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Code Enforcement Detail
Code Enforcement Detail
Case Number CE07060278 complainant  
Case Date 06-27-2007 address  
Origination PHONE - TELEPHONE CALL RECEIVED Status C - CLOSED
Operator bsingley Officer WEST
Fines Balance $0.00
Lien Balance $0.00
Total Balance $0.00
Property On Case
STRAP NBR C-16-35-29-A00-0150-0000 Owner TUBBS FAMILY ENTERPRISES INC
Unit   Owner Address 4665 US 27 SOUTH
Property Address 4700 BEAR RD City/State/Zip SEBRING FL 33872
City/State/Zip SEBRING FL 33875 Phone  
Case Description
TU-CO PEAT COMPANY IS ALLOWING THE STYROFOAM FROM
TO BAGS AND PILE TO FLY ONTO THE GROUND, THE BANKS
AND THE CREEK. CELL FORD FROM LAKES MANAGEMENT
CALLED AND SAID THAT SOMEONE HAS CONTACTED THE
PARKS AND RECREATION DEPT. REGARDING THIS FOAM AND
DANNY COPELAND TOLD ERIN M. OUT AND THEY TOOK
PHOTOS. PLEASE CHECK THE DUMPING OF STYROFOAM.
Complaint Code(s)
1: UNLAWFUL PLACEMENT SOLID WASTE
Inspections/Events Detail
DATETIMEINSPECTION / EVENT TYPEINSTRUCTIONS / COMMENTS
12-28-201208:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES12-28-12 FILE HAS BEEN SENT FOR
RETENTION, PLACED ON SPREADSHEET, BSS
09-19-201202:49 PMUPDATE/NOTES9-19-12 RECEIVED EMAIL FROM MAHLON
(TRIPP) BARLOW, WITH SIVYER, BARLOW &
WATSON, P.A. THAT CE, BEVERLY WOULD NOT
BE NEEDED FOR THE TRIAL IN TAMPA. ONLY
KYLE GREEN WITH R&B HAD TO ATTEND. BSS
08-22-201202:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES8-22-12 PER COUNTY POLICY THE SUBPOENA
WAS REIMBURSED TO EMPLOYEE. PER EMAIL
FROM ATTORNEY, ELIZABETH. BSS
08-20-201208:47 AMUPDATE/NOTES8-20-12 RECEIVED SUBPOENA FOR MYSELF TO
APPEAR AT TRIAL FROM SEPT. 10, 2012
WHICH COULD BE A TWO WEEK TRIAL.
ELIZABETH RECEIVED THE SUBPOENA AND
FORWARDED IT TO CE. THE CHECK IN THE
AMOUNT OF $8.40 WAS SENT TO FINANCE
TODAY. BSS
08-17-201202:16 PMUPDATE/NOTES8-17-12 SPOKE WITH ELIZABETH TODAY AND
SHE HAS RECEIVED A SUBPOENA FOR ME, KYLE
GREEN WITH ROAD AND BRIDGE AND JENNIFER
WITH SOLID WASTE DEPT. TO APPEAR DURING
WEEKS OF SEPT. 10-14 AND/OR SEPT. 17-21.
SHE WILL FORWARD THOSE TO CE. SHE HAS
GIVEN INFORMATION TO ATTORNEY WITH THIS
CASE REGARDING MYSELF BEING UNAVAILABLE
FROM SEPT. 24-28 FOR VACATION. BSS
06-08-201201:16 PMUPDATE/NOTES6-8-12 RECEIVED LETTER BY ELIZABETH FROM
ATTORNEY EDWARD J. KUCHINSKI OF SIVYER
BARLOW AND WATSON, PA. THE TRIAL HAS
BEEN DELAYED AGAIN UNTIL SEPT. OR
OCTOBER. THEY WILL NOTIFY CE WHEN THE
HEARING WILL BE, BSS
05-23-201211:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES5-23-12 @ 10:00AM RECEIVED SUBPOENA
BEVERLY FOR TRIAL WEEK OF JUNE JUNE 11TH
TO 18TH. NOT SURE WHICH DATE THEY WILL
ACTUALLY TAKE TESTIMONY FROM BEVERLY.
ATTORNEY ED KUCHINSKI OR ATTORNEY, TRIPP
WILL NOTIFY ME OF THE EXACT DATE TO
APPEAR. FAXED A COPY TO ELIZABETH AT
ROSS MACBETH'S ADDRESS. BSS
05-03-201207:55 AMUPDATE/NOTES5-3-12 RECEIVED LETTER FROM ED KUCHINSKI
WITH SIVYER BARLOW AND WATSON, P.A.
REGARDING OUR PHONE CONVERSATION THAT
TRIAL DATE HAS MOVED TO WEEK OF JUNE
11TH. HE IS SENDING A LETTER FOR ME TO
BE AT THIS TRIAL AND NOT SENDING ANOTHER
SUBPOENA. BSS
05-03-201207:55 AMUPDATE/NOTES5-3-12 MET WITH TRIPP BARLOW, ELIZABETH
AND BEV AT SEBRING DINER FOR LUNCH
MEETING. LUNCH WAS NOT PAID FOR BY
ATTORNEY. HE STATED THAT TESTIMONY IS
FOR CE TO SWEAR THAT BEV TOOK THE
PHOTOGRAPHS WHILE ON SITE AT THIS
LOCATION DURING THIS CASE. BSS 1 HR.
05-01-201207:53 AMUPDATE/NOTES5-1-12 RECEIVED CALL FROM TRIPP BARLOW
FROM ATTORNEYS OFFICE REGARDING
SUBPOENA. HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH BEV
WHILE IN TOWN ON MAY 3RD. MADE LUNCH
MEETING TIME WITH TRIPP, ELIZABETH AND
BEV IN REGARDS TO CASE AT 12:00PM AT
SEBRING DINNER. BSS
04-26-201207:57 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-26-12 RECEIVED CALL FROM ED KUCHINSKI
WITH ATTORNEYS OFFICE THAT THE TRIAL HAS
BEEN MOVED TO WEEK OF JUNE 11TH. TOLD
HIM THAT I WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE ON
JUNE 14TH THAT I HAVE CE SM HEARING THAT
DAY. HE WANTED ME TO BE AVAILABLE AT END
OF WEEK, MAYBE WED. OR EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING OR FRIDAY. TOLD HIM THAT
THURSDAY WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL, THAT
WOULD NOT WORK FOR ME. HE SAID HE WOULD
WORK IT OUT. HE WILL SEND ME ANOTHER
LETTER WITH DATE. BSS
04-19-201207:48 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-19-12 FAXED OVER A COPY OF THE
SUBPOENA TO ROSS MACBETHS OFFICE, AND
TOOK THE CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $10.77
FOR TRAVEL FROM ATTORNEYS OFFICE TO
FINANCE. BSS
04-17-201207:46 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-17-12 CALLED ATTORNEY ED KUCHINSKI FOR
SIVYER BARLOW AND WATSON, P.A. OFFICE TO
ASK WHAT SUBPOENA IS IN REGARDS TO FOR
THIS CASE. NOT AVAILABLE. LEFT HIM A
MESSAGE ASKING HIM TO RETURN MY CALL.
