Re: Contaminated Soil Cleanup Project at 601 Santa Barbara Street in Santa Barbara
The City of Santa Barbara has applied to the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) for a permit to excavate and remove approximately 12,000 cubic yards of impacted fill soil, originally placed in 1979 as part of the Lincoln School demolition. As part of the new Santa Barbara Police Station Project located at 601 Santa Barbara Street in Santa Barbara, the impacted material will be excavated and loaded on trucks for transportation offsite to a State-approved disposal facility. The project site is within 1,000 feet of the property boundary of Alta Vista Alternative High School, La Cuesta Continuation High School, Anacapa School, Peace In A Pod Elementary, and Fusion Academy.
The District has included conditions in the Permit to Operate for this project that will minimize the release of emissions into the atmosphere during the excavation, handling, and transport of the contaminated material. Before our agency issues this permit, state law requires that we notify you, since you are either the parent/guardian of a student attending the schools or are a resident or business located within 1,000 feet of the site. We are providing you an opportunity to review and comment on this proposed permitting action. Further, prior to issuing the final permit, we will submit to the permit’s administrative file our written responses to any comments we receive during the comment period.
Thank you for your attention and participation in this important community matter.
A copy of the draft permit document (Permit to Operate 16379) is available for review on the District website.
Please provide any comments to us within 30 days of the receipt of this notice at the address below (Attn: Zachary Akzin, 805-979-8313, AkzinZ@sbcapcd.org).
