# Badia del Vallès: source and claim ledger

**Source and claim ledger**
Author: **Manus**. Access/check date for all sources: **14 October 2026**. Companion: `badia-facility-record.md`. This is documentary checking, not scientific or legal review.

> **Public reading copy.** This copy derives from the checksum-preserved source file received 14 October 2026. Internal workflow metadata has been removed from public surfaces; evidence findings, source identifiers, qualifiers, limitations and `not established` markers are retained. This copy does not record completed scientific, legal, editorial or publication review.

## Evidence grades and record conventions

**P1 — Direct primary administrative or legal record:** official municipal notices of their own programme actions, attached schedules, and the official statute. A council notice establishes what the council announced, not independently measured exposure, completed clearance or a continental ranking.

**P2 — Official retrospective account:** municipal history or a public briefing describing earlier decisions. Primary evidence of the authority’s account, but not a substitute for original minutes, grant resolutions, specifications or procurement records.

**G — Government technical guidance:** authoritative material-category context, not a Badia-specific condition assessment or scientific study of its population.

**S1 — Secondary journalism:** an identified news publisher’s report, with figures attributed and limitations retained. Public-broadcaster journalism is still secondary reporting, not a regulatory record.

**S2 — Derivative secondary account:** explicitly based on another source; not an independent confirmation.

These grades concern provenance. They are **not** the older shipyard epidemiology tiers or a yard-risk ranking. Missing values mean **not established**, not zero, absent or never occurred. The provisional town ID is `badia-del-valles`; `badia-E###` joins the claim ledger to that record, and `badia-S###` identifies sources. No existing dataset IDs or employment rows were changed.

## Source register

### badia-S001 — October works-start notice

**Title:** *Badia ha iniciat avui la retirada de l’amiant dels seus edificis*. **Publisher/author:** Ajuntament de Badia del Vallès; no individual author shown. **Date:** 2026-10-13. **Language:** Catalan. **Type/grade:** municipal works notice, **P1**. **URL:** https://www.badiadelvalles.cat/document.php?id=12286

Read in full through webpage extraction and the Sandbox browser. Locators: opening three paragraphs; headings *Durada prevista*, *Desconnexió prèvia de les calderes i les instal·lacions*, *Col·laboració dels copropietaris*, *Accés a l’edifici*, and *Comunicació de consultes i incidències*. Establishes preparation at Porto 19, 127-block first phase, staged locations, expected community duration, access qualifications, precautions and published incident channels. It contains neither the 153-block full scope nor a 13-tonne inventory nor a full-programme completion date. The municipal superlative is self-attributed, not independently validated.

### badia-S002 — Pre-start specification of asbestos-cement pipes

**Title:** *Les obres de retirada de l’amiant de Badia comencen dimarts vinent*. **Publisher/author:** Ajuntament de Badia del Vallès. **Date:** 2026-10-09. **Language:** Catalan. **Type/grade:** municipal programme notice, **P1**. **URL:** https://www.badiadelvalles.cat/document.php?id=12284

Read in full. Opening paragraph identifies “canonades de fibrociment amb contingut d’amiant,” Porto 19 followed by Porto 1, AGD and the first-phase communities. Later headings repeat the operational instructions. Describes the planned procedure and authorised/specialist contractor in the council’s terms; it is not the underlying labour-authority approval or proof of completed safe removal.

