Piney Pointâs phosphate mess needs a new solution | Letters
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This aerial view overlooks the site of the Piney Point wastewater release on Sunday in Palmetto. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
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1966-present: On the edge of disaster | April 6
Times staff writer Christopher OâDonnellâs review of the multiple Piney Point disasters and chronic mismanagement is well done. An old quote comes to mind: âInsanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.â Another approach is worthy of consideration since the old road is paved with failure. Condemn the properties. Place them under stewardship of a consortium of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the state Department of Environmental Protection, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Tampa Bay Estuary Program. Convene a panel of scientific experts to review the i