BSS
04-16-201207:43 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-16-12 RECEIVED A SUBPOENA FOR BEVERLY
FOR TRIAL IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE, SET
FOR TWO WEEKS STARTING MAY 7, 2012.
FROM
SIVYER BARLOW AND WATSON, P.A. FROM
TAMPA, FL. 813-221-4242. BSS
12-16-200804:03 PMCLOSE COMPLAINTCASE CLOSED BY BSINGLEY
12-16-200803:48 PMREINSPECTION12-16-08 INSPECTED THE JACKSON CREEK
AREA NEAR THE BRIDGE AT SR 66. THE
TRIVITY SCREEN IS OUT OF THE WATER AND
THE ROAD AND BRIDGE CREW(JACKIE BENNETT)
HAD HIS MEN REMOVE THE TRASH AND SCREEN
OUT OF THE WATER NEAR THIS BRIDGE. THEY
WERE WORKING IN THIS AREA SO JACKIE
DECIDED TO CLEAN THIS OUT. ASKED DANNY
COPELAND WITH PARKS AND REC. TO LOOK AT
THE SITE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT HE THINKS
SINCE HE MAINTAINS THE CREEK WITH
SPRAYING AND WATER FLOW. BEV
12-16-200801:29 PMREINSPECTION12-16-08 COMPLIED, DANNY WITH PARKS AND
RECREATION FEEL THAT THE DEBRIS IS NOW
REMOVED FROM THE AREA ON THE CREEK NEAR
THE BRIDGE. HE WENT THERE TODAY AND
SAID IT LOOKS GOOD AND THIS IS WHAT WAS
NEEDED. THE PROPERTY OF 4700 BEAR IS
NOT IN OPERATION AT THIS TIME SO THERE
IS NO NEW STYROFOAM BLOWING ANYMORE FROM
THE PLANT. THE CLEAN UP IS DONE AND
CLOSING THIS CASE. PLACED A CALL TO
BRIAN TO TOUCH BASE WITH HIM. BEV
12-03-200812:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES12-3-08 LEFT MESSAGE FOR BRIAN COX,
ASKING HIM TO CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
THAT THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS
SITE NEAR THE BRIDGE. EXPLAINED ON
MESSAGE THAT HE NEVER GOT THE CREEK
CLEANED NEAR THE BRIDGE AND THAT IF IT
DIDN'T GET DONE, THAT I WOULD HAVE TO
WRITE THE CITATION, WHICH WOULD BE A
$500.00 FINE. BEV
12-03-200812:37 PMUPDATE/NOTES12-3-08 RECEIVED CALL FROM PARKS AND
RECREATION, DANNY. THE DEBRIS IS PILING
UP NEAR THE TRIVIOTY SCREEN AT THE SR 66
BRIDGE AREA, FROM WHERE WE MADE TUCO
PEAT, THIS OWNER PLACE THE TRIVIOTY TO
STOP THE STYROFOAM FROM TRAVELING INTO
THE CREEK ANY FURTHER. TOLD DANNY THAT
I WOULD GET A HOLD OF THE MANAGER, BRIAN
TO GET THIS DONE, BEV
09-15-200804:22 PMREINSPECTION9-15-08 THE BANK AREA BEHIND THE PLANT
LOOKS GOOD, THE CREEK AREA IS LOOKING
GOOD. SAW DANNY COPELAND FROM PARKS AND
RECREATION OUT AT THE SITE. HE HAD
JUST
SPRAYED THE CREEK AND HE SEES LOTS OF
IMPROVEMENT. THE NEXT AREA THAT NEEDS
TO BE CLEANED UP IS TO CLEAN UP NEAR
THE
BOAT RAMP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SR 66
AND
TO TAKE OUT THE TRIV. SCREENING. WILL
CONTACT BRIAN TO START WORK HERE. FISH
AND GAME NEVER RETURNED MY CALL AGAIN,
SO WILL PROCEED WITH FOLLOW UP WITH
BRIAN AT PLANT. BEV
09-15-200803:50 PMUPDATE/NOTES9-15-08 CALLED AND LEFT VOICE MAIL ON
BRIANS PHONE, 239-229-3036, ASKING HIM
TO CONTACT ME REGARDING THE PLANT IN
SEBRING, BEV
07-09-200804:23 PMUPDATE/NOTES7-9-08 CALLED MAIN OFFICE 1-888-404-3922
OF FISH AND GAME TO ASK FOR AN OFFICER
OF THIS AREA TO CALL ME REGARDING THIS
PROPERTY, BEV
07-07-200804:22 PMUPDATE/NOTES7-7-08 CALLED AND LEFT MESSAGE FOR DALE
KNAPP TO GIVE ME A CALL. ASKING FOR NEW
OFFICERS NAME FOR THIS TUCO PEAT AREA.
BEV
07-07-200801:01 PMREINSPECTION7-7-08 MET BRIAN COX, 239-229-3036, ON
SITE, HE SHOWED
ME WHERE THEY STARTED THE CLEAN UP IN
CREEK. HE NEEDED DIRECTION ON HOW IT
LOOKED. THE CREEK LOOKED GOOD ON THE
EAST SIDE WITH THE INSIDE BANK AREA
LOOKING BETTER. HE HAS PLACED THE
TRASH
ON THE SITE AND IS GOING TO CLEAN THAT
UP SOON. THEY HAVE HIRED AN OUTSIDE
CONTRACTOR TO COME DO THE CLEAN UP. HE
IS NOT THERE EVERYDAY, HE DOES THIS
INBETWEEN OTHER JOBS. TOLD BRIAN TO
KEEP WORKING AND I WOULD CONSULT FISH
AND GAME ON WHAT THEY THINK THEIR
PROGRESS IS. BEV
06-11-200810:27 AMUPDATE/NOTES6-11-08 CALLED AND LEFT MESSAGE FOR RICH
TO CALL ME REGARDING CLEAN UP. BEV
06-10-200806:43 AMREINSPECTION6-10-08 TOLD MAN WHO DRIVES THE GATOR
AROUND THAT I WOULD BE ON THE PROPERTY.
