ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says initial lead testing at the Ashland Gun Club was flawed, and it has recommended additional tests to determine the extent of lead contamination.
The Ashland Daily Tidings reports the $64,000 study by California-based Brown and Caldwell concluded impacts on wildlife and habitat were within acceptable ranges. The firm did limited lead testing during the 2010 study, and recommended more.
But in a Jan. 19 letter to Ashland city staff, the DEQ pointed out flaws in testing at the gun club, which is on city-owned property east of town.
Further lead testing could cost up to $30,000.
Ashland Gun Club members have asked the city to sign a 30-year lease so the club can stay at the site it has used since 1968.
