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Gov DeSantis orders Florida Department of Environmental Protection to close Piney Point

State plans Piney Point phosphate plant cleanup

State plans Piney Point phosphate plant cleanup DeSantis returned to the site Tuesday to announce he was redirecting $15.4 million to pretreat water. The state expects to put more than $115 million toward closing the site of a former phosphate plant where a reservoir leak set off a wastewater crisis in Manatee County. Gov. Ron DeSantis also said Tuesday investigators are working to determine if legal action can be taken against HRK Holdings, the owner of the old Piney Point site. DeSantis on April 3 declared an emergency in Manatee, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties as a leak in a reservoir forced an evacuation of nearby residents amid worries that a wall could collapse, leading to a flood of contaminated water.

DeSantis Puts Money Into Piney Point Cleanup

By Gordon Byrd Apr 13, 2021 PALMETTO Governor DeSantis is announcing that he s directing the State Department of Environmental Protection to begin developing a plan to shut down the Piney Point phosphate wastewater site once and for all. DeSantis is shifting $15 million in DEP s budget to pretreat water at the site in case more needs to ne discharged to reduce pressure. DEP will conduct a study on how to mothball the site. He says rigorous water monitoring will continue. Senate President Wilton Simpson of Pasco County says the Legislature is expected to provide $100 million. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Noah Valenstein said a team of state scientists, along with their county counterparts, groups like Tampa Bay Estuary Program and students from the University of South Florida, have been in the water daily collecting baseline samples that could help build a case against HRK.

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