### badia-S003 — elEconomista report

**Title:** *Badia del Vallès inicia la mayor retirada de amianto en Europa*. **Author:** Aleix Mercader. **Publisher:** elEconomista. **Date/time as displayed:** 2026-10-13, 18:45; time zone not established. **Language:** Spanish. **Type/grade:** news report, **S1**. **Source URL, plain citation text:** `https://www.eleconomista.es/infraestructuras-servicios/noticias/14020668/10/26/badia-del-valls-inicia-la-mayor-retirada-de-amianto-en-europa.html`

Full article read, not just a snippet. Opening paragraph reports about 13 tonnes of “amianto” across 153 blocks. *Reclamación histórica* describes 1970s construction, resident demands, delayed awards and a €4.5 million budget. The body does not provide a primary inventory, an exact material mass definition or a primary finance resolution. Its unqualified size superlative is not adopted. Use the municipality, rather than this report’s compressed wording, for per-community duration and safeguards. **Secondary source; not a primary measurement.**

### badia-S004 — RTVE same-day synopsis

**Title:** *Badia del Vallès inicia la retirada massiva d’amiant de tots els habitatges*. **Publisher:** RTVE, *L’Informatiu*; individual author not established. **Date:** 2026-10-13. **Language:** Catalan. **Type/grade:** broadcaster news synopsis, **S1**. **Source URL, plain citation text:** `https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/linformatiu/badia-del-valles-inicia-retirada-massiva-damiant-tots-els-habitatges/17264492/`

Synopsis read by extraction and in the browser. Reports 13 tonnes and 153 blocks, and states: “Segons el calendari previst, la retirada total es completarà a principis de l’estiu.” Translation by Manus: “According to the planned schedule, total removal will be completed at the beginning of summer.” Year and underlying schedule are not given. The displayed clip duration is 59 seconds; audiovisual content was not transcribed or independently analysed. Its claims about every home or a first asbestos-free European town are not imported into the facility findings. **Secondary schedule lead, not a verified completion commitment.**

### badia-S005 — Official Law 8/2026

**Title:** *Ley 8/2026, de 2 de julio, de la erradicación del amianto*. **Issuing jurisdiction:** Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña. **Publisher:** Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. **Law date:** 2026-07-02. **DOGC publication:** no. 9699, 2026-07-03. **BOE publication:** no. 201, 2026-08-17, pp. 115241–115275. **Identifier:** BOE-A-2026-17836. **Language reviewed:** Spanish. **Type/grade:** official legislation, **P1**. **URL:** https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-17836

Relevant provisions read from the full official text. BOE notes that the text includes the DOGC no. 9721 correction of 2026-08-03. Commencement metadata was also opened in the browser at https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2026-17836. Exact locators: article **14(2)**, article **21(1)–(3)**, and **final provision seven**. General commencement is 2026-10-03, with the Title IV, Chapter II sanctions exception. Article 14(2) mandates creation of a registry; it does not itself establish that it is operational or impose a verified individual case-notification protocol. This is statutory context, not property-specific legal advice or a finding that the law caused the municipal project.

### badia-S006 — Bonded versus friable material guidance

**Title:** *Types of asbestos-containing material*. **Publisher:** State Government of Victoria, asbestos.vic.gov.au. **Displayed update:** 2019-10-30. **Language:** English. **Type/grade:** government technical guidance, **G**. **URL:** https://www.asbestos.vic.gov.au/about-asbestos/types-of-asbestos

Full page read. Locators: *Friable asbestos* and *Non-friable (bonded) asbestos*. It distinguishes cement-bound products from loose insulation/lagging and explains that damage or weathering can make bonded material friable. No generic fibre percentage, generic risk estimate or Australian regulatory requirement is applied to Badia. **General category evidence only.**

### badia-S007 — Historical municipal public briefing

**Title:** *Sesión informativa: Proceso de la retirada del amianto en Badia del Vallès*. **Publisher/author:** Ajuntament de Badia del Vallès; no named individual author established from the document. **Date:** March 2024; filename indicates a session on 18 March, and the PDF metadata records creation on 2024-03-18. An explicit publication date on the document is **not established**. **Language:** Spanish. **Type/grade:** official retrospective briefing and then-current plan, **P2**. **URL:** https://www.badiadelvalles.cat/ARXIUS/2024/amiant/sessioinformativaamiant180324.pdf

All eight PDF pages read locally. **Page 2:** 6 February 2018 map approval, residents’ association/municipality financing, 27 November 2021 grant announcement of €4,491,818.91. **Page 3:** grant acceptance on 22 December 2021 and unsuccessful 2022 tender. **Page 4:** 2023 procurement stages and unsuccessful encapsulation tender. **Pages 5–6:** March 2024 contract step and historical forecasts. **Page 7:** 115 first-phase buildings and 38 second-phase buildings, with galleries, ventilation tubes and roofs. These are historical phase counts and forecasts, not the current 127-block allocation or a current completion schedule. The grant resolution and original map were not reviewed.

