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County submits PFAS interim action plan for airport area, prioritizes immediate water access
Summary
Spokane County and partner jurisdictions submitted a short-term interim action plan to Ecology after the airport PFAS listing, prioritizing immediate access to clean water for roughly 900 properties on likely exempt wells and committing to testing, filters and community navigators while Ecology reviews the plan.
Spokane County staff told commissioners on March 24 that the county and partner jurisdictions have submitted a short-term interim action work plan to the Washington Department of Ecology after the airport was listed as a PFAS site.
The plan, prepared jointly with the city and the airport, focuses on public health and immediate measures for residents in the designated area. Staff said about 2,000 parcels in the area use municipal water, roughly 2,000 are vacant, and about 900 properties are likely served by permanent exempt…
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