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Resident urges environmental study, public hearing before county buys property near Damascus homes
Summary
A Damascus-area resident told the Board the county should hold a public hearing and perform environmental testing before closing on adjacent property, citing possible buried gas tanks, historical oil pits, asbestos and a trout-bearing creek.
Chris Blevins, a local resident and self-described engineer, used the public-comment period to urge the Washington County Board of Supervisors to delay any closing on a property adjacent to his homes until the county completes a community hearing and environmental studies.
Blevins said he learned the board was considering purchasing a property next to his and that the…
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