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Code Enforcement Detail
Code Enforcement Detail
Case Number CE25020283 complainant  
Case Date 03-20-2025 address  
Origination PHONE - TELEPHONE CALL RECEIVED Status O - ORDERED
Operator elweeks Officer SOUTH
Fines Balance $0.00
Lien Balance $0.00
Total Balance $0.00
Property On Case
STRAP NBR C-20-38-30-A00-0210-0000 Owner COMPOSTUSA OF HIGHLANDS CO LLC
Unit   Owner Address 1650 CR 470 W
Property Address 80 HICORIA RD City/State/Zip OKAHUMPKA FL 34762
City/State/Zip VENUS FL 33960 Phone  
Case Description
OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM COMPOST PLANT
Complaint Code(s)
1: NUISANCE PROHIBITED
Violation Code(s)
1: 5.6-3 -- NUISANCE PROHIBITED
2: SM/INT -- INTEREST ON SM INTEREST
Inspections/Events Detail
DATETIMEINSPECTION / EVENT TYPEINSTRUCTIONS / COMMENTS
06-03-202604:23 PMCOURT APPEARANCE 
04-02-202610:33 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/02/260 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - OOD
MORNING!

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE, FROM THE ENE
AND E

LOCATION- FROM JUST EAST OF THE FACILITY
ON HICORIA ROAD AND THEN CONTINUING WEST
ON
HICORIA ROAD TO THE INTERSECTION OF OLD
STATE ROAD 8 AND HICORIA ROAD.

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE, THE
NUISANCE ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY WAS
TERRIBLE
BOTH GOING TO AND COMING HOME FROM THE
VENUS POST OFFICE. THE SMELL IS STIFLING
AND I CAN'T
IMAGINE WHAT THE TERMS OF THE SETTLE
AGREEMENT COULD INDICATE IF CUSA
CONTINUES TO THIS
DAY IGNORING THE MAGISTRATE RULING FROM
ALMOST A YEAR AGO. I KNOW THAT DURING
THE NEGOTIATIONS
OF THE SETTLE AGREEMENT, CODE
ENFORCEMENT REFRAINED FROM CONDUCTING
REGULAR INSPECTIONS AND
I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY. HOWEVER, PLEASE
KNOW THAT THE SMELL HAS BEEN ONGOING AND
MANY
PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME "WHY SHOULD I TAKE
THE TIME TO NOTIFY CE WHEN NOTHING HAS
CHANGED.

EXPLAIN TO ME WHY CUSA HASN'T
DEMONSTRATED, DURING THE TIME THEY HAVE
BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS
WITH HIGHLANDS COUNTYS' LEGAL
REPRESENTATIVE, THAT THEY CAN AND WILL
ABIDE BY THE MAGISTRATES'
RULING OF NUISANCE ODOR? NOT JUST ON A
CERTAIN DAY OR EVEN A CERTAIN WEEK BUT
FOR AN EXTENDED TIME
OF SAY 30 - 60 DAYS. THEY ABSOLUTELY
HAVE NOT DONE SO AND WHY SHOULD WE
BELIEVE THEY WILL AND
WHAT ASSURANCE WILL THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT PROVIDE IF CUSA CONTINUES TO
OPERATE IN THE SAME
RECKLESS MANNER THAT THEY HAVE, SINCE
INCEPTION?

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
04-01-202610:32 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/01/26 - NORMA REYNOLDS CALLED IN AND
SAID FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW THE
SMELL FROM THE COPPOST PLANT HAS GOTTEN
WORSE THAN BEFORE. -
04-01-202610:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/01/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 3/30/26, 3/31/26 AND 4/01/26

WIND- NE, E, NW

LOCATIONS- FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
27 AND HICORIA ROAD AND WEST ALL THE WAY
TO
THE INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD AND OLD
STATE ROAD 8 AND THEN NORTH ON OLD STATE
ROAD 8 TO 1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8.

THE NUISANCE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS DETECTED ON THE DATES
REFERENCED ABOVE.

IN ADDITION, THE AMOUNT OF PAPER,
PLASTIC BAGS, PAPER NAPKINS, STYROFOAM
AND PAPER CUPS,
PIECES OF CARDBOARD BOXES, ETC.
CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE ON HICORIA ROAD
FROM CUSA EAST
TO HWY 27. A QUICK DRIVE DOWN THE
EXTERIOR OF THE EAST PROPERTY LINE OF
CUSA WILL CONFIRM THAT A
MAJORITY OF THAT TRASH IS COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY.

THIS EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TRASH MUST
REPRESENT SOME FORM OF CODE VIOLATION.
SIMILAR TO THE
ISSUE FROM ABOUT 16 MONTHS AGO OFF OF
PAUL ROAD AND HICORIA ROAD THAT A CASE
WAS OPENED
BY CODE ENFORCEMENT WHEN CUSA DUMPED
SEVERAL LOADS OF FOOD TRASH ONTO THE
PARCEL OWNED
BY TIPPEN BAY PROPERTIES.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

03-30-202608:21 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/30/26 - EMAILED IIN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS YET AGAIN... ANOTHER
DAY WHERE THE OUTDOOR USE OF OUR HOME IS
LIMITED - NO PLAYING, WATERING OUR
PLANTS, GRILLING OUR DINNER - WITHOUT
BEING SUBJECTED TO THE NAUSEATING ODORS
PRODUCED BY THIS OPERATION. I WILL
REMIND OUR COUNTY LEADERS THAT ALMOST
ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY
COMPOSTUSA WERE NOT IN THE RADIUS OF
NOTIFICATION WHEN THEY WERE GRANTED
THEIR SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO INTAKE
BIOSOLIDS FOR COMPOSTING AT THIS
LOCATION. WE DID NOT OBJECT, BECAUSE WE
DID NOT KNOW... THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE
DAILY IMPACTED - WHOSE PROPERTY VALUES
ARE AFFECTED - WHOSE ONLY MEANS OF HOPE
FOR CHANGE ARE TO WRITE THESE COMPLAINTS
HOPING TO BE HEARD. WE ARE THOSE PEOPLE,
AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL AND NO POWER TO
IMPROVE OUR CONDITIONS OR SAFEGUARD OUR
HOMES AND HEALTH. OUR WELLBEING IS IN
YOUR HANDS, PLEASE PROCEED AS IF IT WAS
YOUR OWN FAMILY - WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD
YOU CONSIDER "ACCEPTABLE" WERE YOU IN
OUR POSITION? I CHALLENGE YOU TO EXHAUST
EVERY AVENUE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE RELIEF
FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