ASKED IF RICH WAS ON THE PROPERTY AND HE
SAID NO, HE WAS ON AVON PARK SITE. HE
SAID THEY ARE ABOUT READY TO MOVE TO
AVON PARK IN 3 WEEKS. THE PROPERTY LOOKS
BETTER, THERE IS NO ACCUM. OF STROFOAM
AT THE BANK AND NONE FLYING IN THE AIR.
THE CREEK LOOKS BETTER, APPEARS TO BE NO
NEW TRASH (STROFOAM) IN WATER. NEED TO
GET IN TOUGH WITH RICH REGARDIN CREEK
CLEAN OUT HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM SINCE
WROTE EMAIL ON MONDAY. BEV
06-09-200801:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES6-9-08 SENT RICH AN EMAIL LETTING HIM
KNOW THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO FISH AND GAME
AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT HE CAN CLEAN OUT
THE CREEK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CLEAN
OUTS ON CREEK BEFORE. THIS CREEK IS
JUST AN WATER FLOW TO THE LAKE AND IT
WOULD BE OKAY TO START CLEAN UP AND THEY
REALIZE THAT A LOT OF VEGETATION IS
GOING TO BE REMOVED. ASKED RICH TO
CONTACT ME AND START CLEAN UP ASAP. BEV
05-23-200806:55 AMUPDATE/NOTES5-23-08 SENT EMAIL TO RICH ASKING WHEN
THE CLEAN UP IS GOING TO GET STARTED
SINCE OUR LAST MEETING WAS 4-24-08. BEV
04-25-200808:25 AMINITIAL INSPECTION4-25-08 SPOKE TO CLELL FORD REGARDING
THIS CASE, HE FEELS THAT THIS OWNER MAY
NOT HAVE TO REMOVE THE DUCK WEED AND
AIRLITE FROM THE PROPERTY. HE FEELS
THAT THE OWNER MAY BE ABLE TO PLACE IT
BACK ON HIS PROPERTY AND RECYCLE THE
MATERIAL IN HIS SOIL. BEV TO EMAIL
CLELL THE OWNERS NUMBER OR EMAIL, SO
THAT HE CAN CONTACT THE OWNER, RICH AND
LISA. BEV
04-24-200812:15 PMUPDATE/NOTES4-24-08 HAD MEETING WITH RICH HUDEC AND
BRYAN COX, AN EMPLOYEE WITH TUCO PEAT.
ISSUED A NEW WARNING CIATION #3700 FOR
8.5 FOR BLOWING OF THE AIRLITE INTO THE
JACKSON CREEK AND BANK. THERE WAS AN
AGREEMENT THAT THE AIRLITE IS TO BE
CLEANED UP. THEY ARE GOING TO START
WITH EVAULATING THE BANK ON WEST AND
EAST SIDE OF CREEK TO SEE IF THEY CAN
ACESSS BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK TO GET
EQUIPMENT IN THAT THERE. THEY ALSO
ASKED THAT AFTER THEY CHECKED THAT THEY
MAY ASK IF THEY CAN BRING IN SHELL ROCK
FOR A BASS TO WORK THERE. ALSO CALLED
WILLIAM DICKEY IN ENGINEERING AND THERE
IS A COUNTY EASEMENT ON THE WEST AND
EAST SIDE OF THE CANAL. THE WHOLE
EASEMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SR 66 IS
160' AND THE SOUTH SIDE TO SKIPPER IS
190' WHICH THIS INCLUDES THE CANAL
ITSELF ALSO. ESTIMATE IS THAT THE CANAL
IS POSSIBLY 80' TO 90' WIDE. ALSO PUT
CALL INTO THE DICK GORMAN WITH LANDFILL
TO ASK H0W THEY CAN EXCEPT THIS DEBRIS,
HAD TO LEAVE A MESSAGE. BRYAN COX,
239-229-3036, CAME WITH RICH, HE WORKS
FOR RICH AND WORKS WITH THE HEAVY
EQUIPMENT. RICH AND OR BRYAN WILL CALL
ME WITH A TIME AND DATE OF WHEN THEY
THINK THEY WILL START. AGREEDED THAT
ONCE STARTED WHICH WILL BE SOON, THAT I
WILL COME VISIT THE SITE EVERY 30 DAYS
OR LESS. THEY REALLY WANT TO DO THIS
CLEAN UP WITH EQUIPMENT IT WILL BE
EASIER AND FASTER. RICH IS GOING TO
HIRE A HAULER WITH A DUMP TRUCK TO HAUL
THIS OFF. RICH IS TO CONTACT ME ONCE
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO. BEV
04-16-200811:32 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-16-08 SPOKE TO JACKIE BENNETT FROM R&B
TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT EQUIPMENT AND
LEFT MESSAGE FOR CARL SMITH TO CALL ME
FROM PARKS AND REC. REGARDING SCREENING
GUARD ON AIRBOAT AND SPRAYING. JACKIE
AGREED TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING I
HAVE WITH THE OWNER TO DISCUSS THE CLEAN
UP AND WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT WOULD BE
RECOMENDED. JACKIE IS GOING TO LOOK AT
THE BANK OF THE CREEK TO SEE IF YOU CAN
PLACE EQUIPMENT THERE AND WORK FROM THE
BANK. HE IS SUPPOSE TO GET BACK WITH ME.
BEV
04-11-200812:54 PMUPDATE/NOTES4-11-08 MET WITH ROSS AND ELIZABETH,
COUNTY ATTORNEYS. THIS MATTER HAS TO BE
CLEANED UP. THE MEASURES TO TAKE IS TO
WRITE A WARNING CITATION TO TUBBS, WHO
OWN THE PROPERTY, AND ONE TO THE OWNER
OF TUCO PEAT. SOME REARCH TO DO AND
THEN WILL GET WITH THE OWNER ON THE TIME
AND MEASURES TO GET STARTED WITH THE
CLEAN UP. WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ROSS AND
ELIZABETH IF NEEDED. BEV
04-04-200806:43 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-2-08 OFFICER DALE KNAPP, FWC RETURNED
MY CALL. I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT TOOK
PLACE ON SITE AT THE MEETING WITH THE
OWNERS. HE AGREED TO WHAT I SUGGESTED
AND HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE HIS
ENVIRONMENTALIST, BEECHAM LOOK AT THE
LETTER FROM RICH AND LISA ENVIRON.
