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Flagler Executive Airport lead testing shows de minimis results; commissioners approve wildlife‑fence design with FDOT/PTGA funding
Summary
An environmental testing report presented to Flagler County commissioners found airborne lead at the Flagler Executive Airport below laboratory detection/occupational thresholds and soil results at de‑minimis levels. The board approved an FDOT PTGA and a work authorization to design a wildlife fence for the airport; both measures passed 3–2.
Flagler County commissioners on March 17 received the results of an environmental testing study at the Flagler Executive Airport and approved county participation in design of a wildlife fence that the Federal Aviation Administration and Florida Department of Transportation will largely fund.
Roy Seager, director of the Flagler Executive Airport, told the board the county hired an environmental engineering consultant to test for lead in air and soil near airport operations after public concerns tied to leaded aviation fuel. Consolidated Environmental Engineering presented sampling results to the board; Dr. Tim Scott summarized the firm’s findings as “de minimis” for soils and below laboratory detection limits for the air samples collected during the survey.
Nut graf: The issue matters to public-health and airport-safety stakeholders because avgas (100‑low‑lead aviation gasoline) contains tetraethyl lead additives used by certain piston‑engine aircraft.…
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