Month: September 2024

ITRC Publishes New 6PPD Guidance

This new Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) document provides information about 6PPD and 6PPDQ that can help inform future policies and regulations. The guide provides:

  • An introduction to 6PPD and 6PPDQ.
  • Current knowledge of effects, toxicity, and physical/chemical properties of 6PPD and 6PPDQ.
  • The occurrence, fate, and transport of 6PPD and 6PPDQ in the environment.
  • An overview of measuring, mapping, and modeling techniques for these chemicals.
  • Discussion of mitigation measures, solutions, policies, regulations, and laws.
  • An overview of information gaps and research needs.

Read the report:

https://6ppd.itrcweb.org/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council
September, 2024

‘Give them a chance’: The fight to bring salmon back to Edmonds stream

For years, locals have begged the city to remove fish barriers in Perrinville Creek. A federal grant could help.

by Ta’Leah Van Sistine
Saturday, September 21, 2024 6:30am

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/give-them-a-chance-the-fight-to-bring-salmon-back-to-edmonds-stream/

An overflow diversion structure sits along a section of Perrinville Creek near Talbot Road on Monday in Edmonds. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

‘A cleanup, not a coverup’: Marsh advocates challenge Ecology’s preferred alternative for Unocal site cleanup

Posted: September 18, 2024

Updated Sept. 19 with the audio recording.

To aid our readers who were unable to attend, My Edmonds News recorded the full session on audio, linked here. Readers may wish to listen and follow along with the DOE PowerPoint (linked here) to mirror experience of being in the room and see the visual aids as they are being discussed. 

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Edmonds Council supports retaining property tax dollars; learns city likely to miss Comp Plan deadline

The council also learned during Tuesday’s remote meeting that due to planning and development department staffing shortages and other factors, Edmonds is likely to miss the state-mandated deadline for completing its 2024 Comprehensive Plan update.

September 17, 2024

Edmonds Council supports retaining property tax dollars; learns city likely to miss Comp Plan deadline

Letter to the editor: ‘No’ on Alternative 6 for Unocal site cleanup

Posted: September 14, 2024

Editor:

Out of an original list of six alternatives for the Unocal site cleanup, the Washington State Department of Ecology narrowed the list to two: Alternative 4 would call for the most thorough cleanup by excavation and removal of contaminated soil that still remains on the site. Alternative 6 leaves the remaining contaminated soil in place. Chevron, the parent company of Unocal, has selected Alternative 6 as the preferred option.

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These common chemicals could affect your health all over your body, expert says

CNN — 
There are chemicals in cookware, food, water, clothes and furniture that could cause problems for people’s health.

These PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they don’t fully break down in the environment — have been used in consumer products since the 1950s.

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Mon September 9, 2024

Link to article and video:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/health/pfas-explainer-wellness/index.html?cid=ios_app