Trash To Ash

Fasano seeks county stance

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:06:14 +0000

State Sen. Mike Fasano says Florida’s top environmental official still hasn’t gotten the message that Pasco County commissioners don’t want a landfill built on the edge of the Green Swamp.

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State senator to address county commissioners about Pasco landfill

admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:49:34 +0000

A controversial landfill proposal in Pasco County has generated a hefty amount of opposition on the part of lawmakers and environmentalists alike. On Aug. 23, state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, will address the Pasco Board of County Commissioners about the proposal.

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Shut book on landfill on edge of Green Swamp

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:35:31 +0000

The Pasco County legislative delegation has previously taken a position in opposition to the application for a Class 1 landfill in eastern Pasco adjacent to the sensitive Green Swamp water basin. The submittal was originally filed in October 2006 by Angelo’s Aggregate Materials Ltd. with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for operation of a large municipal solid-waste disposal facility. The department wisely rejected the application in 2009, citing potential adverse environmental impacts.

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Controversial Pasco landfill not a done deal

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:35:37 +0000

As reported this morning by the St. Petersburg Times, the state Department of Environmental Protection has slowed down its reconsideration of a controversial landfill permit application in Dade City.

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Department of Environmental Protection may approve previously denied Pasco landfill

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:37:24 +0000

Though a plan to build a landfill near environmentally sensitive lands in Pasco County was once thought dead, the permit has been reborn in recent months. And with a new head of the state Department of Environmental Protection, it just might be approved.

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DEP criticized over landfill’s permit bid

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:38:47 +0000

Pasco County Commissioner Ted Schrader questioned the credentials of Gov. Rick Scott’s political appointee after he learned Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection was on the verge of issuing a permit for a controversial dump in northeast Pasco County.

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Dump smelly landfill plan

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:40:51 +0000

Gov. Rick Scott showed earlier this month that he can set aside rigid ideology and listen to the public when he rejected plans to turn part of Honeymoon Island State Park into an RV campground.

“These natural treasures belong to all the tax-paying citizens of this state, and it would be unfair to proceed with a plan that so many Floridians are so adamantly opposed to,” Scott said in announcing his decision to protect the scenic and immensely popular park off the Pinellas coast.

The governor, whose previous policy decisions had shown little concern for Florida’s fragile environment, including water resources, should remember his words as he and his administrators decide whether to permit a private garbage landfill east of Dade City.

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Resolution to oppose the landfill

admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:50:38 +0000

Resolution by the City Commission of the City of Dade City, Florida expressing its opposition to the permitting, construction or operation of the proposed Angelo’s Aggregate Materials Class I Landfill.

For a better future

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:57:41 +0000

Regarding Tom Jackson’s “Hillsborough Trash Surprise Echoes Here” column (Feb. 19), it is fortunate for the citizens of Pasco County that neither he nor the landfill applicant is responsible for crunching the solid waste disposal numbers in our county.

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Today’s letters: what’s wrong with NIMBY?

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:11 +0000

I have read with interest all the articles appearing in the Times as it relates to the landfill outside Dade City and have attended a meeting where Carl Roth and John Arnold have spoken. I find Mr. Roth passionate in his point of view and I find Angelo’s Aggregate Materials very lacking in actual engineering information. Mr. Arnold says those of us who live in the area of the proposed landfill and compost center have a “not in my back yard attitude.” Why would we not have that attitude?

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