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Health Commission approves administrative updates to Article 31 regulations after wide public concern over Hunters Point cleanup
Summary
The commission voted to approve administrative amendments to Health Code Article 31 (implementing rules for Hunters Point development) but directed DPH to deliver a community engagement plan, comparative health data, and follow‑up on concerns including medical monitoring and independent testing.
The San Francisco Health Commission voted Aug. 15 to adopt administrative updates to the implementing regulations for Health Code Article 31, which govern how city agencies manage reuse and development of parcels at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard once federal cleanup agencies transfer land to the city.
DPH environmental health director Patrick Fostol told commissioners the proposed changes reorganize and clarify regulations, add a definitions section, tighten required plan/report elements, automatically apply the most stringent current chemical screening criteria to imported soil, and correct a boundary map to remove a…
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