A Frisco group is urging the city to do a thorough job of cleaning up the site of a former battery recycling plant.
Frisco Unleaded fought to shut down the controversial Exide Technologies facility last year.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality confirmed that the presence of hazardous levels of lead buried in the closed parts of Exide's landfill, which is right in the middle of the city.
Meghan Green, a Frisco Unleaded member who lives near the landfill, said the city is looking at either capping the landfill at a cost of about $20 million or digging it up and removing everything -- at a cost of about $135 million.
"Nothing in Frisco has been skimped on, so why this? ... I don't care about the aesthetics; I want the health factor," she said.
Green said she doesn't feel as if the city is putting the health of its citizens first. With safety at risk, it's no time for the city to consider taking the cheap route, she said.
The Exide facility closed last year after years of disputes with the city over pollution and ground contamination.
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She said she hopes the city can dig a little deeper and find more than two options.
Mayor Maher Maso said the city is prepared to do so.
"The City Council is very focused on having the best possible outcome for our residents for the long term, and that has never changed," he said.
The state will make the final decision on what to do with the site, Maso said.
NBC 5's Eric King contributed to this report.
