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Residents press county on odors and drainage; Prater's Mill preservation concerns raised
Summary
Residents from Carbondale and nearby neighborhoods raised sustained complaints about foul odors they attribute to industrial operations at the Carbondale Business Park and about county drainage work allegedly redirecting stormwater onto private property; a local descendant also asked the county to support historic-preservation work at Prater’s Mill.
Multiple residents used the meeting's public-comment periods to press the county on environmental and property impacts.
Richard Holland of Tilton Road told commissioners he continues to smell strong, unpleasant odors he attributes to operations at the Carbondale Business Park (the transcript named Essentia and a related wastewater treatment facility). Holland cited the park27s covenants—specifically provisions he says bar production of odors—and urged the county and the park27s managers to enforce those agreements.…
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