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Residents and commissioners press DEP on landfill monitoring after tests show contaminants
Summary
Public commenters and commissioners raised renewed concerns about groundwater monitoring at the Coyote and Mohawk landfills, noting contaminants found in monitoring wells and requests for DEP to brief the board on site status, monitoring, and enforcement actions; county staff said DEP is the regulatory authority and owners have changed hands.
Multiple members of the public and several commissioners urged county staff to seek a formal briefing from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection about monitoring results and the regulatory status of two area landfills.
Public speakers cited sampling reports (2018 and earlier) that showed elevated levels of arsenic, aluminum and other constituents in monitoring wells at Coyote Landfill and the Mohawk (MVM)…
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