COMPANY ONCE IT IS WRITTEN TO SEE IF IN
AGREEMENT ON THE TIME FRAME TO CLEAN
THIS UP IS CORRECT. DALE SAID THAT HE
WILL HELP ME IN ANYWAY TO GET THIS DONE,
THAT IT HAS TO BE CLEANED UP. BEV
04-02-200808:12 AMREINSPECTION4-2-08 MET WITH LISA HUDAC, OWNER AND
HER HUSBAND, RICH ON SITE. EXPLAINED TO
THEM THAT SWFMD WASN'T COMING BUT WE
DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH THE AIRLITE
PROBLEM IN THE CREEK. THEY BOTH AGREE
THAT THIS IS THEIR PRODUCT THAT IS IN
THE CREEK AND ARE WILLING TO CLEAN IT UP
IF GIVEN A TIMELY MANNER. HE HAS AN
ENVIRONMENTALIST THAT THEY HIRE AND
ALWAYS CONTACT FOR ANYTHING THEY NEED IN
THEIR CORPORATION. WILSON AND MILLER, I
THINK OUT OF TAMPA? THIS COMPANY HAS
ALREADY BEEN TO THE SITE AND TOLD RICH
THAT IT COULD TAKE HIM TWO YEARS TO
CLEAN UP BECAUSE ONCE YOU START STIRRING
UP THE WATERS SOME OF THIS ON THE BOTTOM
WILL RESURFIOUS AND HE WILL HAVE TO
CLEAN IT AGAIN. I TOLD RICH THAT I
WOULD PROBABLY BE THE AGENCY TO ENFORCE
THIS OR POSSIBLY FWC, DALE KNAPP. I
ASKED HIM TO HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPANY WRITE ME A LETTER OF WHAT THEY
FOUND AND HOW LONG THEY FEEL IT SHOULD
TAKE FOR CLEAN UP, AND WHICH DIRECTIONS
SHALL HE START ON THE CREEK TO CLEAN
THIS UP. RICH AND LISA AGREED ON THIS.
I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT ONCE THEY START, I
WILL COME OUT EVERY 30 DAYS TO SEE WHAT
KIND OF IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN DONE ON THE
CREEK AND IF I FEEL THAT NO WORK HAD
BEEN DONE, THEN I WOULD GO FORTH AND
WRITE THE CITATION FOR DUMPING AND THAT
WOULD BE A $500.00 FINE. WHICH I
EXPLAINED THE SPECIAL MAG. PROCESS TO
HIM. HE AGREED. HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW
FAR DOWN THE CREEK HE SHOULD GO ALSO. I
TOLD HIM TO GET ME THE LETTER FROM HIS
ENVIRON. COMPANY AND THEN WE WOULD MEET
AGAIN, WITH OFFICER DALE KNAPP AND MAKE
AN AGREEMENT ON TIME AND WHAT, WHERE AND
HOW FAR THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE. RICH AND
LISA AGREED. I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT
SINCE THIS IS A BIG CLEAN UP AND EXPENSE
THAT I WOULD BE HAVING THE COUNTY
ATTORNEY, ROSS MACBETH OFFICE LOOK AT MY
CASE AND SEE IF I WAS GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. IF ANYTHING DIFFERENT AFTER
THAT I WOULD CALL THEM. RICH AND LISA
ASKED IF WE COULD KEEP IN CONTACT
THROUGH EMAIL, I AGREED. BEV
04-02-200806:30 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-2-08 SPOKE TO GRAHAM WATSON AND
MELINDA, THEY REVIEWED MY PHOTOS AND
FILE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE
NOT SURE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
ENFORCE SOMETHING BUT IF I COULD GET ALL
THE OTHER AGENCIES TOGETHER LIKE WE HAD
PLANNED, THEY CAN COME AND MEET WITH
EVERYONE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE
CAN DO. WILL CONTACT THEM AGAIN IF NEED
TO. THEY TOOK A COPY OF PHOTOS WITH
THEM AND NOTES. THEY DID EXPLAIN TO ME
THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE MINNING PERMIT
FOR THIS OPERATION BACK FROM THE 80'S.
THEY DON'T ISSUE THEM ANYMORE, DEP DOES,
BUT THIS WAS ISSUED WHEN SWFMD DID ISSUE
THEM. BEV
04-01-200804:30 PMUPDATE/NOTES4-1-08 SPOKE TO GRAHAM WATSON, SWFMD,
AND HE AND MELINDA WOULD LIKE TO COME
TOMORROW, APRIL 2ND AND LOOK AT THE
SITE. LEFT MESSAGES WITH OFFICER DALE
KNAPP, RYAN SCHWARB, DEP AND RICH HUDAC,
OWNER OF TUCO PEAT. THE NUMBER FOR
MANNY PEREZ IS TEMPORAILY OUT OF SERVICE
AT THIS TIME AND THE SECRETARY TOLD ME
SHE DIDN'T KNOW AT THIS TIME IF HE IS
STILL WITH THE COMPANY. ASKED HER TO
LET THE OWNER KNOW THAT SWFMD AND MYSELF
WILL BE COMING TO THE PROPERTY AT
10:00AM TOMMORROW, GAVE HER MY NUMBER,
BEV
03-31-200811:18 AMUPDATE/NOTES3-31-08 CALLED GRAHAM WATSON, SWFMD,
1-800-492-7862. HE HAS BEEN RESEARCHING
PERMITS FOR THIS COMPANY. HE DOESN'T
THINK THAT THE NEW OWNER HAS TRANSFERRED
THE PERMITS. HE IS GETTING WITH MELINDA
IN THEIR OFFICE AND WANTS TO HAVE A PRE
MEETING WITH MYSELF AND THEN WITH THE
OTHER AGENCIES AND THE OWNER. HE WILL
EMAIL THE DATES SOON, BEV
03-05-200807:27 AMUPDATE/NOTES3-4-08 EMAIL SENT TO GRAHAM WATSON WITH
SOUTH WEST FLORIDA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO TO HELP OUT IN
THIS CASE. SENT HIM SOME PHOTOS. BEV
02-29-200804:22 PMREINSPECTION2-29-08 MET ON SITE WITH OFFICER DALE
KNAPP, RYAN SCHWARB FROM DEP, MANNY
PEREZ, GENERAL MANAGER OF TUCO PEAT AND
MYSELF. THE BANK PORTION IS CLEAN,
BUT
YOU CAN SEE WHERE NEW AIRLITE IS
TRAVELING AND SETTLING ON THE BANK
AGAIN. A PLASTIC BARRIER IS BEING
PLACED ON THE EDGE OF THE BIG PILE OF
DIRT NEAR THE BANK AT THE BACK OF THE
PLANT. THERE ARE SOME PLASTIC AND
PLASTIC BAGS THAT ARE STILL ON THE BANK
AND IN THE PILES OF DIRT. MANNY SAID
THAT IS OLD STUFF THAT THEY DON'T USE.
