Work is continuing on streambank restoration in the Pheasant Branch Creek Corridor, which leads to trail closures. Currently the trail is closed between Parmenter Street and Century Avenue. (Picture taken near Kromrey Middle School.)
Airport: Study shows lead levels far below EPA limits
The Middleton Town Board has released a study it commissioned on 'ambient lead concentrations' at various locations around Middleton's Morey Field airport (piston aircraft use low-lead aviation fuel). The lead concentrations were initially estimated by modeling of monthly and annual averages at 22 locations, and complemented by sampling at three locations (Middleton Gymnastics Academy, Hickory Woods Park and a barn on the Ziegler property on Capitol View Road).
The results of the study, which was done by Trinity Consultants, an environmental testing firm with offices nationwide, show that even the highest concentrations close to the airport are far below EPA limits. The EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standard sets the maximum lead concentration at 0.15 microgram (millionth of a gram) of lead per cubic meter of air. They also show that the actual measurements reveal lead concentrations that are significantly lower than those predicted by the modeling (and all are magnitudes lower than the EPA limit).