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Resident tells Harvey County commissioners floodplain maps and battery storage worry farmers and neighbors
Summary
A Newton-area resident urged commissioners to scrutinize forthcoming floodplain maps and raised safety and environmental concerns about a proposed lithium‑ion battery storage facility in Halstead, citing large evacuation radii from a California battery fire.
At the Harvey County public comment period, Newton-area resident Amy Bridal asked commissioners to reconsider proposed floodplain maps and warned that new designations could affect insurance and the ability to build on properties.
Bridal said mapmakers did not account for local sandy soils and suggested aerial imagery assessments were inaccurate. "The people that created these…
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