OFFICER KNAPP SAID LETS START FOCUSING
ON THE CREEK FOR NOW, SINCE THEY HAVE
DONE A LOT ON THE LAND.


OFFICER KNAPP PLACED A NET IN THE CREEK
AND PULLED UP A NET FULL OF AIRLITE
(STRYOFOAM) COVERED WITH GREEN ALGAE.
HE TOLD MANNY THAT THIS STUFF IS ALL IN
THE CREEK AND IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A
WHILE SINCE THE GREEN ALGAE IS
COVERING.
YOU REALLY CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU LOOK
CLOSE AND PULL IT UP. YOU CAN SEE
TODAY
ALL THE NEW AIRLITE IN THE WATER SINCE
THEY DID SOME CLEANING BECAUSE IT IS
WHITE LOOKING AND NOT SO GREEN. OFFICER
KNAPP SAID ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE CLEANED
UP BUT WE ARE NOT THE EXPERTS AND WE
NEED TO BRING THEM IN TO LOOK AT THIS
AND TELL US WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
RYAN
SAID THAT THE SOUTHWEST WATER
MANAGEMENT
HAS JURISDICTIONS ON THIS CREEK AND HE
WILL CONTACT SOMEONE FROM THERE TO MEET
WITH ALL OF US. AS WELL AS OFFICER
KNAPP IS GOING TO GET HIS BIOLOGIST TO
COME MEET WITH US ALSO. HE HAS ALREADY
TALKED TO THE BIOLOGIST AND THEY HAVE
SPENT TO MUCH MONEY IN LAKE J0SEPHINE
TO
LET THIS GO AND NOT BE CLEANED UP. HE
SAID THAT TWO BOOMS, TRIVILITY SCREENS
TO BE PLACED IN THE CREEK FOR NOW AND
START THE CLEAN UP. COUNTY PARKS AND
RECREATION HAS PLACED ONE IN THE CREEK
ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF SKIPPER ROAD AND
MANNY
IS TO PURCHASE ONE TO PLACE AT THE
NORTH
SIDE OF SR 66 NEAR THE BRIDGE BEFORE
THE
BOAT RAMP. HE IS GOING TO GET THIS
ORDERED HE SAID AND PLACE THERE. HE
SAID HIS GOAL IS DO A LITTLE EACH TIME
AND MOVE THE SCREEENING UP CLOSER TO
THE
PLANT EVERY SO OFTEN A FEW MONTHS AT A
TIME. TRIED TO STRESS TO OFFICER KNAPP
THAT I THINK MANNY WANTS TO A LITTLE AT
A TIME WHEN THEY HAVE TIME. THIS CASE
HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE JUNE
07. OFFICER KNAPP SAID THAT ONCE WE
MEET WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE
THE TIME TO SEE HOW LONG THIS WILL BE
GIVEN TO CLEAN UP. OFFICER KNAPP AND
RYAN ARE TO CALL FIRST OF NEXT WEEK TO
GET MEETING DATE SET. BEV
02-28-200808:12 AMUPDATE/NOTES2-28-08 RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM STEVE
LARE FROM TUCO PEAT. HE WANTED TO KNOW
IF I COULD COME OUT AND SHOW HIM WHAT
ELSE NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE FRIDAYS
MEETING. EXPLAINED TO HIM, I WASN'T
ABLE, THAT I HAD A PUBLIC HEARING IN TWO
HOURS. EXPLAINED TO HIM ON THE PHONE
ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE WIER ON THE
BANK AND THE BAGS IN THE WATER. BEV
02-26-200807:39 AMREINSPECTION2-26-08 WENT TO SITE TO SEE IF BOOM,
SCREENING WAS IN THE WATER. STOPPED BY
THE OFFICE AND SPOKE TO STEVE LARE,
382-6600 OFFICE, CELL 381-9350. HE SAID
THEY WORKED HARD IN THE WATER AND ON THE
BANK. HE BORROWED THE BOOM FROM KDL AND
THEY NEEDED IT BACK. EXPLAINED TO HIM
THAT I UNDERSTOOD OFFICER KNAPP WANTED
THE BOOM LEFT IN THE WATER. HE SAID
THAT HE CALLED HUGHES SUPPLIES AND THEY
DON'T CARRY THEM ANYMORE, BUT THEY GAVE
ANOTHER PERSON TO CALL. TOLD STEVE I
WOULD TRY TO FIND OUT IF THE BOOM IS
NEEDED AND CALL HIM BACK. WENT AND
LOOKED AT THE BANK AREA, ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE WIER NEEDED A LITTLE BIT
MORE WORK AND NEEDED TO RETRIEVE THE
BAGS FROM THE BANK AND WATER.