03-27-202601:27 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/27/26 - NORMA REYNOLDS CALLED IN THIS
AFTERNOON AND SAID THE COMPOST PLABT
SMELT HORRIBLE LAST NIGHT, AND THIS
MORNING. -ELW
03-27-202601:21 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/27/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 3/25/26, 3/26/26, 3/27/26

THE NUISANCE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY ON THE ABOVE REFERENCED
DATES HAS CONTINUED. ESPECIALLY ON THE
MORNING ON 3/27/26 WITH A
VERY HEAVY FOG COVERING OUR AREA THE
HORRIBLE ODOR WAS TRAPPED AND
IT WAS SICKENING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS
MATTER.

HELP US!

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

03-27-202601:20 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/27/26 - EMAILED COMPLAINT- ON SAT.
3/21, I DROVE PAST THR PLANT ON MY WAY
TO AND FROM SEBRING. THE SMELL IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS WAS VERY BAD, ABOUT 3 PM AND
AROUND 7 PM, INCLUDING ALL THE WAY OUT
ON US 27.
I ALSO TOOK NOTE OF THE TRACKOUT GETTING
MUCH WORSE, PRACTICALLY OBLITERATING THE
DOUBLE YELLOW LINE AS YOU LOOK EAST.
(PHOTO ATTACHED)

LISA GREENE
VENUS

03-27-202601:17 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/27/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS DREADFUL - TRULY
AWFUL. MY DAUGHTER AND I HAD TO MOVE
INDOORS. WE HAD CHORES TO TEND TOO, BUT
THE SMELL WAS HORRENDOUS.

MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER HAD A DIFFICULT DAY
AT SCHOOL AND DESPERATELY NEEDED A
LITTLE TIME OUTDOORS TO SOAK IN SOME
SUNSHINE, BURN SOME ENERGY, AND PROCESS
HER DAY. WHAT SHOULD BE A NORMAL FREEDOM
OF ANY CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY, YET NOT
FOR OUR FAMILY.

I WILL AGAIN ASK ALL COUNTY OFFICIALS
AND LEADERS TO HEAR OUR PLEAS FOR HELP.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THE USE OF OUR
PROPERTIES TO DO SIMPLE DAILY TASKS,
WHICH I AM CERTAIN EACH OF YOU HAVE THE
LUXURY OF ENJOYING.

WHY ARE WE NOT BEING OFFERED ANY
ASSISTANCE? SOMETHING CAN BE DONE.
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. NOW.

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

03-26-202612:55 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/26/26 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS,
FLORIDA.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE, THE FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE
FACILITY IS TOO STRONG , AND IT
CONTINUES ALL THE TIME, AND EVEN AT
NIGHT. PLEASE.. RIGHT NOW, THE SMELL IS
TOO STRONG FOR ME AND MY NEIGHBORS.
SINCERELY,
LILLIAN PEREZ.THANK U, I HOPE U GUYS DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
03-25-202603:47 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/25/26 - NORMA REYNOLDS CALLED IN AND
LEFT A VM. SHE SAID THE COMPOST PLANT
STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN AND HAS SMELT BAD
THESE PAST TWO DAYS.
03-25-202601:55 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/25/26 WEBSITE COMPLAINT - "ODOR FROM
COMPOST USA TODAY IS AWFUL. ALSO, IT'S
BAD ENOUGH WE ARE ENDURING THE ODOR,
FLIES AND TRAFFIC, WE ARE VERY OPPOSED
TO THE SAND MINING PROJECT PROPOSED
ACCROSS THE STREET WHICH WILL ADD DUST
AND NOISE TO BAD ODOR." -SYLVIE 22 TONI
CIRCLE
03-24-202609:43 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/24/26- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
TRAVELING NORTH ON 27 AT 7:25AM, WITH
WINDOWS UP AND CABIN AIR ON, FOUL ODOR
COULD BE SMELLED APPROACHING HICORIA
UNTIL ARCHBOLD RD.

TALIA QUIGG

03-23-202611:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/20/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - FORMAL
COMPLIANT

#1-THE ATTACHED PICTURE REFLECTS THE
EXCESSIVE
STAINING ON HICORIA ROAD CAUSED BY
TRUCKS LEAVING THIS FACILITY. AS YOU CAN
SEE THIS STAINING ALSO COVERS THE CENTER
LINE WHICH IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD
ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND AT
NIGHT.
PLEASE NOTE THIS ISSUE IS NOT UNDER THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE
ENFORCEMENT OR HIGHLANDS COUNTY ROAD AND
BRIDGE. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO BOTH
DEPARTMENTS AND THEY CONFIRMED THIS.
I HAVE BROUGHT THIS MATTER UP TO DEP ON
NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM
CONTINUES TO REOCCUR. IS THE TRUCK WASH
SYSTEM NOT WORKING OR ARE THEY JUST NOT
USING IT?

#2 WHEN I EXITED MY VEHICLE TO TAKE THIS
PICTURE THERE WAS A FOUL AND OFFENSIVE
ODOR
EMANATING FROM THIS FACILITY. THIS ODOR
HAS
BEEN DETECTED SEVERAL TIMES THIS WEEK AS
WELL
AS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND
MONTHS . NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS
ODOR FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESIDENTS
HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE TO HIGHLANDS COUNTY
CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY REGARDING
THESE ISSUES.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
863-464-0135

03-20-202604:16 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/20/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- VARIABLE AND N, NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO
BE A NUISANCE.

IT IS TOO BAD THAT THE FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY CAN'T ALSO BE HELD IN ABEYANCE
AS THIS CASE HAS BEEN
ONGOING FOR ALMOST 1 YEAR. NOT TO
MENTION THE OTHER CASES THAT
HAVE GONE ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME TO
ONLY BE CLOSED BECAUSE
THE ODOR SUBSIDED FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF
TIME.

