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Halsted residents urge enforcement of county battery-storage ban; county counsel to issue written opinion
Summary
Halsted residents told the Harvey County commissioners they oppose a proposed battery energy storage system inside city limits and said a 2002 county zoning ordinance appears to ban battery storage within mapped Equus Beds protection areas; the county counselor agreed to provide a written opinion.
Residents of Halsted and surrounding areas urged the Harvey County Board of Commissioners on March 11 to enforce a county zoning prohibition on primary battery storage in areas mapped to protect the Equus Beds groundwater system.
Kevin Henderson, a Halsted resident, told commissioners he and many Halsted residents oppose a battery energy storage project and cited a county zoning ordinance (referenced in public comment as “ordinance 13.03, section 10,” on the transcript) that he said…
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