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Committee investigates Buckskin Creek discoloration; county inspection finds sediment basins functioning
Summary
Residents reported red-stained runoff in a Buckskin Creek tributary; county environmental staff inspected the site's sediment basins and outfalls, found no obvious failures and said the discharge is likely red clay/turbidity-related, recommending continued monitoring and possible DEQ referral if data show exceedances.
Residents and committee members presented photographs and eyewitness reports that a tributary entering Buckskin Creek carried distinctly red-stained water. "The branch coming from the landfill is red," one resident said, noting the discoloration extended for about a mile and a half before clearing.
Royce, county environmental staff who inspected the site, told the committee he checked stormwater controls and settlement basins at the named outfalls and "didn't…
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