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Public warns county about use of contaminated Ralston Ponds soil to rebuild drinking-water canal channel
Summary
Anne Lafoon told Jefferson County commissioners March 11 that the developer of the 5950 McIntyre project plans to use soil from the former Ralston wastewater ponds — historically associated with radioactive waste — to rebuild a canal channel, and she urged additional testing and permit limits.
Anne Lafoon, a resident of unincorporated Jefferson County, told commissioners on March 11 that the grading permit and soil-source disclosures for the 5950 McIntyre development are inadequate and raise significant health concerns.
Lafoon said the site is “extremely contaminated,” citing historical disposal of radioactive waste at Ralston Ponds beginning in the 1950s and the presence of heavy metals, uranium and…
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