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Residents urge county to pause EIP development over Superfund and radiological concerns
Summary
Multiple residents and neighborhood coalitions urged Hillsborough County to postpone decisions on CPA 2315 and related items affecting a 3,000‑acre former phosphate mine (the Sydney site), citing EPA and FDEP records, radiological tailings and data gaps in ecological and radiological assessments.
At the Jan. 15 Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners meeting, a succession of residents and neighborhood leaders urged the board to pause consideration of land‑use changes related to a 3,000‑acre former phosphate mine known locally as the Energy/Industrial Park (EIP) or Sydney mine.
Chris Gentry, a seventh‑grader who described the site as a Superfund location, told commissioners the property "used to be a phosphate mine and is now a superfund site filled with over 20,000,000 gallons of toxic sludge," and warned the site could threaten the Hawthorne aquifer that provides drinking water to multiple states. Josie Gentry displayed rock samples and said field technicians and an EPA contact documented…
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