### badia-S008 — July first-phase award notice

**Title:** *Adjudicat el lot 2 de la primera fase de retirada de l’amiant*. **Publisher/author:** Ajuntament de Badia del Vallès. **Date:** 2026-07-22. **Language:** Catalan. **Type/grade:** municipal award announcement, **P1**. **URL:** https://www.badiadelvalles.cat/document.php?id=12222

Read in full. Opening paragraphs record Lot 2 award, 25 buildings and 127 first-phase communities; Lots 1 and 3 were awarded on 16 June. Funding paragraph describes a €4.4 million Generalitat subsidy via the Agència de Residus de Catalunya. This is the council’s announcement, not a reviewed signed contract or original finance resolution. It links the first-phase PDF in badia-S010. The €4.4 million description is preserved, not silently reconciled with the historical exact grant or press’s €4.5 million figure.

### badia-S009 — Municipal town history

**Title:** *Badia del Vallès*, section *Historia de Badia del Vallès*. **Publisher/author:** Ajuntament de Badia del Vallès. **Publication date:** **not established**. **Language:** principally Catalan. **Type/grade:** official retrospective history, **P2**. **URL:** https://www.badiadelvalles.cat/municipi

Read in full. History section identifies the town’s names, late-1960s/early-1970s construction, 1973 completion and 1975 occupation. It is not an original construction record and does not independently specify asbestos products. Geographic coordinates on this page are presented as UTM without an inspected full coordinate-reference specification; no latitude/longitude was invented or converted for this record.

### badia-S010 — Municipal first-phase community schedule

**Title:** *Fase 1 — Retirada amiant*; linked as *Comunitats on es retira l’amiant durant la fase 1*. **Publisher:** Ajuntament de Badia del Vallès. **Publication date:** **not established**. **Date context:** linked by the 22 July notice; downloaded PDF metadata gives creation on 2026-07-23, so the attachment’s exact release/version date is not assumed. **Language:** Catalan. **Type/grade:** municipal programme schedule, **P1**. **URL:** https://www.badiadelvalles.cat/ARXIUS/2026/Noticies/ComunitatsRetiradaAmiantFase1.pdf

All four pages inspected, including rendered address tables. **Page 3, Lot 3, row 29:** Carrer Porto 19. Pages 1–2 describe lots with galleries and chimneys; pages 3–4 describe chimney-only buildings. The attachment was used to verify Porto 19’s inclusion, **not to certify an independent recount of all 127 blocks** or its consistency with every later version.

## Claim-to-source evidence ledger

All rows join to `facility_id: badia-del-valles`. Programme observations are as of 2026-10-13/14, unless the historical or legal period is stated. They are not cohort findings. Locator and scope form part of each finding; source-checking status means the text was inspected, not that the underlying physical condition was independently verified.

