TCEQ Comment & Public Meeting Request Highlights

We've Reviewed the Publicly Available TCEQ Database & Hand-Selected Neighbor Complaints Below Highlighting The Growing Concern About Forever Chemicals Being Manufactured in our Rural/Residential Area

"My name is Shannon White-Shubert. My husband, Mike, and I own a 12-acre lot on County Road 236 in Florence. We are actually less than 1,100 feet to the west and downhill from Exfluor's property. In addition to the ethical issues of building a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" in a rural residential/farming community, we strongly believe that there are critical health and environmental concerns associated with the location of Exfluor's proposed "specialty chemical manufacturing facility."

Mike and I have done a substantial amount of work on our property mainly removing the cedars and trimming the oaks. Our boys (23YO and 21YO) are both in college so we worked there practically every weekend for the last two years until just recently. I am not exaggerating. We average about 40 weekends a year at our property. The Google map of our property has changed considerably in the last two years. First, we bought new Stil Chainsaws including a pole chainsaw, then a Kubota tractor and a few implements including a wood chipper. We chip as much cedar as we can and we burn the stumps and larger branches. Our lot is heavily treed with a lot of live growth and it also has large piles of decaying cedar branches, dead trees cut many years ago, and of course, unfortunately, snakes. Our property is a huge forest with a canopy of large Texas red oak trees and live oak trees, and a beautiful understory of Texas native trees including Mexican Buckeye, Mexican Redbud, Eve's Necklace, Rusty Blackhaw, Desert Olive, Fragrant Sumac, Catclaw Acacia, Yucca and various flowering plants. We are visited often by deer, hogs, wild turkeys, brown skinks and other wildlife. Rumor has it that bald eagles live nearby but we haven't seen them yet. We have 9 thriving beehives which were established on 04/18/2020 and are now known as The Happy Bee Company. The property is gorgeous and someday hopefully, all 12 acres will look like a park with walking/bike trails. This is our dream of where we want to grow old together with our family.

Due to the Coronavirus our plans to build our forever home were temporarily delayed in 2020 and 2021. During this time, we rented a rock saw and dug a trench for underground electricity for over 800 feet. We laid the conduit with the help of our new friends on lot #4. We had a well dug and we had a water pump set up. We built our first structure in 2021 - a 20X25 carport (built on road base) for the tractor and its implements. In 2021 we meet with several builders who could not commit to building our house due to rising building costs and scarcity of building products. At the beginning of 2022 we reached out again to a local builder to plan our forever home. We started sketching plans and meeting with builder for 3 weeks in a row at our land. We measured and moved the garage around in three different areas so that we would not have to remove a treasured oak tree.

We recently had 3 concrete foundations poured on 03/25/2022. The 25x25 concrete foundation is for a well house to include the water pump and a large tank. The smaller 15x25 concrete foundation is for a commercial greenhouse. The larger 50x60 concrete foundation was poured for a metal building/workshop and there is an additional 650 square feet for covered patios on this structure. These projects have also been delayed recently due to several tornadoes in the Round Rock area and in the Florence/Salado area. We also ordered 3 park benches for the walking/biking trail around the property. Everything in our little world was going great… and then the worst thing ever happened! On April 8, 2022 we received a certified letter from the North San Gabriel Alliance. www.northsangabrielalliance.org informing us of Exfluor's plans to build a 'specialty chemical manufacturing facility" less than 1,100 from our property. We had no idea this was happening.

And now we don't know what to do. We certainly don't want to build our forever home by a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility." We are health conscious individuals who planned to move to CR236 for an even healthier lifestyle with bees, organic herb and vegetable garden, berries and fruit trees, chickens and maybe peacocks. Again, this is our dream. This is what we have been working for.

These are the facts as I know them:

The property Mike & I purchased was part of a 224.71-acre tract that was being held in a charitable trust for Richard A. Box, Trustee of Box Place Charitable Remainder Unitrust. This trust was set up in "Consideration: Love of, and appreciation for Texas A&M University, its purposes, its students and its importance to the Grantor." The trust was formed 03/14/2019 (Williamson County document number 2019021158).

