Tacoma Smelter Plume Yard Sampling & Cleanup Program

Public Comment Period: March 14 – April 29, 2013

This year, Ecology will begin sampling and cleaning up residential yards.  This “Yard Program” will focus on the most contaminated areas of the Tacoma Smelter Plume—Ruston, west Tacoma, and southern Vashon-Maury Island.

Comment period information and program service area map: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/sites_brochure/tacoma_smelter/2013/yard-Sampling.html

Technical Workshop

Thursday, April 11, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

@ Wilson High School, 1202 N. Orchard, Tacoma

Are you interested in the science behind Ecology’s cleanup program for the Tacoma Smelter Plume?  Join us this Thursday afternoon, for slides and conversation about…

• How we set the Yard Program service area using a new statistical model to predict arsenic levels.
• Soil sampling and analysis methods.
• The challenges of soil cleanup on residential properties.
• Other topics you have questions about.

Open House – General Information

Thursday, April 11, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. @ Wilson High School

Learn more about the new Yard Sampling and Cleanup Program.  You can sign up for soil sampling and talk one-on-one with Ecology staff.  Presentation at 7:00 p.m. (same slides as the March 28 meeting at Point Defiance Elementary).

Hannah Aoyagi, Ph.D.
Community Outreach & Environmental Education Specialist
Toxics Cleanup Program, Southwest Regional Office
Washington State Department of Ecology
360.407.6790
hannah.aoyagi@ecy.wa.gov