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Residents urge environmental testing near Terra Nova site, citing old Nike missile-base reports
Summary
Two residents asked the council to halt development at the Terra Nova site until third-party soil and groundwater testing are completed, citing an EPA report and possible TCE contamination.
Two Terrell residents urged the city council on Oct. 7 to require environmental testing before development proceeds on the property commonly referred to as Terra Nova, near a former Nike missile base.
Rita Bain, who identified her address as 137 Birdsong Lane, told the council she had shared an EPA packet indicating a 1985 report that noted possible groundwater contamination, abandoned drums and buried vacuum tubes containing radon gas at the former missile site. "Before Terra Nova progresses, if we could, mitigate any potential hazardous issues that are there and clean up that site if it is indeed toxic," Bain said, and she requested a…
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