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Board of Appeals continues 2550 Irving demolition appeal after neighbors and experts clash over PCE contamination
Summary
Neighbors and environmental consultants urged the Board of Appeals to require on‑site testing and preservation of evidence before demolition of 2550 Irving, an SB 35 90‑unit affordable housing project. City departments and DTSC said on‑parcel characterization shows low risk; the board continued the item to Feb. 22 for fuller state agency response.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Feb. 8 continued an appeal of the demolition permit for 2550 Irving Street after residents, consultants and city officials sharply disagreed over soil and soil‑vapor contamination related to historic dry‑cleaning operations.
Residents represented by the Mid Sunset Neighborhood Association (MSNA) and an independent environmental consultant, Don Moore, told the board that prior sampling shows tetrachloroethylene (PCE) vapor levels above screening thresholds in nearby homes and that a focused source investigation on or adjacent to the 2550 Irving parcel remains incomplete. MSNA attorney Enoch Wong said the demolition offers a last practical opportunity to collect soil and soil‑vapor samples in the former dry‑cleaner footprint and asked the board to…
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