EPA lowers nationwide screening levels for investigating and cleaning up lead-contaminated soil in residential areas where children live and play for the first time in 30 years
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 7 11201 Renner Boulevard Lenexa, Kansas 66219 AUG 0 2 2016 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Concurrence with Proposed Plan for Fonner United Zinc and Associated Smelters, Operable Unit 01 Allen County, Kansas FROM: THRU: TO: Don Bahnke, Remedial Project Manager I j Special Emphasis Remedial Section
Since the EPA began to sample soil in Iola in 2006, the EPA lowered the screening threshold for lead contamination from 400 parts per million (ppm) to 200 ppm. It's not yet known how that might affect properties that didn't qualify for remediation.