| Evidence ID / finding type | Factual claim or structured field | Scope, units and period | Source IDs / exact locator / grade | Limitation or disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| badia-E001 / official_history | Identity and aliases; original housing construction in late 1960s/early 1970s, finished 1973, occupied 1975; Badia del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain | Town history; years, not exposure duration | badia-S009, history section, **P2**; badia-S005, jurisdiction, **P1** | Retrospective account, not construction specification; single property owner and coordinates not established. |
| badia-E002 / material_documentation | Targeted pipes contain asbestos in a cement matrix; initial Porto contractor named AGD | Porto operation, notice dated 2026-10-09 | badia-S002, opening paragraph, **P1** | No fibre type, content percentage, laboratory report or actual permit inspected. |
| badia-E003 / works_start | Council reports start on 2026-10-13 at Porto 19, beginning with primer/conditioning | Initial address and preparation step, not a completed block | badia-S001, opening paragraph, **P1**; badia-S010, p. 3 row 29, **P1** | Physical removal completion and mass already removed not established. |
| badia-E004 / phase_scope_and_attribution | Phase 1: 127 blocks; council calls it Europe’s largest asbestos removal | Municipal programme phase; blocks | badia-S001, third paragraph, **P1**; badia-S008, second paragraph, **P1** | Count council-reported; comparison unsupported as an Atlas finding. Attribute the characterization every time. |
| badia-E005 / reported_full_scope | Full programme reported as 153 blocks; historical plan showed 115 plus 38 | Press scope in October 2026; historical allocation in March 2024 | badia-S003, opening, **S1**; badia-S004, synopsis, **S1**; badia-S007, p. 7, **P2** | Current first-phase count changed to 127. Current reconciliation and second-phase count not established. |
| badia-E006 / reported_mass | Approximately 13 tonnes, labelled amianto/amiant by reporting | Full programme; tonnes; October 2026 | badia-S003, opening, **S1**; badia-S004, synopsis, **S1** | Not a reviewed inventory or removed-waste measurement. Bulk fibrocement versus fibre mass not established. |
| badia-E007 / funding | Historical €4,491,818.91 grant, announcement 2021-11-27, acceptance 2021-12-22; July 2026 subsidy described as €4.4m; October press budget €4.5m | EUR; different reporting dates and finance concepts | badia-S007, pp. 2–3, **P2**; badia-S008, funding paragraph, **P1**; badia-S003, last body paragraph, **S1** | Do not conflate grant, budget or expenditure. Current authorised total and final spend not established. |
| badia-E008 / staged_rollout | Porto street continues; two other firms to begin in following weeks at Costa Brava and Mediterrània | October notice; locations and relative timing | badia-S001, opening paragraphs, **P1** | Exact dates not established; no complete current contractor/start matrix. |
| badia-E009 / duration_forecast | One working day/community without incidents; maximum expected three days for weather/technical/extraordinary circumstances | Community-level forecast; working day / days | badia-S001, *Durada prevista*, **P1** | Not a contractual cap or a town-wide schedule; do not multiply into a completion estimate. |
| badia-E010 / access_and_precautions | Exterior execution; possible roof access for anchors; prior disconnection; nearby windows closed, façade AC unused, obstructions removed, restrictions followed | Requirements during each community’s works | badia-S001, disconnection/co-owner/access headings, **P1** | Connected pipes cannot be removed. Describes instructions, not observed compliance or clearance. |
| badia-E011 / incident_channel | WhatsApp 930 485 573 and dedicated incident web form linked by council | Published contact channels as of 2026-10-13/14 | badia-S001, *Comunicació de consultes i incidències*, **P1** | Form URL: `https://amiant-badia.vercel.app/badia/public/incidencies`. Channel functionality, submissions and performance not established; not contacted. |
| badia-E012 / general_material_category | Asbestos-cement is bonded/non-friable in ordinary condition, unlike friable insulation; damage/weathering can change this | General material property; not measured Badia risk | badia-S006, friable and non-friable headings, **G**; badia-S002, material description, **P1** | No site-specific condition, air concentrations, worker exposure or resident exposure established. |
| badia-E013 / planning_history | Map approved 2018-02-06; residents’ association and municipality funded it; grant and procurement stages predate commencement; press reports decades of demands and delayed awards | 2018–2026 planning; not a health study | badia-S007, pp. 2–6, **P2**; badia-S008, opening, **P1**; badia-S003, *Reclamación histórica*, **S1** | Original map, council minutes and unsuccessful tender decisions not inspected. Older start forecasts superseded by October start report. |
| badia-E014 / legal_commencement | General commencement 2026-10-03; Title IV Chapter II exception pending implementing decree | Catalonia; law dates, not programme cause | badia-S005, final provision 7 and BOE analysis/commencement metadata, **P1** | No claim about whether a later sanctions decree exists; not needed to establish the general date. |
| badia-E015 / legal_certificate_and_registry | Article 21 requires certificate delivery on sale/rental, with interim visible-asbestos/condition/risk minimums; article 14(2) mandates creation of mesothelioma and asbestos-disease registry | Catalonia-wide legal provisions | badia-S005, arts. 21(1)–(3), 14(2), **P1** | Registry operational status, individual notification protocol and Badia disease counts not established. No law-to-project causation inferred. |
| badia-E016 / unresolved_completion | Verified full-programme completion timeline: not established; RTVE reports beginning of summer | Full reported programme; year not explicit | badia-S004, second synopsis paragraph, **S1**; badia-S001/S002, duration headings, **P1** | An earlier blanket statement that sources supply no timeline is contradicted by RTVE. Preserve as unresolved secondary target, not an official deadline. |
| badia-E017 / source_dependence | Diari de Catalunya published a same-day account explicitly based on council notice 12286 | 2026-10-13 at 15:29 as displayed; timezone not established | See supplementary source below, closing attribution, **S2** | Not independent corroboration. Generic AI image is not documentary evidence. |

