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Brevard commissioners ask FDEP for public meeting on Blue Origin wastewater permit after sustained public opposition
Summary
After hours of public testimony raising environmental and water-quality concerns, the Brevard County commission voted unanimously to request that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection hold a public meeting on Blue Origin's draft permit to discharge to the Indian River Lagoon and to send copies of the request to the legislative delegation and governor.
Brevard County commissioners voted unanimously on Dec. 2 to request that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection hold a public meeting on a draft permit for Blue Origin LLC to discharge industrial/process wastewater to the Indian River Lagoon.
The county introduced the agenda item by reading the published notice for a draft FDEP permit and stressing the county’s limited jurisdiction: "the county has no jurisdiction over the final permitting decision... This first step is...to vote whether we want to ask for a public hearing so many of the people here tonight can also...participate in a public hearing," the chair told the room. The agenda…
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