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Resident urges testing, cleanup after concerns about former service station near proposed school site
Summary
A Moore County resident told commissioners he feared a closed service station near a recommended elementary school site could have buried tanks that contaminated groundwater. The district tested the site and found no problem, but the speaker urged the county to identify and remediate potentially hazardous sites promptly.
John Meziak, a Woodlake resident, told the Moore County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 4 that a long‑closed service station across the street from the school district’s recommended elementary school site might have had buried storage tanks that could have leached chemicals into groundwater. “The district had the site tested. Unfortunately, there is no problem,” Meziak said, describing testing the district had conducted.
Meziak said the question about the closed station’s potential contamination should have been raised earlier given nearby farm fields used to grow food. He urged the county to treat potentially hazardous sites as matters of public concern, to encourage citizens to report suspicious sites, and to ensure prompt testing and cleanup if testing shows contamination.
Commissioners did not take immediate action at the meeting; the comment appeared during the public comment period. The speaker’s request that the county increase identification and remediation of potentially hazardous sites was recorded for the board’s consideration.
