Stop Subdivision Evasion

While stopping the Sapphire Heights major subdivision members of the Sapphire Coalition also exposed how developers and their consultants can manipulate and even falsify data to make it suggest something entirely different, especially if they know that both the state DEQ and county governments are too busy to check closely.   Out of this, multiple members testified in Helena before the Governor's Environmental Quality Council  on our experience with this problem. We also questioned who has authority over Arsenic in the drinking water (as this is another problem in the area of these subdivisions).   Our testimony, was appreciated and well received, with numerous questions asked.  We also received a follow up meeting with the DEQ at a later date, where they educated us about their protocols and we gave them our concerns as well.