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Resident tells court of repeated waste spreading, persistent odors in northwest Titus County
Summary
At a special meeting that began at 9 a.m., resident Mary McLendon urged Titus County officials to address repeated spreading of treated waste and strong odors in the Daphne Prairie area, citing health symptoms and vehicle observations; the court said staff would look into the complaint but took no formal action.
Mary McLendon, a Titus County resident, told the Commissioner's Court at the special meeting that truckloads of treated waste have been spread in fields near her home in the Daphne Prairie area and that the odors have caused persistent sore throats and other symptoms for several weeks.
"I've come to ask you for help through your ordinance. It was passed in January," McLendon said, referring to local authority she said allows a county to prohibit disposal of municipal or industrial solid waste in the county. She told the court she had contacted the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and that a Franklin County official, Max Canaday, visited the site.
McLendon described seeing bobtail tankers and…
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