On a side note: Dr. Richard Box is salt of the Earth. This donation is a small part of the legacy of a great man. https://www.txamfoundation.com/News/Never-Stop-Learning.aspx I firmly believe that the Texas A&M Foundation should investigate how County Road 236 Investments, LLC handled these property transactions. In addition to the ethical issues of actually permitting an industrial company to build a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" in a rural residential/farming community, I strongly believe that there are critical health and environmental concerns associated with the location of the proposed "specialty chemical manufacturing facility."

On 04/18/2019 Dr. Box set up a Partition Deed (Williamson County document number 209032454) removing the 224.71-acre tract from the parent tract consisting of 258.66 acres. The 224.71-acre tract was transferred to the Box Place Charitable Remainder Unitrust. This left a 35.07-acre tract remaining in Box's name. Before the land was sold to County Road 236 Investments, LLC on 08/13/2019 - another document called the Correction Warranty Deed (document number 2019075031) was signed by Dr. Box which voided the Partition Deed and made the Correction Warranty Deed effective 03/14/2019, the date the trust was formed.

Prior to selling the 224.71-acre tract and the 35.07-acre tract to County Road 236 Investments, Dr. Box removed the Restrictions from the two 15.0-acre tracts which are adjacent to the 224.71-acre tract. These tracts were previously sold by Dr. Box in 2001 to the Moore's (currently the Waller's) and the Barksdale's (currently the Thurman's). In addition, Dr. Box removes any restrictions that were placed on Box's 224.71-acre tract and his 35.07-acre tract in a document titled "Agreement to Release All Existing Restrictions and Impose New Restrictions Upon a Portion of the Property" (document number 2019064108 dated 07/15/2019). When Dr. Box sold the property to County Road 236 Investments, LLC on 08/13/2019 the only restrictions on Box's tracts (224.71 acres and 35.07 acres) were the 12 acres (from the 224.71-acre tract) that my husband and I purchased (Lot #1/AKA Tract E on this particular document). This document states that the "restrictive covenants are to run with the land in favor of the owners of Tract A & B (Box), C (Waller), D (Thurman) and E (now Shubert) as well as their heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns." When the land was sold to County Road 236 Investments on 08/13/2019 there were 2 Warranty Deeds (2019075033 & 2019075032) and neither mentioned the previous document placing Restrictions specifically on Lot #1. The 35.07-acre tract was sold by Richard Box (personally) and the 224.71-acre tract was sold under the name of the Box Place Charitable Remainder Unitrust. Both convey "all presently recorded restrictions, reservations, covenants, conditions and mineral severances that affect the property."

As far as I know there are no documents filed with Williamson County which establish this property or community as a planned unit development (PUD) or any type of development. The realtors do not refer to themselves as developers only as the declarant on the CCRs. No HOA was formed.

The first property was, sold to Balaraju Velupula on 10/24/2019. It included the 3 lots closest to Highway 183 and it was comprised of 33.9 acres (Lots 20, 21 & 22). The CCRs for that property were signed 10/21/2019 (document number 2019100615) by Stewart Pate of County Road 236 Investments, LLC. Under paragraph 1.01 of this CCR it's Uses include: "Light commercial uses including a plant nursery or similar use which does not generate excessive traffic is an approved use on all or a portion of the Property. No use can conflict with Paragraph 1.10 herein. Home-based businesses of any kind must be approved in advance by the Declarant. Not more than two single-family residences may be constructed or placed in a tract. The term "single family residence" shall include only site-built homes, barnominiums, mobile homes or modular homes which are not older than a 2014 model year based upon its date of manufacture. Move-on homes are allowed as long as they are site-built homes and any remodeling is complete within twelve (12) months of the closing date of the tract." Document number 2019100615 was the first CCR written and recorded in Williamson County for any of the properties sold by County Road 236 Investments, LLC. On a side note: I firmly believe that if the CCRs are actually written for the purpose of creating a unified plan (as it is written in the CCRs), then all of the CCRs for a particular community would be exactly the same as the first one recorded. But that didn't happen here.