CUSA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RESOLVE THE
ODOR PROBLEM DURING THE
THE TIME NEGOTIATIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT ARE ONGOING.
THEY CAN DO IT FOR A FEW DAYS AND
SOMETIMES FOR AS MUCH AS A WEEK
OR TWO. HOWEVER, THEY ALWAYS REVERT BACK
TO STINKING UP OUR COMMUNITY.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON


03-19-202603:20 PMUPDATE/NOTESPROCEEDINGS FOR THIS CASE ARE CURRENTLY
ON HOLD DUE TO THE CASE BEING PLACED IN
ABEYANCE UNTIL, PENDING THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT. AGREED ORDER SIGNED BY THE
MAGISTRATE CONTINUING CASE TO JUNE 3RD
2026. DR 15MIN
03-19-202603:03 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/19/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING,

I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A FORMAL
COMPLAINT REGARDING THE ODOR COMING FROM
COMPOST USA. I AM SURE YOU ARE GOING TO
REPLY THAT YOU HAVE NOTED IT IN THE
FILE, BUT ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING
ELSE???? I HAVE CO WORKERS THAT WORK
OUTSIDE ALL DAY AND ARE COMPLAINING OF
THE ODOR. THEY ARE GETTING SICK TO THEIR
STOMACHS AND HAVING HEADACHES. I CAN SAY
THAT THE ODOR ON MY DRIVE DOWN US HWY 27
WAS FROM 70 SOUTH WAS ESPECIALLY STRONG.



WHAT STEPS ARE BRING TAKEN TO ELIMINATE
THIS CONTINUING PROBLEM?



THANK YOU

CYNDI THOMPSON
03-19-202603:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/19/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

AS OF 3/16/26, 3/18/26 AND 3/19/26
(I WAS OUT OF TOWN 3/17/26, I NEEDED A
BREAK FROM THE ODOR!)

WIND- NW, N, NE, E, SE

LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, 1925, 1929,
1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8, TONI LANE, TONI
CIRCLE

THE ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO
BE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE AND IS A NUISANCE
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOW CAN A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BE
REACHED BETWEEN HIGHLANDS COUNTY AND
COMPOSTUSA
WHEN THE ODOR CONTINUES TO BE FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE AND A NUISANCE? IN ADDITION
CUSA WAS IN
VIOLATION WITH THEIR PERMIT WITH DEP
FROM 12/1/2025 THRU 2/12/2026 IN REGARDS
TO APPLYING
MATERIAL FROM THEIR FACILITY TO LAND
UNDER THEIR CONTROL. THIS TIME FRAME WAS
DURING WHEN THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WERE
ONGOING. WHICH WOULD HAVE ALSO MEANT
THAT CUSA
WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE SPECIAL
EXCEPTION ISSUED TO THEM BY HIGHLANDS
COUNTY.

I KNOW, I NEED TO BE PATIENT BUT THIS
FACILITY CONTINUES TO BEND EVERY RULE
POSSIBLE WITH LITTLE
TO NO CONSEQUENCES.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

03-18-202604:35 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/18/26 - DONNA THOMPSON CALLED IN AND
LEFT A VM. SHE SAID THE ODOR FROM THE
COMPOST PLANT WAS HORRIBLE LAST NIGHT.
-ELW

03-16-202608:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/16/26M- EMAILED COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING REGARDING
HICORIA ROAD IN REFERENCE TO COMPOSTUSA.
I CHOSE NOT TO TAKE HICORIA RD WHEN AT
ALL POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SMELL, CONCERN
OF TRACKING SEWER SLUDGE TO MY HOME, AND
TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, ON THURSDAY, MARCH
12TH, I HAD TO TAKE HICORIA RD TO HEAD
SOUTH TOWARDS LABELLE. LEAVING MY HOME
AROUND 7 AM, I WAS ON THIS ROAD IN THE
EARLY MORNING. I HAD TO STOP 75 FEET OR
MORE BACK FROM TURNING SOUTH ONTO US 27,
AS TWO HUGE SEMI TRUCKS TURNED ONTO
HICORIA RD. BOTH TRUCKS WERE APPARENTLY
UNABLE TO MAKE THE TURN WITHOUT
UTILIZING BOTH LANES - NOT SOME BUT ALL.
HAD I NOT HAD THE FORETHOUGHT TO STAY
BACK, SEEING THEM SLOW DOWN ASSUMING
THEY WERE GOING TO TURN IN HICORIA, I AM
NOT CERTAIN WHAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED.
THEY DID NOT SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO STOP,
IF NEEDED - HAD A CAR BEEN APPROACHING
NOR DID THEY SEEM TO CARE THAT I WAS
MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. I WAS ALSO
ALARMED AT THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES I
ENCOUNTERED ON HICORIA ROAD ON MY RETURN
HOME THAT AFTERNOON - THIS IS NOT A ROAD
USED MINIMALLY - COMBINING BOTH CUSA
TRUCKS AND GENERAL VEHICLES, HICORIA
ROAD ROAD SAFETY SHOULD BE SOMETHING THE
COUNTY NEEDS TO EVALUATE.

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
03-13-202604:59 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/13/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- FROM THE NW, ENE, E, AND VARIABLE

LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, OLD STATE ROAD
8 FROM INTERSECTION WITH
HICORIA ROAD NORTH ON OLD 8 AND TONI
LANE

THE FOUL ODOR CONTINUES FROM THIS
FACILITY AND IS A NUISANCE. IT STARTED
EARLY THIS MORNING AT 6:30AM AND
CONTINUED INTO THE AFTERNOON.THE
RAIN IS CAUSING AN INCREASE IN THE ODOR
AND THE TRAC-OUT ON HICORIA
ROAD IS BEGINNING TO BECOME A PROBLEM
AGAIN.

SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON

P.S. I DON'T SEE MY COMPLAINT "AS OF
3/11/2026" POSTED. LET ME KNOW IF I NEED
TO RESEND IT?

