Residents of Pallisard in the Pacific are increasingly concerned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to refuse to test contaminant soils after the removal of debris after the Palisade fire.
As reported last week by Breitbart News, residents are wary and tested on state and local governments or private homeowners when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say they won't test the soil after removing up to 6 inches of topsoil. I've left it.
Los Angeles Times It has been reported On Saturday, FEMA continues to refuse to do the test:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say federal cleaning workers will remove toxic wildfires and tile blemishes, along with a layer of overlying six inches from the facility. However, this week, federal officials told the Times They do not order soil tests Ensure that the properties are still free of contamination after removal.
Follow-up soil testing – conducted after all major wildfires in California since 2007 – aims to ensure that the properties have been improved to condition standards and are not included yet. Hazardous levels of toxicity.
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Brandi Richard Thompson, a spokesman for FEMA Region 9, which oversees disaster response in the Southwest US and the Pacific Islands, said the agency's cleanup strategy is “based on scientific best practices and long-standing policies from FEMA.” I did. She said that contamination deeper than 3-6 inches is “not likely to be attributed to the fire itself and does not pose an immediate threat to public health and safety.”
President Donald Trump has criticized FEMA in recent weeks for his record of responding to recent natural disasters. The agency has agency director Cameron Hamilton, but no administrator has been confirmed.
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