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Board denies rehearing request over Beach Chalet turf project after new study debated
Summary
The Board of Appeals declined to rehear the Golden Gate Park Beach Chalet athletic fields permit despite appellants presenting a new peer-reviewed study on crumb rubber toxicity and alternatives, finding the new material did not change the local coastal permit findings or fall within the Board's jurisdiction over CEQA review.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals denied a rehearing request from the Golden Gate Park Preservation Alliance challenging a local coastal permit for renovation of the Beach Chalet athletic fields.
Catherine Howard, representing the alliance, asked the board to accept new evidence including a peer-reviewed study published Aug. 22 in Chemosphere that she said shows high levels of harmful compounds in recycled rubber tire infill used in artificial turf. Howard argued the study and additional analyses of a hybrid alternative could have changed the Board's earlier decision and warranted another hearing.
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