The second property sold also included 3 lots. These lots totaling 36.07 acres (Lots 5, 6 & 7) were purchased by Exfluor Research Corporation on 12/13/2019. The CCRs were signed 11/25/2019 (document number 2019113872) by Stewart Pate. Under paragraph 1.01 of this CCR it's Uses include: "Single family residential is an approved use of the property. Home based businesses or light commercial and light industrial/manufacturing uses maybe permitted if the Declarant has given written consent of any such use in advance. The specialty chemical manufacturing facility proposed by Exfluor Research Corporation is an approved use. No use can conflict with Paragraph 1.10 herein…"

One item of interest on Exfluor's Warranty Deed (document number 2019120557) is that it refers to its associated CCRs as recorded document number 2019116579 dated 11/25/2019. Document number 2019116579 was actually signed on 11/06/2019. That document number refers to 12.27 acres presently owned by Kyle & Shannon Gehrer (Lot 4). The CCRs referenced on Exfluor's Warranty Deed is actually Gehrer's CCR. So basically the Warranty Deed has the current date that the CCR for its property was signed but the Warranty Deed refers to the wrong document number. Side note: this is the only mistake I have uncovered in all the documents recorded with the Williamson County for County Road 236 Investments. I, personally, find it very suspicious that the mistake actually happened with this particular document. Again, this is the only document which states that light commercial and light industrial/manufacturing is an approved use for any of the properties in this community.

Five additional tracts were sold prior to our closing. According to the CCRs filed with the county, none of these lots received any special consideration for a home based business or light commercial use. All five read the same under Uses "Single family residential is an approved use of the property. Home based businesses or light commercial uses may be permitted if the Declarant has given written consent of any such use in advance. No use can conflict with Paragraph 1.10 herein. Not more than two single-family residences may be constructed or placed on a tract. The term "single-family residence" shall include only site-built homes, barnominiums, mobile homes or modular homes which are which are not older than a 2014 model year based upon its date of manufacture. Move-on homes are allowed as long as they are site-built homes and any remodeling is complete within twelve (12) months of the closing date of the tract."

Gehrer (Lot 4) CCR dated 11/06/2019; Warranty Deed dated 12/06/2019
Ellis (Lot 3) CCR dated 12/06/2019; Warranty Deed dated 12/11/2019
Johnson (Lot 2) CCR dated 12/06/2019; Warranty Deed dated 12/13/2019
Smith (Lot 11) purchased small house with 18-acre lot;
CCR dated 12/30/2019; Warranty Deed dated 01/07/2020
Campbell (Lot 15) CCR dated 01/17/2020; Warranty Deed dated 01/21/2020

The original CCR for our property (Lot 1) was dated 01/28/2020 and signed by Stewart Pate (document number 2020008836). The Original CCR for Lot 1 read exactly like the CCRs for other lots. We were told that they forgot to put the Special Restrictions on our property when they wrote it. The Special Restrictions include this property can only have site built homes; structures must be set back 50 feet from the front and the western property lines; structures must be set back 25 feet from the rear and the eastern property lines; lot may never be subdivided; and no temporary structures shall be used as a residence. On 01/29/2020 Stewart Pate signed the First Amendment to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Easements and Restrictions (document number 2020009688) to make the changes to the CCR specifically for Lot 1. No other Amendments have been written by County Road 236 Investments for these properties. No Amendment was written for any property to include light industrial/manufacturing uses. This use is specified on only one CCR, the one written for Exfluor's three lots. Again, no one had any idea that an industrial company or a manufacturing company would build here because light industrial/manufacturing uses wasn't mentioned on any other CCR.

After we purchased our property on 01/31/2020, nine additional lots were sold in 2020. Schneider (Lot #19) is the only one with a CCR that differs from the others. Their CCR is dated 01/28/2020 (document number 2020008830). Their CCR reads "Single Family residential is an approved use of the property. Home based businesses or light commercial uses may be permitted if the Declarant has given written consent of any such use in advance. An air conditioning and heating company as well as an insulation business is an approved use. No use can conflict with Paragraph 1.10 herein…"

Exfluor Notes from the Town Hall meeting:

The first reason given by Exfluor to a local community on why they chose this particular location: they said it was because of the beautiful trees. Honestly, it was hard to listen after this. It was filmed by a local news outlet. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/chemical-company-hosts-town-hall-to-address-concerns-over-planned-florence-area-facility/

A representative from Exfluor stated during the meeting that they have done an environmental study but added that they would not disclose it to the public.

