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Residents urge Lee County to renew fracking moratorium citing Deep River risks
Summary
Multiple residents and environmental advocates urged the Lee County Board of Commissioners to reinstate a two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and to block a proposed gas-powered data center near Butler Number 3 well, citing water contamination and chemical risks to the Deep River watershed.
Several residents and regional environmental advocates asked commissioners to renew a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and to pause permitting for a proposed data center near the historic Butler Number 3 well.
Debbie Hall, who lives about a mile from Butler Number 3, described the river as a community recreation and water resource and asked the commission to "say no to this…
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