This agreement funds the recipient's program to develop a health education and voluntary institutional control program (hevicp) to satisfy the components and protectiveness of the selected remedy in…

This agreement funds the recipient's program to develop a health education and voluntary institutional control program (hevicp) to satisfy the components and protectiveness of the selected remedy in the 2011 and 2017 record of decisions related to soil and the 2022 record of decisions related to private wells for washington county lead mine tailings sites. Activities:activities to be performed include the following support agency activities: provide health education to families of children with an elevated blood lead-levels (ebls), parents with children who live in or near superfund sites with soil and private wells impacted by lead mining or reside in pre-1978 housing, to county residents who have questions about mining-related heavy metals in soil and private wells, and professionals in the county such as physicians, realtors, financial institutions, contractors, daycare, WIC, and head start workers; routinely sponsor and attend meetings where the topics of health education and the voluntary institutional control programs are discussed and highlighted; assist EPA in contacting residents who do not respond to normal inquiries (i.e., mail, email, phone, etc.) and in obtaining signed access agreements for those who have not committed to allow initial soil sampling and/or private well sampling and respectively, to citizens who qualify but have not signed an access agreement for soil remediation and/or water treatment; encourage testing through education and outreach and will record, report, and manage blood lead screening (health assessments) data of children between six (6) and seventy-two (72) months of age for lead poisoning through education, identification, and case management through office interventions and/or in-home interventions and/or special clinics; support and encourage in-home environmental lead follow-up services provided by a missouri-licensed lead risk assessor at 100% of homes (when possible) where children with EBL levels reside; provide administrative and support services to the staff conducting the health education, nursing, and environmental services to the public including clerical support and managing reports, data and invoicing; determine the feasibility of developing and implementing a vicp by discussing with local agencies and local government officials as appropriate on how to best go about developing a vicp in washington county; develop and implement a vicp; identify soil contamination and potential recontamination; serve as the point-of-contact for residents with EPA-provided water treatment units by answering basic questions, explaining frequency for replacing filters, explaining basics of how to change filters, and forwarding complaints or in-depth questions to EPA; maintain the EPA residential lead sites (RLS) database identifying properties in the county that have had lead soil contamination testing, remediation and/or soil barriers placed for community access and actions necessary for missouri one-call contacts; receive training in the use and input of data into the RLS database, operation/use of equipment (GPS, XRF, etc.), collection of soil and water samples, and appropriate marking under missouri one-call guidelines. Once completed, the required refresher courses will be routinely completed as directed or deemed necessary; continued work with EPA, local city officials and others regarding the use of a temporary soil repository or disposal location and the identification of a long-term soil repository for the county; and provide administrative and support services to the staff conducting vicp activities including clerical support and managing reports, data and invoicing. Subrecipient:the subawardee will be implementing various health education tasks within the community, including providing educational material and resources to impacted members of the community. Outcomes:the anticipated outcomes and expected deliverables include increas