### Supplementary source for badia-E017 — not an accepted independent finding source

**Supplementary ID:** badia-S011. **Title:** *Badia del Vallès begins asbestos removal from 127 building blocks*. **Author:** Pere Roca Soler. **Publisher:** Diari de Catalunya. **Date/time:** 2026-10-13, 15:29 as displayed. **Language inspected:** English translation. **Grade:** **S2**. **URL, plain citation text:** `https://diaricatalunya.cat/en/valles-occidental/badia-del-valles/badia-del-valles-begins-asbestos-removal-from-127-building-blocks`

Full text read. Its closing attribution says it is based on the official council source, 13 October 2026, and links badia-S001. The publication exists, but independent reporting cannot be established from this item. It compresses the council’s forecast into a three-day statement; use the municipal original. It is retained to document the source-dependence cross-check, not to increase the apparent number of independent sources. Add this ID only to the supplementary provenance set, not the facility’s accepted factual-source list.

## Corrections and limitations

The supplied material calls the 13 tonnes “fibrocement”; inspected journalism calls it asbestos without defining the mass basis. The record does not silently turn that into 13 tonnes of bonded products or fibre mass. The primary material specification is the municipality’s asbestos-containing cement pipes, while the quantity remains a secondary estimate.

An earlier source note treats Diari de Catalunya as independent. The inspected account explicitly relies on the municipal notice. It also says no sources state total completion timing; RTVE does state an early-summer target, without an explicit year or primary calendar. Both conflicts are recorded instead of repeating unsupported assumptions. The authoritative completion field remains **not established**.

The 2024 briefing’s old 115/38 phase allocation and 2024–25 start forecasts cannot describe the current first phase. The October 127-block count takes precedence for that phase. A current primary programme inventory/quantity schedule and calendar would reconcile the full 153-block scope, material quantity, remaining allocation and timeline. The historical exact grant should not be relabelled the current total budget without a finance record. A current sponsorship disclosure, approved wording and a town/facility template are not established in the materials available for this ledger.

No reviewed source supplies an occupational exposure series, town-specific cohort, disease rate, laboratory fibre identification, disposal manifest or completion/clearance certificate for the programme. This is a limit of the documents inspected, **not a claim that such documents or conditions do not exist**. No external inquiries were sent. English paraphrases and translations are by Manus; original source authors remain as listed. Scientific, legal, editorial and publication review are **not established**.