03-11-202605:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/11/26-EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 3/11/2026

WIND- SE AND VARIABLE

LOCATION- 1981, 1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY TODAY WAS
SICKENING AND CONTINUES EVEN INTO THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO RECEIVE SOME
ASSISTANCE FROM OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO RESOLVE THIS ONGOING
NUISANCE?

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-10-202609:44 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/10/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING, THIS IS LOTTIE JO STOKER. I
LIVE AT 34 TONI CIRCLE.  APPROXIMATELY 1
MILE FROM THE COMPOST PLANT ON HICORIA
ROAD. IT IS VERY FOGGY HERE THIS MORNING
AND THE SMELL FROM THE COMPOST PLANT IS
AWFUL, TO SAY THE LEAST. SOMEONE FROM
YOUR OFFICE NEEDS TO COME AND SMELL WHAT
WE HAVE TO. COME NOW WHILE IT IS FOGGY.
DON’T WAIT UNTIL ALL THE FOG IS GONE.
FOG SEEMS TO ENHANCE THE SMELL. EVEN
THOUGH WE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE FOG TO
SMELL IT. IT HAS BEEN PRETTY BAD OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. 
03-10-202609:21 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/10/26 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS,
FLORIDA.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE, THE FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE
FACILITY IS TOO STRONG , AND IT
CONTINUES ALL THE TIME, AND EVEN ACT
NIGHT. PLEASE.. RIGHT NOW, THE SMELL IS
TOO STRONG FOR ME AND NEIGHBORS.
SINCERELY.
LILLIAN PEREZ.THANK U, I HOPE U GUYS DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
03-10-202609:16 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/10/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- THIS
MORNING, 3/10/2026, COMPOSTUSA SMELLS
SICKENING. THE MOMENT WE WALKED OUTDOORS
TO LOAD UP AND HEAD TO SCHOOL AND WORK,
WE WERE CONSUMED BY THE VILE STENCH OF
THIS OPERATION. THE NAUSEATING SMELL
MADE BOTH MY DAUGHTER AND I GAG TO THE
POINT, WE ALMOST WERE SICK TO OUR
STOMACHS. I AM ADDING NO EXAGGERATION
WHEN I TELL YOU, WE WERE BOTH RETCHING
IN THE CAR, AS WE DROVE AWAY FROM OUR
HOME. OUR DAY BEGAN, GREETED BY A SMELL
SO DENSE AND FOUL THAT WE HAD A PHYSICAL
RESPONSE AS WE LEFT OUR HOME. DOES THIS
SOUND LIKE CONDITIONS HIGHLANDS COUNTY
SHOULD ALLOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY? HOW ARE
RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY BEING
SUBJECTED TO THIS DAILY ABUSE? OUR CRIES
FOR HELP MAY BE HEARD, BUT WHERE IS THE
RESOLUTION, THE REPRIEVE? YOU CAN DO
BETTER. YOU MUST DO BETTER.

PLEASE DO SOMETHING,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
03-10-202608:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/10/26- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

THE FOG WAS VERY HEAVY THIS MORNING!

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, TONI LANE, TONI
CIRCLE, OLD STATE ROAD

THE SMELL FROM THIS FACILITY IS
OVERPOWERING AND ABSOLUTELY A NUISANCE!

I REALIZE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING BUT
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY IS AS BAD AS IT HAS
EVER BEEN. WHY THE DELAY AND WHAT
PART OF THE NEGATIONS HAS ADDRESSED THIS
FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR WHICH
HAVE NOT IMPROVED AND IN SOME RESPECTS
HAVE GOTTEN WORSE?

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND ANY INSPECTIONS OF
THIS FACILITY BY CODE ENFORCEMENT
INCLUDE THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 6AM- 8AM
TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN A LOT
OF THE PLANT ACTIVITY HAPPENS. WHICH IS
A STRATEGY OF THIS FACILITY BECAUSE THEY
DON'T EXPECT AN INSPECTION DURING THAT
TIME FRAME.

THIS PROLONGED DELAY OF APPROPRIATE
ACTION BY OFFICIALS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY
IS AN INSULT TO
EVERY RESIDENT OF THIS AREA AND EVEN TO
THOSE WHO HAVE TO DRIVE BY THIS FACILITY
ON
A DAILY BASIS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-09-202604:36 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/09/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
GOOD AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA GAVE US A SMALL REPRIEVE
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, BUT AS SOON AS
MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER GOT HOME FROM
SCHOOL AND WANTED TO GO OUTSIDE AND RIDE
HER BIKE - THE WIND SHIFTED, BLOWING THE
NAUSEATING AND NASTY STENCH OF THEIR
OPERATION OUR WAY. HOW FRUSTRATING, AS A
CHILD, TO COME HOME FROM A LONG DAY OF
SCHOOL, JUST WANTING TO PLAY OUTSIDE
WHEN YOU ARE MET WITH A STINKY SMELL
WHICH PROHIBITS YOU FROM DOING EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD TOO.
CHILDREN DESERVE THE SPACE AND FREEDOM
TO PLAY OUTDOORS, AT THEIR HOME. I AM
ASKING OUR COUNTY LEADERS TO AFFORD MY
CHILDREN THIS SEEMINGLY SMALL AND SIMPLE
RIGHT.

FRUSTRATED,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

03-09-202604:33 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/09/26 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- NE, E, SE AND VARIABLE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD, OLD STATE ROAD
8, TONI LANE

THIS MORNING STARTED WITH A VERY HEAVY
FOG IN OUR AREA. AS I HAVE
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, ON THIS SITE, WHEN
THE FOG IS PRESENT THE
FOUL ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY IS TRAPPED
UNDER THE FOG COVER AND
MAKES THE ODOR THAT MUCH MORE INTENSE
AND SICKENING.

EVEN AS THE FOG LIFTED, THE ODOR
CONTINUED AS THE WIND PUSHED THE
ODOR TOWARDS THE LOCATIONS MENTIONED
ABOVE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSONGOOD AFTERNOON!

