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Environmental Groups and Florida Settle 2021 Piney Point Pollution Lawsuit
Jul 9, 2024, 07:53 PM
Environmental groups have reached an agreement with Florida officials to settle a federal lawsuit filed in 2021 following polluted discharges from a fertilizer plant waste site called Piney Point into Tampa Bay. The discharges led to fish kills and red tide. The settlement involves the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and includes a draft Clean Water Act permit for the phosphogypsum facility in Manatee County.
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