1 month ago Share Now, town must decide on either paying $188,382 or implementing an environmental project worth at least $281,073. The Longboat Key Town Commission voted unanimously Monday to accept a consent order from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection after the town’s June 2020 mainland sewage line break and spillage of millions of gallons of effluent. In the coming weeks, the town still must decide between two options: paying the state $188,382 in civil penalties and costs, or offsetting the amount by implementing an in-kind environmental project worth at least $281,073. An in-kind project would be subject to FDEP approval. “It was a normal negotiation process that occurred,” Town Manager Tom Harmer said. “We finalized negotiations. We think we received as many changes as we could while still trying to end up with an order that met the state’s needs and requirements and protected our ratepayers going forward.”