WIND- NE, E, SE AND VARIABLE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD, OLD STATE ROAD
8, TONI LANE

THIS MORNING STARTED WITH A VERY HEAVY
FOG IN OUR AREA. AS I HAVE
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, ON THIS SITE, WHEN
THE FOG IS PRESENT THE
FOUL ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY IS TRAPPED
UNDER THE FOG COVER AND
MAKES THE ODOR THAT MUCH MORE INTENSE
AND SICKENING.

EVEN AS THE FOG LIFTED, THE ODOR
CONTINUED AS THE WIND PUSHED THE
ODOR TOWARDS THE LOCATIONS MENTIONED
ABOVE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-09-202610:24 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/09/26 - JAMES FROM TONI CIRCLE CALLED
IN AND LEFT A VM. THE STENCH COMING FROM
THE COMPOST PLANT WAS SO TERRIBLE IT
MADE HIM SICK TO HIS STOMACH -ELW
03-07-202608:07 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/09/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,

PLEASE NOTE A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST
COMPOSTUSA FOR THE DATES OF 3/6 AND 3/7.

THE DISGUSTING, NAUSEATING STENCH HAS
BEEN RELENTLESS FOR DAYS. IMAGINE EVERY
TIME YOU WALK OUTSIDE BEING HIT WITH AN
ODOR SO REPULSIVE IN NATURE THAT YOU
FEEL SICK TO YOUR STOMACH. EVERY TIME
YOU WALK TO AND FROM YOUR CAR, CHECK
YOUR MAIL, TAKE OUT YOUR TRASH, MOW YOUR
YARD - YOU ARE FORCED TO ENDURE A NASTY,
THICK ODOR BEYOND YOUR CONTROL, WITH NO
ABILITY TO FIND REPRIEVE. IN ADDITION TO
THE MULTITUDE OF WAYS THIS FACILITY
CREATES HARDSHIP IN OUR DAILY LIFE FOR
THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE OUTDOORS, IT IS
EVEN MORE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR FAMILY BY
PROHIBITING MY CHILDREN FROM BEING ABLE
TO BE OUTSIDE. IMAGINE A CHILD BEING
FORCED INDOORS IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY
RATHER THAN RIDING THEIR BIKE, JUMPING
ON A TRAMPOLINE, PLAYING BASKETBALL, OR
SIMPLY JUST BEING OUTSIDE. DURING SOME
OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAYS IN FLORIDA -
COOLER WEATHER, WITH A LIGHT BREEZE AND
SO MUCH SUNSHINE - OUR FAMILY IS FORCED
INSIDE, UNABLE TO EXERCISE, SOAK IN
NATURAL VITAMIN D, OR JUST ENJOY BEING
TOGETHER AT OUR HOME, A HOME THAT MY
HUSBAND AND I HAVE WORKED HARD TO BUILD.
AS ANY GOOD PARENTS, WE HAVE DEVOTED
OURSELVES TO CREATING A SAFE SPACE WHERE
OUR CHILDREN CAN FLOURISH AND GROW,
EXPERIENCING ALL THAT OUR RURAL
COMMUNITY AFFORDS, AND YET HERE WE
ARE... OUR HOME IS NOT SAFE AND IT IS
NOT AFFORDING MY CHILDREN THE ABILITY TO
GROW AND FLOURISH, AS IT MAKES US FEEL
TRAPPED - TRAPPED INSIDE, TRAPPED IN A
GLOBE OF REVOLTING ODORS, TRAPPED WITH
NO MEANS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS
SURROUNDING US. FOR OVER 3 YEARS, OUR
FAMILY HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE
DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF COMPOSTUSA'S
OPERATION - OUR PROPERTY VALUE, USE OF
OUR PROPERTY, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND
HEALTH ARE ON THE LINE, AND DESPITE OUR
BEST EFFORTS TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES
AND CONCERNS - NOTHING HAS CHANGED. I
WILL AGAIN PLEAD WITH OUR COUNTY LEADERS
TO FINALLY STAND UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY,
THE COMMUNITY YOU TOOK AN OATH TO SERVE
- THE TIME IS NOW, AND I AM BEGGING YOU
TO BRING RELIEF TO MY FAMILY, AND OUR
GREATER COMMUNITY!

HOPEFUL,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FLORIDA
03-06-202610:09 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/06/26 - JAMES FROM 42 TONI CIRCLE
CALLED IN AND LEFT VM. HE SAID THE SMELL
FROM THE COMPOST PLANT IS TERRIBLE AND
COMPARED IT TO RAW SEWAGE SMELL.
03-06-202610:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/06/26 - LOTTI FROM 34 TONI CIRCLE
CALLED IN LEFT A VM. THAT SAID THE SMELL
FROM THE COMPOST PLANT WAS HORRIBLE. AND
SEEMED TO BE GETTING WORSE.
03-06-202608:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/06/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
3/6/2026

GOOD MORNING!

WIND- FROM ENE, E, ESE AND VARIABLE

LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, TONI LANE,
1929, 1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8

THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY TODAY
WAS TERRIBLE. IT SMELLED LIKE A
MIXTURE OF RANCID BUTTER, VINEGAR,
ROTTEN EGGS AND THE BACK OF A
GARBAGE TRUCK.

THE OWNER OF THIS FACILITY HAS NO
CONCERN FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE
NEAR THIS COMPOST DUMP. I DON'T BLAME
THE WORKERS, IN FACT I FEEL
SORRY THAT THEY HAVE TO COME TO THAT
PLACE AND WORK EVERYDAY EXCEPT
FOR SUNDAY. IT MUST BE VERY DIFFICULT
AND I WONDER WHAT RESPIRATORY ISSUES
THEY
WILL ENCOUNTER YEARS FROM NOW.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

03-05-202604:56 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/05/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- FROM ENE, E, ESE AND VARIABLE

LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, 1925, 1927,
1929, 1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8

TODAY WAS ONE OF THE WORST DAYS
REGARDING THE ODOR FROM CUSA. I WAS
WORKING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON MY
PROPERTIES AND THE SMELL WAS SICKENING.
I WANTED TO STOP BECAUSE THE SMELL WAS
HORRIBLE BUT WHAT I WAS DOING NEEDED
TO GET DONE SO I ENDURED THE FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR UNTIL I FINISHED MY JOBS.

THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BECAUSE
CUSA HAS NEVER CARED HOW THEIR
POOR MANAGEMENT HAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED
THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT MAXIMIZING THEIR
BOTTOM LINE AND CUSA IS RECKLESS
IN THAT EFFORT. AS THE MAGISTRATE RULED
ALMOST A YEAR AGO "FIX THE ODOR."

FURTHERMORE, BASED UPON THE COMPLIANT
INSPECTION BY FDEP DATED 1/15/2026
CUSA WAS FOUND IN NON-COMPLIANCE FROM
11/25/25 THRU 2/12/2026 OF THEIR PERMIT
WITH FDEP. WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR
THAT TIME PERIOD IN WHICH THEY
KNOWINGLY VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THEIR
PERMIT WITH FDEP. WOULD NOT THAT ALSO
MEAN THEY WERE IN VIOLATION OF THE
SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVED BY HIGHLANDS
COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS? THE SPECIAL
EXCEPTION REQUIRES THAT CUSA OPERATE
WITHIN ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR
PERMIT WITH FDEP, WHICH THEY DIDN'T DO.
CUSA HAS A HISTORY OF VIOLATIONS WITH
BOTH FDEP AND HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE
ENFORCEMENT BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO
CONTINUE OPERATING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHY IS THAT, SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT
TO ME?

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-04-202601:58 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/04/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - HELLO,

I'M REACHING OUT AGAIN ABOUT THE FOUL
ODORS FROM COMPOST USA. THE ISSUE HAD
BEEN SOMEWHAT REASONABLE BUT OF LATE IT
HAS BEEN MORE OFTEN.

YESTERDAY AND TODAY THE ODOR HAS BEEN
BAD ENOUGH TO PREVENT SITTING OUTSIDE OR
EVEN OPENING WINDOWS.

I REALIZE THE WEATHER HAS BEEN WARMER,
BUT THE ODOR IS VERY OFFENSIVE.

BEST REGARDS,

SYLVIE PELCHAT

03-04-202601:57 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/04/26 - EMAILED COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- NE, E, SE

LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD AND 1925 OLD
STATE ROAD 8

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE THE
ODOR ON HICORIA ROAD COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY
WAS SICKENING. WHEN I RETURNED I DID
SOME FENCE WORK AT 1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8
AND THE ODOR AT THAT LOCATION WAS VERY
BAD AND A NUISANCE. I STOPPED TO VISIT A
NEIGHBOR ON TONI CIRCLE AND WHEN I
EXITED MY TRUCK THE ODOR WAS HORRIBLE
THERE TOO.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

03-04-202609:33 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/02/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 2/28/26, 3/1/26, 3/2/26

WIND- SE, ENE, E

LOCATIONS- 1981 OLD SR 8, 1925 OLD SR 8,
HICORIA ROAD

THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY WAS
HORRIBLE AND A NUISANCE.

THIS FACILITY IS EXPERIMENTING WITH
CHANGING THEIR SOURCE OF CARBON TO A
BY-PRODUCT FROM SUGAR CANE. THEY HOPE IT
WILL SAVE THEM MONEY BUT IT
ACTS LIKE A SPONGE. WHEN IT GETS WET IT
DOES THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY
NEED FOR IT TO DO AND IT DOESN'T SCREEN
WELL PLUS CREATES MORE ISSUES WITH ODOR.

WE ARE APPROACHING THE RAINY SEASON SO
GOOD LUCK WITH THE SAVINGS THEY
ARE SEEKING BECAUSE ODOR IS STILL THE
PROBLEM.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-04-202608:26 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/04/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

PLEASE NOTE MY FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST
COMPOSTUSA FOR THE DATE OF 3/4. MY
DAUGHTER AND I WERE OUTSIDE WORKING ON
HER SCHOOL, TRYING TO SOAK IN A LITTLE
FRESH AIR AND SUNSHINE WHEN THE
HORRENDOUS SMELLS OF THIS HARMFUL
OPERATION FORCED US INDOORS. THE ODOR
WAS NAUSEATING AND DISGUSTING IN NATURE.
IT IS EVIDENT THIS FACILITY REFUSES TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR MISMANAGEMENT, AND THE
HARMFUL IMPACTS THEY IMPOSE ON HIGHLANDS
COUNTY RESIDENTS. FURTHER, THEY CONFIRM
THEIR DISREGARD AND NEGLIGENCE BY
REFUSING TO REMEDY THESE ISSUES AND
THERE DEVASTATING AFFECTS ON OUR
COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH.
ACTION IS NEEDED, AND IT IS NEEDED NOW.

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

03-03-202609:34 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/03/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND FROM THE
EAST

LOCATIONS- 1925 OLD SR 8, SOUTH TO THE
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD
AND OLD SR 8 AND THEN EAST ON HICORIA RD
TO HWY 27.

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE THE
SMELL FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS DISGUSTING, SICKENING AND A
NUISANCE. THIS NEW
CARBON SOURCE IS CAUSING A DIFFERENT
KIND OF FOUL AND OFFENSIVE
ODOR THAT IS A NUISANCE. IT STINKS!

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-02-202604:30 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/02/26- NORMA REYNOLDS CALLED IN AND
SAID THE THE SMELL WAS TERRIBLE COMING
FROM COMPOST PLANT - ELW
03-02-202602:12 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/02/26 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS,
FLORIDA.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE, THE FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE
FACILITY IS TOO STRONG , AND IT
CONTINUES ALL THE TIME, AND EVEN ACT
NIGHT. PLEASE.. RIGHT NOW, THE SMELL IS
TOO STRONG FOR ME AND NEIGHBORS.
SINCERELY.
LILLIAN PEREZ.THANK U, I HOPE U GUYS DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
02-24-202612:35 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/24/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 2/22/26, 2/23/26, 2/24/26

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD
EAST TO THE INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD
AND HWY 27.
WIND- VARIABLE NW, N, NE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
02-24-202609:30 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/24/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - I MADE
A QUICK TRIP TO TOWN YESTERDAY (2/23),
AND THE SMELL FROM THE PLANT WAS QUITE
BAD ALMOST ALL THE WAY DOWN HICORIA AND
OUT ONTO US 27, ON BOTH LEAVING AND
RETURNING A COUPLE HOURS LATER. DESPITE
IT BEING QUITE BREEZY, THE SMELL WAS
STILL APPARENT.

