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Commissioners indefinitely postpone Fire Bucket Meadows subdivision to await groundwater testing
Summary
At the applicant's request, the board indefinitely postponed a decision on the Fire Bucket Meadows preliminary plat so developers can collect additional groundwater quantity and quality data, including pump tests, for review by the Missoula Valley Water Quality District and Missoula Public Health.
Missoula County commissioners on Thursday indefinitely postponed action on the preliminary plat for the Fire Bucket Meadows subdivision to allow the applicant to gather additional groundwater data, including drilled-well pump tests.
Patrick Swart, planner with the county's Planning, Development and Sustainability office, summarized a prolonged review process that included repeated public hearings, a contracted hydrogeology report, and requests from staff and neighbors for more testing after concerns about groundwater availability and impacts to adjoining wells. The applicants proposed drilling wells incrementally and returning with data rather than drilling all…
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