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Commissioners discuss ordinance options after concerns about large aboveground fuel tanks and a dead-animal pit
Summary
Commissioners discussed drafting a county ordinance to regulate large aboveground fuel storage and secondary containment after staff flagged uncontained tanks and a gravel/processing site that may store sizable fuel volumes.
A multi-part discussion on county land-use and environmental risks focused on a gravel pit and on-site aboveground tanks that county staff said may hold tens of thousands of gallons of fuel. Commissioners and staff indicated concern about containment, nearby wells and whether the site's use was agricultural or commercial.
One commissioner said the electrolysis-prone sandy soils in parts of the county make uncontained steel tanks particularly risky: "The electrolysis in the soil is…
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