LISA GREENE
VENUS
02-19-202608:54 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/17/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 2/14/26, 2/15/26, 2/16/26 AND
2/17/26

WIND- VARIOUS DIRECTIONS
LOCATIONS- 1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8,
HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD EAST TO HWY
27, FROM
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD AND HWY 27
NORTH TO WOMBLE ROAD AND KELLEY ROAD,
FROM
HICORIA ROAD IN FRONT OF THE PLANT AND
THEN GOING WEST ON HICORIA ROAD TO THE
INTERSECTION OF
HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE ROAD 8 AND
CONTINUING SOUTH TO THE RAILROAD TRACK
CROSSING ON
OLD STATE ROAD 8.

ODOR WAS FOUL AND OFFENSIVE AS HAS BEEN
THE CASE. ALSO THE ACTIVITY LEVEL OF
TRUCKS ENTERING AND
EXITING THIS FACILITY HAS DRAMATICALLY
DECREASED IN ANTICIPATION OF UPCOMING
INSPECTIONS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
02-18-202602:22 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/18/26 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,
WHAT CAN OUR VENUS COMMUNITY DO TO GET
RID OF THE TOXIC SMELL COMING FROM CUSA?
THIS COMPANY CONTINUES TO MAKE MILLIONS
ON THE LIE THEY CALL “COMPOST”. THE
SMELL WAS HORRIBLE TODAY. THE SMELL IS
HORRIBLE EVERY DAY, BUT WE GET TIRED OF
COMPLAINING BECAUSE NOTHING IS BEING
DONE.
PLEASE HELP!
SUZANNE TATE

02-18-202609:36 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/18/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS,
FLORIDA.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE, AND TONIGHT,AT 6;54 PM THE FOUL
ODOR COMING FROM THE FACILITY IS TOO
STRONG AND IT CONTINUES ALL THE TIME AND
EVEN ACT NIGHT. PLEASE.. RIGHT NOW, THE
SMELL IS TOO STRONG FOR ME AND
NEIGHBORS.
SINCERELY.
LILLIAN PEREZ.THANK U, I HOPE U GUYS DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
02-18-202609:34 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/18/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
EVENING,

TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE THESE FORMAL
COMPLAINTS AND DOCUMENT OUR EXPERIENCES
TAKES TIME AND EFFORT I DO NOT ALWAYS
HAVE CAPACITY FOR. THAT BEING SAID OVER
THE LAST FOUR WEEKS (SINCE MY LAST
COMPLAINT ON 1/17) COMPOSTUSA HAS
SMELLED ON MORE DAYS THAN NOT. MY
HUSBAND HAD A PROJECT REQUIRING HIM TO
BE WORKING OUTDOORS AT OUR HOME OVER THE
LAST FEW WEEKS AND SAID THE SMELL WAS
HORRENDOUS MANY DAYS. HE HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO PUSH THROUGH THE STENCH, AS HE
HAD TO COMPLETE THE JOB AT HAND AND IT
REQUIRED HIM TO BE HOME AND OUTSIDE.

OVER THE LAST 4 DAYS (2/14, 2/15, 2/16,
AND 2/17), A PORTION OF OUR FAMILY HAS
BEEN SICK WITH THE FLU. WITH THE WEATHER
BEING COOLER AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO AIR
OUT OUR HOME AND PROVIDE SOME FRESH AIR
FOR THOSE OF US BOTH SICK AND WELL, I
OPENED THE WINDOWS OF OUR HOME. ON
MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WE HAD TO RUSH TO
CLOSE THE WINDOWS WHEN THE DISGUSTING
STENCH OF COMPOSTUSA BLEW OUR WAY. WHAT
AN UNNECESSARY AND ANNOYING NUISANCE TO
HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHILE SICK. A SIMPLE
ACT OF OPENING THE WINDOWS OF ONE’S HOME
SHOULD NOT BE PREVENTED BY THE POOR
MANAGEMENT AND DISREGARD OF COMPOSTUSA
FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I WILL AGAIN ASK HOW
LONG OUR COUNTY WILL ALLOW THIS FACILITY
TO OPERATE WITH NO REPERCUSSION - THE
RESIDENTS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY DESERVE
BETTER. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING
MORE THAN ANY COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE OR
EMPLOYEE WOULD EXPECT AT THEIR OWN
HOMES. I ASK THAT YOU PLACE YOURSELVES
IN OUR SHOES AND USE YOUR POWER TO
PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND PROVIDE PEACE TO
OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS LIVED PLAGUED
FOR FAR TOO LONG BY THIS REPREHENSIBLE
COMPANY.

FRUSTRATED,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8


SENT FROM MY IPHONE
02-17-202609:37 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/17/26 - NORMA REYNODS OF 1837 OLD ST
RD 8 CALLED IN AND LEFT A VOICEMAIL. SHE
STATED THE SMELL FROM THE COMPOST PLANT
IS TERRIBLE.
02-15-202603:00 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/15/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- DURING
MY TRIP TO AND FROM TOWN ON WED. 2/11,
THE SMELL FROM THE PLANT WAS BAD OUT ON
AND NEAR US 27, ESPECIALLY UPON MY
RETURN.
AND THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE ON HICORIA IS
STILL OBLITERATED BY THE BLACK TRACKOUT,
WHICH COULD BE VERY HAZARDOUS,
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
02-13-202603:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/13/26 - JAMES FROM 42 TONI CIRCLE
CALLED AND LEFT A VM. THE SMELL COMING
FROM THE COMPOST PLANT IS TERRIBLE.
02-13-202602:12 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/13/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

AS OF 2/12/26 AND 2/13/26

WIND- EARLY MORNING BOTH DAYS LITTLE TO
NO WIND
THEN LATER NW, N, NE

HEAVY FOG AND AS I'VE EXPLAINED BEFORE
THE TERRIBLE
SMELL IS TRAPPED AND THE SMELL IS
EVERYWHERE.
THEN AS THE WIND PICKS UP THE SMELL IS
ON HICORIA ROAD
FROM PAUL ROAD EAST TO HWY 27. THE
ACTIVITY AT THAT PLANT
HAS SLOWED DOWN IN AN EFFORT TO LIMIT
THE OFFENSIVE ODOR IN
ANTICIPATION OF UPCOMING CE INSPECTIONS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
02-11-202609:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/11/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING.