Related News articles:

https://www.lhindependent.com/news/business/chemical-manufacturer-opening-facility-north-of-liberty-hill/article_2c41a9a9-8de7-577c-b39c-3ff5d8777b10.html
https://www.lhindependent.com/news/cr-236-residents-form-group-to-oppose-planned-chemical-facility/article_2953d324-b76d-11ec-a81d-9fe402e39c45.html
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/williamson-county-residents-battle-to-halt-planned-chemical-facility/
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/williamson-county/exfluor-concerns-mount-chemical-research-facility-rural-williamson-county/269-e99939ab-52b2-41cf-9855-5236cabe719e
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/williamson-county-environment-chemical-plant
https://www.statesman.com/story/news,/2022/04/26/florence-tx-williamson-county-neighbors-worried-exfluor-facility-pollution/7294446001/
https://www.change.org/p/block-the-toxic-chemical-pollution-in-the-area-of-the-north-fork-of-the-san-gabriel-river
https://online-engineering.case.edu/blog/disastrous-engineering-failures-due-to-ethics
https://petpedia.co/bee-statistics/

After Exfluor purchased their 36.07-acre tract NO ONE was informed, either verbally or written, with any type of disclosure concerning Exfluor's plans to build a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" nearby. County Road 236 Investments sold five additional properties prior to closing on our Lot # 1 on 01/31/2020. A few neighbors, including us, were told about the plans for a plant nursery on the lots near Highway 183. We were told that the only lot which had any special restrictions was Lot # 1 (ours). No one was informed that Exfluor was given any special permissions. Specifically, we and a few other property owners also asked if all the CCRs were the same. And everyone was reassured that only Lot # 1 had Special or different restrictions. Up until a month ago no one knew that County Road 236 Investments gave anyone permission to use their property for light industrial/manufacturing uses. Exfluor's CCR (which is not attached to their Warranty Deed) is the only CCR among all of the properties sold by County Road 236 Investments that includes light industrial/manufacturing uses.

As I previously stated, Exfluor's CCR is the only CCR that includes light industrial/manufacturing uses. It is my understanding that CCRs are basically considered the rules among a community and that they are like contracts between private parties that can be enforced in court. I also understand that, primarily, CCRs are used to maintain property values. Every single CCR in this community specifically states that they are for "the purpose of carrying out a uniform plan." I do not understand - how the CCRs written for Exfluor carry out a uniform plan if Exfluor is allowed to use their property for light industrial/manufacturing uses. This is a major conflict within our CCRs as they were written for Exfluor. A "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" does not belong in a rural community of Single Family Residential/Agricultural properties.

Also, I do not understand how the CCRs will protect anyone's property value if a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" is allowed to be built here. This is another major conflict within the CCRs as they were written for Exfluor. No property values will be maintained if a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" is allowed to be built here. In fact, the neighbors we have spoken to unanimously agree that they would have never purchased their property if they had known that a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" would be built nearby. We agree completely.

My neighbors and I firmly believe that this particular "use" for Exfluor's property conflicts with Paragraph 1.10 - the Nuisance paragraph. This paragraph addresses "Nuisances: No noxious, noisy, offensive, undesirable, unlawful or immoral activity shall be conducted on any tract, nor shall anything be done or permitted to be done thereon which may be or become a nuisance or annoyance to the owners of adjacent tracts. Any determination by the Declarant that an activity is noxious, noisy, offensive, undesirable or immoral shall be final and binding on all parties." Per US Legal a nuisance is "a substantial interference with the right to use and enjoy land, which may be intentional, negligent or ultra-hazardous in origin, and must be a result of defendant's activity." Ultra-hazardous is the key here. Some of the chemicals Exfluor works with are perfluorocarbons; they are called "forever chemicals" due to the fact that they are extremely stable. They do not break down in the environment. Their life cycles can last from 10K to 50K years! For this reason, Tom Bierschenk of Exfluor has reassured his neighbors, Kyle and Shannon Gehrer (Lot #4), that they (meaning Exfluor) "will have no air emissions and they have decided not to release any water." However according to their recent TCEQ application "the proposed facility will emit the following contaminants: hydrogen fluorides, carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants,, nitrogen oxides and organic compounds." According to Dr. Robert F. Harris Sr., retired Dow Chemical research scientist, "the critical effects of inhalation exposure to hydrogen fluoride are respiratory tract irritation and the induction of respiratory disease, even low level emissions. At higher levels, as what happens in the inevitable accidental or unexpected release, fatalities are possible." Dr. Harris concludes that "Exfluor, by its own admission, will emit hydrogen fluoride if this plant is built. Hydrogen fluoride should never be released into the air where people live. This is a DEADLY dangerous gas." www.NorthSanGabrielAlliance.com has additional information regarding the types of chemicals used by Exfluor.

