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Harvey County emergency officials report 30 homes still without gas as state covers cleanup costs
Summary
Harvey County emergency management and Newton fire officials updated commissioners on the Newton gas release response, saying the Kansas Division of Emergency Management will cover emergency work costs, venting systems are being installed in affected homes and county emergency declarations will be allowed to expire.
Harvey County emergency management and Newton fire officials told the Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 16 that 30 homes remain without gas service following the Newton gas release and that the Kansas Division of Emergency Management has agreed to cover emergency response costs.
Mike Anderson, Harvey County Emergency Management, told commissioners that KDHE continues to analyze soil samples and that "the Kansas division of emergency management has agreed to cover this cost." Anderson recommended allowing the local emergency declaration and the state support services declaration to expire as planned, saying, "In consultation with KDIM, there's no need to extend the local declaration, and state, support services declaration. So, it…
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