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Residents urge Vermilion County Board to scrutinize proposed 1,400‑acre Catlin solar project
Summary
Residents told the Vermilion County Board they fear a proposed 1,400‑acre solar farm will harm property values, rural character and health; commenters cited ordinance 23‑0509 and urged the board to involve the county health department and demand more transparency from project proponents.
Tanya Dull, a cancer survivor, told the Vermilion County Board she and other neighbors fear environmental and health effects from a proposed 1,400‑acre solar project near Catlin and said she could not find evidence the Vermilion County Health Department had been invited to serve on the ordinance-mandated wind and solar committee. “There has been nobody representative from the Vermilion County Health Department,” she said, and asked the board to appoint a health‑department representative to the review process.
Johnny Jones of Kaplan Township said his home would be surrounded on three sides if the project proceeds and listed likely impacts including “loss of property value, crop damage … well water contamination” and what he…
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