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Owners say Rapid City landfill has contaminated pasture; board leaves Johnson assessment unchanged
Summary
Fern and Ross Johnson told Pennington County commissioners that trash from the Rapid City landfill has chronically contaminated 518 acres adjacent to proposed Cell 15; despite owners’ photos and a veterinarian report, the board voted to leave the assessed values unchanged after appraiser testimony and commissioner deliberation.
Property owners Ross and Fern Johnson appealed the county’s land assessment on April 29, saying material from the Rapid City landfill has blown onto and contaminated much of their pasture and that the condition reduces land value.
Fern Johnson told commissioners the problem is chronic and growing: “The trash is thrown against the fence on a chronic basis... we pick it 1 day. The very…
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