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Canyon Lake leaders press for full EIR after water-quality expert flags risks at proposed Meadowbrook cemetery
Summary
Water-quality expert Darcy Burke told the City Council the proposed Crescent Garden natural-burial cemetery near Meadowbrook could pose significant risks to Canyon Lake’s drinking and recreational waters; the council voted to ask county planners for a full environmental impact report before the April 1 hearing.
Darcy Burke, introduced to the council as a water expert and vice chair of the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, told Canyon Lake officials the application for the proposed Crescent Garden Cemetery in the Meadowbrook area contains multiple, unresolved water-quality and public-health deficiencies. Burke said the developer’s mitigations are insufficient and recommended the county require a full environmental impact report (EIR).
Burke said the project — proposed as a natural or direct-burial cemetery about 1 mile northeast of Canyon Lake’s gates — initially relied on concrete liners and plastic bags to isolate remains. “There is no specification for that concrete liner, no plan for what…
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