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Budget Amendment - Environmental Health
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Traci Colley, Human Services Agency - Public Health Department, Director, 704-296-4801
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Recognize, receive, and appropriate $27,255 in additional state funding from the North Carolina Division of Public Health for Environmental Health Division staff to address lead in water and lead-based paint in public schools and childcare facilities and 2) adopt Special Revenue Ordinance #92A.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
Lead and asbestos are well known to be hazardous to human health and particularly the health of children, whose bodies are still developing and who are therefore uniquely vulnerable to the risks posed by lead and asbestos. Although the use of certain materials containing lead and asbestos has been banned in the United States, exposure to both lead and asbestos hazards can still occur in the built environment through things like deteriorating lead-based paint, lead containing pipes, plumbing fixtures, and solder that are used to carry drinking water, asbestos ceiling and floor tiles, asbestos insulation, and other products and materials containing lead or asbestos. Exposure to lead and asbestos hazards can be prevented by inspecting facilities and then restricting access to, remediating, or abating any hazards that are identified through the inspection process.
This Agreement Addendum (AA914 - ARPA Addressing Lead in Water and Lead-Based Paint in Public Schools and Child Care Facilities) provides funds for Union County Public Health to (1) conduct first draw, post-remediation water lead samples at schools and childcare facilities according to proposed administrative rules 10ANCAC 41C .1005; (2). Conduct follow-up and environmental lead investigations for those schools and facilities where lead-based paint hazards are identified and remain unaddressed; (3) documenting all site visits in the North Carolina Lead Surveillance System (NC LEAD); and (4) document compliance by the schools and facilities with the inspection requirements in 10A NCAC 41C .1004 during local health department routine visits.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The County will receive $27,255 in FY26 funding from the North Carolina Division of Public Health for the Environmental Health Division of the Union County Public Health Department to address lead in water and lead-based paint in public schools and childcare facilities. No County match is required