ON MY WAY OUT THE GATE OF THE PROEPRTY,
I TALKED TO MANNY. HE SAID THAT HE
UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THEY CLEANED UP THE
CREEK IN THE BACK PART THAT HE DIDN'T
NEED THE BOOM, SCREENING. I TOLD HIM
THAT LETS SEE WHAT OFFICER KNAPP HAS TO
SAY ON FRIDAY. I TOLD HIM SOME MORE
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE BANK
PORTION AND TO REMOVE THE BAGS FROM THE
BANK AND IN THE WATER ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF THE WIER BEHIND THE PLANT AND I WOULD
SEE HIM ON FRIDAY AT THE 11:00AM
MEETING. BEV
02-15-200802:36 PMREINSPECTION2-15-08 WENT TO THE SITE WITH OFFICER
DALE KNAPP FROM FISH & GAME. HE AND I
SAT AND SPOKE WITH MANNY PEREZ THE
GENERAL MANAGER OF TUCO PEAT. HE WAS
TOLD THAT THIS COULD BE A FELONY CHARGE
IF THE SITE AND CREEK WAS NOT CLEAN UP
DUE TO LITTER LAW OF THE STRYOFOAM IN
THE WATER AND EVERYWHERE. MANNY SAID HE
FISH'S AND LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT
THEY HAVE TRIED TO GET THIS DONE BUT
KNOWS THERE IS MORE TO DO. MANNY ALSO
INFORMED UP THAT THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE
PREVIOUS OWNER SINCE THIS BUSINESS HAS
BEEN IN OPERATION FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
OFFICER KNAPP EXPLAIN TO HIM TO GO AHEAD
AND GET THE YELLOW BARRIERS BY MONDAY,
2-18-08, THAT GO INTO THE WATER TO STOP
THE STUFF FROM TRAVELING DOWN ANY
FURTHER INTO THE CREEK, THAT WAY THEY
CAN CLEAN UP THE AREA BEHIND PLANT AS A
START. OFFICER KNAPP WILL PUT HIS
AIRBOAT INTO THE WATER ON SATURDAY TO
LOOK HOW FAR HE FEELS THEY NEED TO CLEAN
THE CREEK. HE SAID HE DOESN'T EXPECT
THEM TO GET EVER INCH OF STRYOFOAM OUT
BUT DOES WANT IT CLEAN TO EXTENT OF
CONTAINMENT. MANNY SAID WITHIN 90 DAYS
THEY WILL STOP USING THE PRODUCT. MANNY
ASKED MYSELF TO EMAIL HIM WHAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE, SO THAT IT WILL BE IN WRITING.
OFFICER KNAPP WILL GET BACK MANNY AND/OR
MYSELF ONCE HE HAS BEEN ON THE WATER.
ASKED MANNY TO GET THE WATER CLEANED UP
WITHIN TWO WEEKS AND I WILL BE BACK OUT
TO THE SITE. BEV
02-14-200803:36 PMUPDATE/NOTES2-14-08 OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, RICH
HUDAC, CALLED AND HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT
FISH AND GAME(LAW ENFORCEMENT) COMING
ONTO HIS PROPERTY WITHOUT CONTACTING
THEIR ATTORNEY. HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT
FLORIDA STATUES WAS HE BEING CHARGED
WITH. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT I GAVE
HIM A WARNING CITATION FOR ILLEGAL
DUMPING FOR SECTION 8.5. THAT I WASN'T
SURE WHAT SECTION FISH AND GAME WOULD
SITE HIM FOR THAT I HAVEN'T MET WITH
OFFICER KNAPP YET. EXPLAIN TO HIM SOME
OF THE VISITS TO THE SITE AND SOME CLEAN
UP AND THEN NOT IN COMPLIANCE THAT I
HAVEN'T ASKED FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THE
BEGINING WHEN THERE. MENTION THE CLEAN
UP IN THE CREEK, THAT THEY STARTED
WORKING WITH A JON BOAT IN THE CREEK,
PULLED SOME MATERIAL OUT AND THEN DUMPED
IT ON THE SIDE OF THE BANK AND DIDN'T
EVEN DISPOSE OF THE STUFF THAT WAS IN
THE BOAT. HE WAS SURPRISED. HE ALSO
ASKED WHO WAS HIS COMMISSIONER AND I
EXPLAINED I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
COMMISSIONER MAXCY. HE SAID HE WOULD BE
SEEING HIM NEXT WEDNESDAY AT A MEETING
AND SPEAK TO HIM THEN. HE SAID THAT
MANNY DID SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY
CURTIOUS WHEN THERE AND VERY POLITE. HE
SAID HE WOULD BE AT THIS MEETING IN THE
MORNING. BEV
02-14-200803:13 PMUPDATE/NOTES2-14-08 SPOKE TO OFFICER DALE KNAPP FROM
FISH & GAME, WE ARE GOING TO MEET AT
9:30AM AND THEN GO TO THE SITE, BEV

2-14-08 CALLED MANNY PEREZ, GENERAL
MANAGER FROM TUCO PEAT AND HE SAID HE
WILL MEET WITH US BUT HE DOESN'T SEE WHY
I KEEP ASKING HIM TO DO MORE AND MORE TO
THE PROPERTY, HE FEELS THEY HAVE MADE
SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY.
EXPLAIN TO HIM, THEY HAVE BUT IT IS NOT
COMPLETE AND THE CREEK IS NOT CLEANED,
BEV
02-06-200803:02 PMUPDATE/NOTES2-6-08 SPOKE TO LT. DALE KNAPP AND HE IS
GOING TO MEET WITH ME ON FRIDAY
REGARDING THIS CASE. HE SAID THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP, THAT THE
PHOTOS TAKEN WERE GOOD. HE WILL CALL
FOR THE TIME TO MEET. BEV
02-06-200802:59 PMUPDATE/NOTES2-6-08 SPOKE TO ERIN AND SHE HAS MET
WITH LT. DALE KNAPP FROM FISH AND GAME
AND HE FEELS THIS IS A BIG CONCERN AND
HE WILL BE CALLING ME. BEV
02-04-200802:21 PMREINSPECTION2-4-08 WENT OUT ONTO THE JACKSON
CREEK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION ON THE
AIRBOAT. FIRST VISIT WAS SOUTH OF SR 66
ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO MOUTH OF LAKE
JOSEPHINE. THERE IS STYROFOAM
(PYROLITE) IN THE CREEK, ON
THE BANKS ALL THE WAY BEHIND
BUTTONWAY BAY, AND ON THE BANKS AT THE
MOUTH OF THE CANAL. ALSO WENT INTO
LAKE
JOSEPHINE AND IT WAS IN THE LAKE ON
LAKE
1.

NEXT VISIT WAS THE NORTH SIDE OR SR 66
AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF
TUCO
PEAT PLANT. THERE IS LOTS OF PYROLITE
THAT IS IN THE CREEK AND IT IS ALL
AROUND THE DUCK WEED. IF YOU PICK UP A
HAND FULL OF DUCK WEED, YOU CAN SEE
THIS
PRODUCT IN THE DUCK WEEDS. CONCERNS
THAT THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE UNLESS
SOME ACTION IS TAKEN TO MAINTAIN THE
BLOWING OF THE MATERIAL AND TO CLEAN UP
THE CREEK TO PREVENT ANYMORE FROM GOING
INTO LAKE JOSEPHINE.

ON THE NORTH OF THE SPILL WELL THERE IS
SOME PYROLITE IN THE CREEK AS WELL
AS FINDING A PLASTIC BAG IN THE WATER IN
THE CANAL FROM THE PLANT.

