Publication of the information marks a new level of transparency from state officials, who have been harshly criticized for their oversight of cleanup work.
published in February found contractors failed to meet the lead concentration and depth standards in more than 500 of 3,370 cleaned properties. The state toxics agency initially argued that underground objects, such as pipes or tree roots, may have prevented contractors from digging to specified depths.
The department insisted that a failure to meet cleanup standards did not mean a home was unsafe, because adding clean topsoil would prevent exposure to lead contamination, unless the buried soil was unearthed. Agency officials said homeowners were informed when work crews failed to achieve the cleanup goals. Every homeowner, they said, was told they could request a document describing the details of the cleanup of their property.California’s budget proposal commits $67 million to clean thousands of lead-contaminated parkways near the former Exide battery smelter.
However, The Times spoke with more than a dozen residents and homeowners of failed cleanups who were unaware that their home had been flagged or that they could request additional information. DTSC has recently uploaded over 800 reports to the agency’s website, with more to be uploaded in the coming weeks.
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