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Resident urges commissioners to reject Steamboat Landing Phase 2 environmental report over contamination concerns
Summary
At the Jan. 14 Flathead County Commissioners meeting a resident, Sandy Graham, urged rejection of a Phase 2 environmental site assessment for the Steamboat Landing development, citing alleged sampling errors, Superfund-area testing, and vapor-intrusion risks.
Sandy Graham, a resident of 559 Summers Road, told the Flathead County commissioners on Jan. 14 that the Phase 2 environmental site assessment (ESA) for the Steamboat Landing development contains "misinformation" and should be rejected as new evidence.
Graham said the Phase 2 ESA reported that test pits encountered an observed groundwater table at about 5 feet below ground surface. She said a Department of Environmental Quality official identified in her remarks as "Sloan" told her the minimum depth of the alluvial upper groundwater aquifer is roughly 40 feet below ground surface, and that water found at 5 feet…
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