VISITED THE SITE WITH DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT INSPECTOR FRANK STANTON AND
BRIAN. FRANK WAS CONCERNED WITHT HE AIR
POLLUTION FROM THE DUST AND DIRT FLYING
EVERYWHERE FROM THE PLANT. HE WAS ALSO
WAS CONCERNED WITH THE BLOWING OF THE
PYROLITE AND THE POLLUTION INTO THE
CREEK. LOTS OF PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FROM
THE BOAT AND ON THE SITE ITSELF. BRETT
FROM TU-CO PEAT WAS OUT ON THE SITE WITH
US. HE WANTED TO KNOW WHY THIS IS BEING
A CONCERN NOW WHEN THE PREVIOUS HAD THE
PLANT FOR SO LONG AND KEPT IT IN WORST
CONDITIONS. EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT
SOMEONE FISHING BROUGHT IT TO WATER
MANAGEMENT DEPT. AND THE PARKS AND
RECREATION TOOK ERIN MACARTA OUT IN THE
AIRBOAT AND THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS
CONTACTED. OUR COMPLAINTS ARE COMPLAINT
DRIVEN.

THE SITE ITSELF LOOKS BETTER FROM THE
FIRST VISIT BUT NOT COMPLETE. THE BANK
IS CLEARED FROMT HE PYROLITE UP TO THE
SPILL WELL BUT ON THE NORHT SIDE OF THE
SPILL WELL THERE IS MORE THAT NEEDS TO
BE CLEANED UP. THE BAGS ARE KEPT IN A
SEMI CLOSED IN TRAILER, WHICH HELPS BUT
WHEN THIS STUFF IS MIXED IT FLYS OR
BLOWS TERRIBLY. THERE IS A DITCH AREA
DUG, WHICH BRETT SAID THEY ARE GOING TO
PLACE SOME KIND OF FENCING THERE TO
BLOCK THE STUFF FROM GOING INTO THE
CREEK. ASKED HIM WHO IS GOING TO
MAINTAIN CLEANING THIS STUFF UP ONCE IS
BUILDS UP IN FRONT OF THE FENCE LINE AND
HE SAID THAT IS A QUESTION FOR MANNY.

DEP, FRANK STANTON AND I SPOKE ABOUT
MEETING WITH EACH DEPT. ONCE I GET THE
PHOTOS PRINTED AND SEEK OUT WHO CAN
HANDLE THIS MATTER. SINCE THEN I SPOKE
TO ERIN AND CLELL FORD FROM LAKES
MANAGEMENT AND SUGGESTION WAS TO MEET
WITH FISH AND GAME FOR THE CONCERNS OF
THE BIRDS. ERIN WILL CALL THEM AND GIVE
THEM MY NUMBER. BEV
01-28-200812:49 PMREINSPECTION1-28-08 SPOKE TO BRETT, PURCHASING
MANAGER ON SITE, MANNY WAS NOT THERE.
PART OF THE BANK OF THE CREEK WAS
SCOOPED OUT AND NEW SURFACE IS THERE,
THE FOAM IS GONE FOR NOW ON THIS PART,
PART OF THE BANK WAS NOT TOUCHED AND YOU
CAN SEE THE STRYOFOAM AND THE THICKNESS.
SHOWED BRETT. HE SAID HE KNEW SOME MEN
WERE WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS TO GET THIS
CLEANED UP, BUT EXPLAINED NOT COMPLETE
AND THERE WILL BE MORE COMING. THIS IS
BECAUSE THEY USE THE FOAM STILL IN
ORDERS AND WHEN MIXING IT, THE STUFF
FLYS THROUGH THE AIR. HE MENTIONED THE
BLACK SCREENING, FENCING. MENTIONED
THAT WOULD BE GREAT BUT ONCE FULL OR A
PILE WHO IS GOING TO CLEAN IT UP. THEY
ARE MOVING IN 8 MONTHS HE SAID, THE
BUILDING WHERE MOVING IS NOT EVEN BUILT
YET. TOLD HIM MORE CLEANING NEEDS TO BE
DONE AND I WILL BE BACK ON MONDAY,
2-4-2008. BEV
01-16-200801:41 PMREINSPECTION1-16-08 VISITED THE SITE TODAY, DIDN'T
CALL ANYONE AHEAD OF TIME, JUST SHOWED
UP. I CHECKED IN WITH THE MAN WHO IS
ALWASY WORKING WITH THE TRUCKS FROM THE
GATOR. HE CAME OVER TO ME ON THE REAR
OF THE PROPERTY NEAR THE BANK OF THE
CREEK. HE ASKED ME WHAT NEEDED TO BE
DONE, THAT HE HASN'T BEEN OVER TO THIS
AREA IN A WHILE. SHOWED HIM ALL THE FOAM
BLOWING, THE FOAM THAT WAS RETRIEVED OUT
OF THE CREEK IS NOW ON THE GROUND, NEVER
DISPOSED OF AND THE BOAT IS GONE. HE
TOLD ME THEY WERE HOPING TO MOVE THE
OPERATION IN ABOUT 8 WEEKS. HE CALLED
MANNY PEREZ AND GOT HIM ON THE PHONE FOR
ME. MANNY SAID THEY HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING IN A WHILE, EXPLAINED TO HIM
EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE MOVING THEY ARE
STILL RESPONSIBLE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS
FROM THE TRASH, PAPERS, PLASTIC AND THE
STRYOFOAM. HE SAID HE WILL HIRE SOME
LABOR FORCE PEOPLE TO GET THIS DONE BY
NEXT WEEK. TOLD HIM THAT I WILL BE BACK
THE FIRST ON THE WEEK AROUND 1-28-08 AND
IF NOT DONE THEN THE CITATION WILL BE
WRITTEN. HE UNDERSTOOD. BEV
11-15-200709:14 AMREINSPECTION11-15-07 MET WITH MANNY PEREZ AND WE
WENT THROUGH THE SITE. MOST OF THE FOAM
HAS BEEN CONTAINED, WHICH IS STORED
INSIDE SEMI TRAILERS IN THE BAGS. THEY
HAVE PLACE A BARRIER PANEL NEAR THE REAR
OF THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE CREEK.
THERE IS FOAM THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE
CLEANED UP. THE JON BOAT HASN'T BEEN
USED IN A WHILE, THERE ARE FLOWERS
GROWING INSIDE THE BOAT. TOLD MANNY TO
START WORKING ON THE REAR AND CLEAN UP
THE CREEK WITH THE BOAT. GAVE ANOTHER
VERBAL EXTENSION UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS.
