Centervale's Landfill Facility Centervale's landfill facility has accepted, with the town's approval, contaminated soil from the Middle Earth Energy Corporation. The landfill is located above ground and the operators plan on selling the soil to small farms in the county.
The soil is known to be contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and lead that exceed the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In the past, the EPA has discovered several leaks in the landfill's liner.
The landfill is located above the town's main aquifer, which supplies well water to 10,000 residents who live in either Simon or Diamond Townships. In Taylor Township, 750 residents use both well water and Metropolis water for small farms. The other residents only use well water.
Part 1: Research Plan Design a detailed 4 slides plan to research the impact of these services on the community's health. Your plan must diagram or otherwise specify the steps from research to risk assessment and propose a plan for risk management.
In your plan, include the following: Identify the potential crisis and use that information to develop a clearly stated research objective. Identify the data that must be collected and justify the purpose of collecting the data. Identify possible collaborators in data collections. Identify and justify the type of studies that need to be designed. Predict any barriers to conducting research.
Part 2: Response Plan Consider the full public health impact of the event and how your research will be applied.
Design a 4slides detailed set of recommendations for action to remove or minimize risk to Centervale citizens, including the following:
Describe and justify the persons or agencies that must be contacted. Identify possible collaborators in reducing risk, and explain what they can do to reduce the risk. Justify the expense (i.e., time, labor, equipment, or money) each collaborator would incur by explaining how their action would result in benefits.
Describe and justify the type of monitoring that would be needed. Predict any barriers to implementing your interventions.
To prepare the health plan, you may begin with an outline with two levels of headings. For each heading and subheading, describe the information you plan to include in 1-2 sentences.
You should utilize at least 5 scholarly sources beyond the course readings in your research. Write an 7 slides Apply APA standards to citation of sources.