Bierschenk claims that all of their water will be recycled and reused or purified then evaporated. He adds that (we) "will not use any recycled water to irrigate or even place it in a septic system because we want to be 100% confident that not even a trace gets into the environment." This does not sound like a safe place for Single Family Residences in a rural community where there will be even less regulation and oversite for a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility." The fact is that Exfluor's land was purchased among a group of properties that were primarily sold for the use as Single Family Residences. There were 22 lots sold in this community and only one land sale (which included three lots totaling 36.07 acres) is allowed to use their property for light industrial/light manufacturing uses. I firmly believe that "specialty chemical manufacturing facilities" should be built in industrial parks. Exfluor should not be building a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" in a rural community of single family residential properties and agriculture. I believe this is a serious moral and ethical issue. There should be laws that protect property owners from situations like this.

In addition, County Road 236 is not equipped to serve industrial or chemical manufacturing needs because the utilities in this rural area are unreliable. There is inadequate water and no sewer available. All nearby properties use well water. There is no natural gas available. Power outages are common in this area. And the most serious issue is that we do not have a fire department or an emergency response team nearby that can handle the type of Hazardous Materials that Exfluor works with. This community is not equipped for a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility." The nearest fire department is in Andice, TX and it is a volunteer fire department. The nearest Level 2 Trauma Center is 25 miles away. The nearest Level 1 Trauma Center is 40 miles away. Again, this area is not equipped to serve the needs of an industrial or a chemical manufacturing facility. I firmly believe that building a "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" in a rural community like Florence is a very serious moral and ethical issue. And I believe it is simply ludicrous that anyone would ignore these concerns.

Per the Williamson County Appraisal District there are 7 properties raising bees in this community (including us on lot 1). The beekeepers are on lots 1-4 and lots 13, 14 & 15. Potentially this means that as many as 70 hives that will be exposed to Exfluor's evaporation pond which WILL NOT BE COVERED. We cannot risk this. Several of our neighbors bottle and sell their honey and honey products. This is also a very serious ethical issue since Bierschenk was well informed of this problem by a neighbor at the Town Hall meeting held 04/25/22. Everyone has a moral compass that helps them to distinguish right from wrong. An engineer's compass should be more finely calibrated than most.

I firmly believe that there are critical health and environmental concerns associated with Exfluor's proposed "specialty chemical manufacturing facility." The term Nuisance has been well defined by the Texas Supreme Court in a recent case. At the very least, it appears that this is Strict Liability Nuisance which occurs when the conduct is an "abnormally dangerous activity."
https://www.texasoilandgasattorneyblog.com/requirements-noise-nuisance-claim-texas/

A "specialty chemical manufacturing facility" does not belong in a Rural community among Single Family Residences and Agriculture. Due to the serious moral and ethical issues as well as the critical health and environmental concerns I urgently request that TCEQ take action to DENY PERMIT NO. 165848, Exfluor Research, 1100 County Road 236, Florence, Texas, 76527.

Thank you for your consideration.

Shannon White-Shubert (Lot #1; 1500 CR 236, Florence)

"I am a property owner in the area (CR 204 in Williamson County), and we plan to build a house and move to our property within the next year. I am also a semi-retired engineer with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UT Austin. In my view, chemical plants should not be allowed to discharge into streams that supply large and growing municipal water supplies. While the discharge can be "made safe" and monitored, assuming both are rigorously done, any accidents pose a good deal of danger to a large number of people. In addition, the damage done may be long lasting and difficult to mitigate. For similar reasons, such industries should not be allowed to build immediately adjacent to already established residential areas. Logical locations for such industrial activities are in areas set aside for such activities. This more easily allows multiple operations to be monitored for compliance as well as providing adequate and rapid emergency response if necessary. Allowing such concerns to operate wherever they are able to acquire land spreads out the danger, thus devaluing large areas as opposed to keeping dangerous, albeit sometimes necessary, activities confined to locations predetermined by a well thought out growth plan."