BEV
11-14-200701:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES11-14-07 DANNY COPELAND FROM PARKS AND
REC. ACCESS THE CREEK TO SPRAY AND
THOUGHT THE CREEK HAD NO CHANGE TO IT.
SAYS THAT THEY HAVE CONTAINED THE FOAM
BUT NO CLEAN UP IN THE CREEK. ASKED
DANNY TO TAKE PHOTOS NEXT TIME HE IS ON
THE CREEK SO THAT I CAN HAVE A BETTER
VIEW. HE WILL TAKE PHOTOS, BEV
11-06-200710:39 AMUPDATE/NOTES11-6-07 MADE APPOINTMENT WITH MANNY
PEREZ TO REINSPECT PROPERTY. HE SAYS
THEY HAVE MADE GOOD CHANGES AND WE WILL
MEET FOR INSPECTION ON 11-13-07. BEV
08-15-200707:56 AMREINSPECTION8-15-07 WENT TO THE SITE, MET DANNY AND
THE GENERAL MANAGER MANNY. THEY HAVE
DONE MORE WORK, NOT COMPLETE. THEY HAVE
USED MOST OF THE SYROFOAM FROM THE OPEN
PIT(SAND) AREA. THEY HAVE DONE MORE
CLEANING BUT NOT FULLY OFF THE GROUND
YET. SPOKE TO MANNY AND TOLD HIM I
WOULD BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BEV
07-25-200710:23 AMREINSPECTION7-25-07 DANNY COPELAND FROM PARKS AND
REC. CALLED, HE WAS OUT SPRAYING ON THE
CREEK AGAIN AND NOTICE THAT THE CREEK
IS
EVEN WORSE AND THERE IS A JOHN BOAT
FULL
OF THE STYROFOAM. WENT TO THE SITE,
STOPPED BY THE OFFICE TO LET THEM KNOW
I
WAS GOING TO BE ON THE SITE, THEY SENT
SOMEONE OUT WITH ME. THE AREA WHERE
THEY
KEEP THE BAGS IS NOW A BIGGER AREA AND
THEY HAVE PUT UP BLACK TARP AROUND THE
FENCING AREA, THERE WAS A TOP ON IT
WHICH HAS BLOWN OFF, THERE IS STILL
BAGS
IN THE AREA WHERE THE PILES OF PEAT ARE
WHICH ARE BROKEN AND BLOWING ALL OVER,
THERE WAS A BAG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD, ONE WHOLE BAG NEAR THE BANK AND
THE BANK AREA IS STILL FULL OF
STYROFOAM. NEAR THE SPILL ON THE
CREEK
THE BANK IS STILL FULL OF STYROFOAM.
MANNY WHO I SPOKE WITH BEFORE CAME OUT
AND HE FILLS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING
ON IT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AND TO KEEP
THEIR OPERATION OPEN. TOLD HIM I DON'T
KNOW WHEN DEP MAY BE COMING OUT BUT THE
PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLAINANCE. DANNY
TOLD HIM THAT THE CREEK IS SO BAD THAT
THE STUFF IS INSIDE HIS TANK AND
CLOGGING UP HIS SPRAYER TO SPRAY. ASK
MANNY TO GET THE BOAT UNLOADED SO IT
DOESN'T BLOW OR SPILL IN THE CREEK
ANYMORE. THEY HAVE THE STRYOFOAM LOOSE
IN THE BOAT IN NO TYPE OF
CONTAINMENT???
HE SAID THEY ARE TRYING AND I TOLD HIM
I
WOULD BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND MORE
PROGRESS NEED TO BE MADE OR THE
CITATION
WILL HAVE TO BE WRITTEN. HAVE ALSO
WRITTEN CHARLES FROM DEP TO ASK HIM TO
TAKE A LOOK. BEV
06-27-200708:39 AMINITIAL INSPECTION6-27-07 VISITED THE SITE AT 4700 BEAR
RD, OFF GEORGE BLVD. AND THE STYROFOAM
IS NOT CONTAINED WELL AT ALL. THE WIND
WAS NOT BLOWING HARD AND THE FOAM IS
BLOWING AROUND, WHICH LANDS ON THE
GROUND, IN THE CREEK AND ON THE
BANKS/RIGHT OF WAY. THERE IS FOAM ON
THE BANKS, ALL OVER THE PROPERTY AND
OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY. SOME OF THE
BAGS(WHOLE BAG) HAVE BLOWN DOWN INTO THE
CREEK. WHILE THE PARKS AND REC.
EMPLOYEE DANNY COPELAND WAS SPRAYING, HE
TOOK ERIN M. FROM LAKES MANAGEMENT WITH
HIM ON THE CREEK AND SHE TOOK PHOTOS.
THERE ARE SEVERL BAGS AND FOAM ALL IN
THE CREEK WHICH IS COVERED QUITE A WAYS
DOWN IN THE CREEK. THE BAGS ARE NOT
STORED INSIDE AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE AND
ARE OPEN TO AIR WHICH WHEN BAGS ARE
BROKEN THE FOAM BLOWS. THERE IS ALSO
PLASTIC FROM THE BAGS ON THE GROUND
ALSO.

VISITED WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER, MANNY
PEREZ, WE WENT AROUND THE SITE AND I
SHOWED HIM THE PROBLEM. HE SAYS THAT
THIS IS NEW OWNERSHIP AND THAT THEY HAVE
DONE A LOT OF CLEAN UP ON THE PROPERTY.
THEY ARE HOPING TO GET NURSERY'S TO STOP
USING THIS PRODUCT IN THE PEAT WHICH
WILL HELP GET RID OF THIS FOAM. HE SAYS
THAT THEY WILL START CLEAN UP RIGHT AWAY
WHICH THERE WERE WORKING STARTING TO
PICK UP TRASH WHILE I WAS THERE. GAVE A
WARNING CITATION #2264 FOR 8.5 ILLEGAL
DUMPING. GAVE UNTIL 7-27-07 TO CORRECT.


D.E.P. WAS ALSO CALLED AND CHARLES EMERY
WILL HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT AND CHECK
SITE WITHIN 20 TO 30 DAYS TO SEE HOW
THINGS ARE GOING ON THE CLEAN UP. GOING
TO EMAIL HIM THE PHOTOS AND MY REPORT.
CONTACT IS 239-332-6975 EXT. 150. BEV
06-27-200708:39 AMCREATE COMPLAINTCOMPLAINT RECORDED BY BSINGLEY
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