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Homeowner urges county to withhold final approvals for Paston subdivision until retention pond fixes completed
Summary
A homeowner said clay and sediment from a nearby subdivision flowed through a conservation wetlands area into his pond and asked Escambia County to stop final approvals and occupancy until mitigation is completed.
Neil Richards, a resident at 4430 Yaupond Road who said he has lived there 46 years, told the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners that red clay from the Paston subdivision had escaped a retention pond, flowed through 15 acres of conservation wetlands and into his private pond. Richards said sedimentation has killed the fish in his pond and that repeated requests to the county's Permitting Department did not produce a remedy.
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