In 2024, DTSC initiated a communications platform to more formally respond to stakeholders questions. This platform was called SSFL Tool for Response, Engagement and Answer Management (STREAM). The majority of questions below relate to the Soil Smarts Workshops.

"DTSC takes all comments received into consideration. In addition, DTSC provides responses to all questions received. Comments received that are not questions are acknowledged and considered, but DTSC does not typically provide responses to these."

"Currently the STREAM platform does not show DTSC's responses to the general public. However, we will take your suggestion into consideration."

1. When a background dataset has a large percentage of non-detects, chemical LUTVs are based on unrealistically low MRLs that are significantly less than the majority of both detect data and MDLs in the background study, and in site characterization data.
   
   
2. Because of these artificially low LUTVs, it is likely that an unknown fraction of site characterized data, identified as chemically contaminated, are actually false positives.