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Resident urges Clarkdale to press EPA, ADEQ and health agencies over leaded aviation fuel
Summary
During public comment, Mary Lou Rose, a Clarkdale resident, asked the council to request EPA, ADEQ and health departments to ban repetitive flight training over neighborhoods and to begin continuous air monitoring, citing public‑health concerns about leaded fuel from piston‑driven aircraft.
Mary Lou Rose, who identified herself as a Clarkdale resident, used the public‑comment period on Oct. 14 to call attention to leaded aviation fuel and repetitive flight training over town.
Rose said the EPA estimates that a large share of airborne lead in the United States comes from piston‑driven aircraft used in flight training and named Prescott flight schools and Embry‑Riddle as frequent operators flying over Clarkdale. "Repetitive flight training in planes that burn leaded fuel should not be allowed over neighborhoods," she said, and asked that the town formally request the EPA, ADEQ and health departments to ban such training over residential areas and to begin continuous air monitoring.
Rose characterized the exposure as a current community health risk — not just a historical problem — and urged the council to keep pushing even if initial agency responses are negative. Council members thanked her; no formal motion or vote followed during the meeting.
Her remarks cited two types of local consequences: air pollution and noise. In the transcript Rose said, "We deserve clean air, and our children deserve a community that puts health and clean air first."
