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Council approves municipal-setting designation for contaminated site with independent testing and buffer conditions
Summary
After a contentious hearing, Fort Worth approved an MSD for a 57.5-acre Bear Holdings site with council-mandated independent testing, quarterly community updates and a proposed 14-acre buffer donation to address arsenic, lead and manganese concerns.
Fort Worth City Council approved a resolution supporting a Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) for a roughly 57.5-acre industrial tract owned by Bear Holdings LLC, while adding several community-protection conditions after lengthy public testimony.
Environmental Services Director Cody Wittenberg told the council MSD status “is a deed restriction for the use of groundwater” and that the site’s groundwater and soils show heavy metals including arsenic, lead and manganese. Wittenberg outlined the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) voluntary cleanup process…
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