Mr. Buster Baldwin
Comanche Caves Ranch
Hunt, Texas
Dear Mr, Baldwin,
As you are aware, the LCR,a has Dlana '•.^. bv!ld a p~;:.~er
substation in the Kerrville rJOUth area '."i±h "~'- Vrl'aqu
line passing through a residential aree. t '~~inu th=! ;c:'7
should know, that there are health concern: ~:!+.h this pla•'
which could in the long run be more expensi':~ than the short
term savings which are projected. There h=';= he a'7 'ir~i= ~"itl.
cancer, particularly childhood IeuV,emi=., in p-p'ul..tin•,_
living in close pror•imity to higfi ualt2'Jr p~'~:r !~n~= su-!+ ~-
the one proposed by tfie LCRA far tho 'r;ar~v+".~ °,;uth ~.re=,
?he first suggestion that there ;-._ z - .-; !i:,v 'i tli
extremely low-frequency magnetic field, .e.:?~ ae !ha L:. q,:
power line project, was made by Ilanc• i'er!hr c-r ,< ,7.,~
University of Colorado tfedlcal CSnter a•ri p`=:i:i_t '~ L_zp=-
in 1979. Wertheimer and Leeper fount, " ~ d=a" :etc f,•
certain cancers among children liking near "•-a- t.r=: c!
magnetic field<_ was t~.~ice that a petted ~c- r`.i!r•un
generalfScience News:4.y21!74, p.2i3?. ?he=', ~ -~~+in._:
generated IntFres{ in +hls rroa end cjr; '-u ?!c• q,^•( r ~~_+--.
has mounted supporting the possihilit; :;f >~ r --3i
association. Fc'r in5~a.nCE, r72 ~'id ~~."1 ~. nr "e !`•~i.=, :; ~. .•
North Carolina in Chapel Hill along ~;i+n r"•. - ~, -
determined that there i= z live in'n' i•~.~~ -r .! '•'~ '
cancer in homes with expo=ore to `igh ?_•_!: - -_ -
fleld. Homes In chi: group were iocet~r +'e~-
high electric current: such as ha= Liccr~ prrr',=d ~- -
Kerrville South area.
It should be noted that a precir!~:~` .- -•; <•-~
Texas regarding this type of ;i'.uati-,n. ;,,; .. -
by the Houston Lighting and Pc~'~r r_o, ~r~ -.: --t,.--' --`.
in the Houston area ha, been tal'Fn ov' ^i ':~= ~• 7~ _ •
the Texas Supreme r_curt. ]n addi`.ion `t,e =-!-r _`,i_rt ;-.:
awarded f25,00D,0~0 in pwnitive damayo= in ~•i; c=.c.
As I understand the present plan=, rt.ie =~;t=tat.=_.i~ ;'-d
line would possibly pre=_ent a publir_ t~ral!h ,,~t, I:~.r V!;-
reason alone, the Cvmrnissioner~ Court ;hc,? • - -r~+-: ` ri.:~
the lines and substation should be Iota!=d .•- tai a= 1 ;-=!:i~
from habitation;. 1± is highly probahl-. `I:~=' it H,r LCt%•~
follows the present plans that litiga'ior~ •.+:' d~r•~t_.p,
1 believe that it mould be in ,~p:~nr- s i,~.t ir,!srssF
for these line=_ to follow the pith r•'~!!. !.,•~- r:•u!=r~•-.•
density rather than the shorte=_t er.
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