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“When I heard about Mr. Kramer’s application, I was delighted,” she continued. “I felt if you allowed him to do it, maybe you’d allow me to do mine.”
Mrs. Davis added that shifting dirt around in the flood plain could “upset the delicate environment” and cause serious erosion. Mills were originally built at the flood plain to take advantage of the water power “and so the wastes could go down river...Now we have a zoning ordinance so wastes won’t go down river,” she concluded.
“I’m having trouble fooling around with the word ‘perhaps’ (in Bill Adams’ letter),” stated Masterson, referring to the Soil Conservationist’s statement that “perhaps” the eastern wall of the mill could be considered the flood plain boundary. “Do we have an engineering study?” he asked.
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