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Queen Anne Lead Paint

 
Site Contact:
Michael Sibley II
On Scene Coordinator

(sibley.michael@epa.gov)

Site Location:
1500 Queen Anne Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98109
 epaosc.org/queenanneleadpaint

On Wednesday, February 14th 2018, Region 10’s Emergency Management Program received a referral from the EPA Criminal Investigation Division (CID) related to a potential release of lead-based paint from the KIRO News telecommunications tower in a densely populated neighborhood in Seattle, WA. CID received several complaints from neighbors surrounding the tower, which was undergoing repairs and maintenance work, documenting a significant amount of what appeared to be pieces of paint on private and public property, including sidewalks, and streets. The company performing the restoration work on the tower filed a Paint Health Protection Plan with their permit and identified the presence of paint containing lead material. The tower is within a couple hundred feet of residential properties and 2 ½ blocks from an elementary school.


Filter installed at the end of the downspout to capture any paint chips that could be washed from the roof and out of the gutters. The filter allows water to pass through into the storm drain, and keeps paint chips and other debris out. Downspout filter removed to inspect for paint chips after final roof and gutter wash-down was completed. Workers install a filter under the grating for a storm drain to prevent any paint chips from being washed into the storm-water system when it rains. Worker's personal air monitor equipped with an air filter sampling cartridge. Inside view of a perimeter air monitoring station containing a real-time dust monitor and an air pump, which collect dust and lead samples. Orange pin flags, which are used to identify specific clean-up locations or ornamental plants to be preserved. Low-noise power generator for HEPA vacuums. Field kit, containing fire extinguisher, wet wipes, shoe covers, and nitrile gloves. Removing paint chips using a HEPA filter-equipped vacuum. Removing paint chips with hand rake between pavers. Detailed paint chip removal using HEPA filter-equipped vacuum in gravel landscape. Hand-wiping exterior horizontal surfaces using wet wipes. Manual paint chip removal in vegetable beds. Elastic strainer and fabric filter used to catch paint chips flowing down the roof through downspout.