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/ An aerial image shows the Piney Point processing plant, lower right, and Tampa Bay to the left. One commissioner said the well is a better option than having millions more gallons of wastewater dumped into Tampa Bay. Manatee County commissioners have approved construction of a deep injection well to dispose of wastewater from the closed Piney Point fertilizer plant. But nearby neighbors are worried about the possible effect on their wells. The $9.3 million contract was approved Tuesday by a 6 to 1 vote, over objections that it could contaminate underground water supplies. Even though disc...

DEP says they are ready to handle any impacts from the rain at Piney Point site Impacts of rain on Piney Point By Rick Adams | April 19, 2021 at 9:40 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 9:40 PM PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee County Commissioner James Satcher has added interest in Piney Point. It lies in his district. “I don’t think the rain is an issue at all,” said Satcher. “What is an issue is what’s happened for years before.” Satcher believes some of the wet weather we’ve experienced the last few days and the weather to come won’t be a problem at the site of the recent cont...

In a highly contested vote on Thursday night, Manatee County commissioners advanced a proposal to modify the county’s growth plan, potentially opening the door for the developer of Lakewood Ranch to build 7,000 homes directly east of the master-planned community, across a county boundary meant to constrain urban sprawl. The commission voted 4-3 to allow the development proposal to proceed by transmitting the growth plan change to the state. The vote is not a final approval of the project but allows it to keep advancing in the face of community opposition. Commission Chair Vanessa�...

1 day ago Share No doubt there will be plenty of political blaming in the wake of the Piney Point leak that Manatee County commissioners were negligent. For the truth, just watch their Jan. 26 meeting. As the drama subsides around Manatee County’s environmental emergency at the old Piney Point phosphate mine, no doubt we can expect the political fallout to equal, if not surpass, the environmental fallout. Out-of-power forces always love a crisis and a disaster to blame on those in power. Thankfully, the leaking of contaminated water from a deteriorating containment wall did...

Land use: Myakka “triangle” rezone continued Manatee County Commissioners were scheduled to decide on a pending rezone for the 1.54-acre parcel of land in Myakka City near the northeast corner of State Road 70 and County Road 675, known as “the triangle.” However, the hearing was continued to the April 15 land use meeting. Manatee Ranches is requesting to rezone the land from agriculture to small neighborhood commercial. Manatee County Commissioners voted 5-1 on Thursday to approve an amendment to the Heritage Harbour development plan that will, among other things, allow construction ...