threshold at 19 parts per million. DePalma and proponents said the change does not raise the numeric standard but simply removes the qualifying phrase, which proponents argue has impeded property transfers and development because soils above the numeric threshold were treated differently depending on whether arsenic was judged to be naturally…
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