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      "proeth:description": "The truck stop plan is approved as designed, with tanks near the creek",
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    "Person B\u0027s response about tanker access and environmental team",
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    "H\u0027s reassurances about tank setbacks and grading design",
    "Board reliance on engineering input in its decision-making",
    "Site\u0027s technical compliance with floodplain requirements"
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  "proeth:responsibleAgent": "Engineer H",
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    "H\u0027s reassuring but incomplete testimony + Person B\u0027s deferral to the environmental team + technical floodplain compliance"
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  "proeth:agentKnowledge": "R knew the site history and that the fill would today be characterized as illegal, though it predated regulation",
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    "County surveyor\u0027s corroboration confirming the fill predated current regulations"
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    "Combination of the historical fill + R\u0027s environmental expertise + knowledge of proposed construction near the creek"
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    "Tank placement near creek + R\u0027s expertise + public hearing venue providing opportunity to testify"
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    "R\u0027s testimony + Board\u0027s inquiry directed at H as project presenter"
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      "proeth:description": "Person B offers only to see if other measures can be taken, without committing to relocate the tanks",
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      "proeth:description": "Board approves the plan without requiring tank relocation",
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    "Drainage Board\u0027s unconditioned approval",
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    "Person B\u0027s non-committal deferral rather than a binding commitment to relocate tanks",
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    "Unconditioned approval + operational rationale for existing placement + absence of any enforceable commitment to change"
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