Respectfully submitted, Don T. Berry, Ph.D. of Austin, Texas

"As a 20yr firefighter who has responded to numerous chemical leaks and as a FATHER, I am opposed to air quality permit 165848 and requesting a "public meeting." As a member of NORTH SAN GABRIEL ALLIANCE, I firmly believe that there is great risk of air and water pollution from the hazardous chemical processing plant under development by Exfluor Research Corporation on Williamson County Road 236. This pending Exfluor Research Corporation location is surrounded by 150+ family residences, including historical farms, ranches, and homes, water recreation areas, agricultural lands, and wildlife conservation areas. The North Fork of the San Gabriel River runs through the area, and downstream to Lake Georgetown and Lake Granger, then into the Brazos River and on to the Gulf of Mexico. The City of Georgetown and the City of Round Rock obtain drinking water from Lake Georgetown. Toxic chemical pollution from such a facility could permanently affect people, homes, land, and agriculture nearby, as well as downstream in the river drainages. Such a facility should not be located anywhere in the area of the North Fork of the San Gabriel River. This rural area is primarily residential, agricultural, and widely used for recreation activities. This is not an industrial area. I call upon the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to RESCIND its preliminary decision and DENY the draft air quality permit for the announced Exfluor Research Corporation chemical manufacturing facility on County Road 236."

Jerome Palmer of Liberty Hill, Texas

"I am strongly opposed to air quality permit 165848 and requesting a "public meeting." As a Liberty Hill resident residing within 5 miles of the proposed business site I firmly believe that there is great risk of air and water pollution from the hazardous chemical processing plant under development by Exfluor Research Corporation on Williamson County Road 236. This is not an industrial area. This rural area is primarily residential, agricultural, and widely used for recreation activities. A chemical plant has no place among family residences, farms and ranches. Toxic chemical pollution from such a facility could permanently affect people, homes, land, and agriculture nearby, as well as downstream in the river drainages. I call upon the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to RESCIND its preliminary decision and DENY the draft air quality permit for the announced Exfluor Research Corporation chemical manufacturing facility on County Road 236."

Cristin Dershem of Liberty Hill, Texas

"This permit should not be issued, Exflour should not be allowed to have a facility next to the North San Gabriel River. In addition, the land they have purchased is in a residential/ranching community, across the street from a planned 600 home neighborhood. If the were to be a spill, it would most certainly contaminate the river. I was in attendance to the meeting held in Liberty Hill to address the community concerns, they started off by bringing the priest from the church in Austin they support and asked him to pray before the meeting, the church has nothing to do with this business other than to continue to receive donations, I thought this practice was appalling. When asked what they would be bringing to the table for the community the only response what 8-10 additional jobs and that they would spend money eating out in our town. I am a 30 year resident of the area and this company has too much risk to be allowed to operate in a residential environment, they need to relocate to an industrial park where if an accident happens, there will be people that and services to address it. Currently Williamson county does not have the ability to handle a possible contamination in this area."

Paul Davidson of Liberty Hill, Texas

"After attending the Exfluor Q&A at the proposed build site last week- it is evident and clear that they fully intend to skirt and avoid all liability and accountability. They are moving out to "the middle of nowhere" in order to avoid peering eyes and to avoid is getting caught when their facility leaks. They did not intend to allow the Roundrock residents or neighbors to find out about the 2014 leak - the company next door called 911 when their employees could not breathe. Exfluor made every attempt to hide this leak and cover it up. It was leaking into the high school located directly behind their plant. The lethal effects and final outcomes of their decision will likely not be seen for decades- they will get away with it as usual. As a local resident of the LH area - I do NOT consent to being slowly poisoned to death. I do not consent to Exfluor poisoning my child just so they can turn a less-regulated profit. You will not do this to our community."

Heather Garcia-Stonehill of Leander, Texas