I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS
MORNING WOULD BE A GREAT MORNING FOR A
DRIVE DOWN 27. THE ODOR COMING FROM
COMPOST USA IS ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS!! I
HAD TO HOLD MY BREATHE FROM BEFORE KELLY
ROAD WELL PAST THE VENUS POST OFFICE.
MAYBE A MORNING FIELD TRIP WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF THIS
PROBLEM!! ONE COULD PRESUME THAT IT IS
JUST A PROBLEM FOR ME, HOWEVER I HAVE CO
WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS WHO ARE ALSO
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ODOR.



SINCERELY

CYNDI THOMPSON
02-11-202609:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/11/26 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 2/8/26, 2/9/26, 2/10/26, 2/11/2026

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE
NUISANCE. THIS ODOR IS ALSO COMING FROM
THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL
CUSA HAS SPREAD ON SEVERAL PROPERTIES
WEST OF THE FACILITY ALL THE WAY TO
OLD STATE ROAD 8.

THE FOUL ODOR WAS DETECTED ON HICORIA
ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD EAST TO HWY 27
AND THEN NORTH ON HWY 27 TO WOMBLE ROAD.
ALSO FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HICORIA
ROAD AND OLD STATE ROAD 8 NORTH TO 1925
OLD STATE ROAD 8.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

02-10-202612:14 PMUPDATE/NOTES2/10/26 MAILED COPY OF AGREED ORDER BY
CERT/ REG MAIL.- KB
02-09-202609:48 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/09/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS,
FLORIDA.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE, AND TONIGHT, THE FOUL ODOR
COMING FROM THE FACILITY IS TOO STRONG.
THE SMELL STINKS, AND IT CONTINUES ALL
THE TIME AND EVEN ACT NIGHT. PLEASE..
RIGHT NOW, THE SMELL IS TOO STRONG FOR
ME AND NEIGHBORS.
SINCERELY.
LILLIAN PEREZ.THANK U, I HOPE U GUYS DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
02-09-202608:41 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/09/26 JAMES FROM 42 TONY CIRCLE
CALLED IN THE OFFIC AND MADE A COMPLAINT
ON COMPOST USA. HE SAID THE SMELL COMING
FROM THE PLANT IS LIKE A OUT HOUSE. -ELW

02-06-202608:26 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/06/26 - EMAIED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING!

AS OF 2/5/26 AND 2/6/26

WIND- VARIABLE

LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, HWY 27 NORTH TO
WOMBLE ROAD
AND SOUTH TO VENUS POST OFFICE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR PRODUCED BY
THIS FACILITY CONTINUES
TO BE A NUISANCE IN OUR AREA. FIX THE
SMELL CUSA!

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
02-05-202601:03 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/05/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING, THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL ON HWY
27 THIS MORNING ABOUT A MILE AWAY AS I
PASSED BY AT 7:31 AM. 2/5/2026

JULIE WHITMIRE<4WHITMIRE@GMAIL.COM>


02-04-202601:19 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/04/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NW, N, NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND OLD SR 8 EAST
TO HICORIA ROAD AND HWY 27

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY IS
HORRIBLE AND IS A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W.KERRY THOMPSON

02-04-202601:15 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/04/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS,
FLORIDA.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE, AND THE FOUL ODOR COMING FROM
THE FACILITY IS TERRIBLE..THE SMELL
STINKS AND IT CONTINUES ALL TIME AND
EVEN ACT NIGHT. PLEASE.. RIGHT KNOW, THE
SMELL IS TOO STRONG FOR ME TO ENJOY THE
OUTSIDE
SINCERELY.
LILLIAN PEREZ.THANK U, I HOPE U GUYS DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
02-03-202608:08 AMUPDATE/NOTES02/03/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD
EAST TO HWY 27
WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NW, N, NE

AGAIN THIS MORNING THE FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
WAS
DETECTED AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED
LOCATIONS. IT WAS SICKENING!

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

02-02-202604:58 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/02/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD
EAST TO HWY 27

WIND- VARIABLE NW, N, NE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS
DETECTED AT THE ABOVE LOCATIONS THIS
MORNING AS WELL AS
THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE SLOWING DOWN
OPERATIONS AT THIS
PLANT IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE SMELL.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
02-02-202610:05 AMUPDATE/NOTESPROCEEDINGS FOR THIS CASE ARE CURRENTLY
ON HOLD DUE TO THE CASE BEING PLACED IN
ABEYANCE UNTIL 2/28, PENDING THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AGREED ORDER
SIGNED BY THE MAGISTRATE CONTINUING CASE
TO APRIL 1ST 2026. DR 15MIN
01-31-202609:57 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/31/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 1/31/26

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND HWY 27 NORTH
TO WOMBLE ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE FROM NW, N, WNW

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR WAS DETECTED
AT THESE LOCATIONS SEVERAL
TIMES TODAY FROM EARLY IN THE MORNING
UNTIL THE AFTERNOON.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

01-30-202609:42 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/30/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NW, N

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THIS
FACILITY CONTINUES THIS
MORNING AS I DROVE TO THE VENUS POST
OFFICE. IT IS A
NUISANCE.
I SAW A SCHOOL BUS GO BY AND I CAN'T
IMAGINE HOW HARD IT IS FOR THOSE
YOUNG KIDS WHO HAVE TO SMELL THAT
TERRIBLE ODOR ON THERE WAY
TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
01-30-202607:58 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/29/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD FROM INTERSECTION
OF US HWY 27
WEST TO OLD STATE ROAD 8

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NW, N, NE

THIS MORNING THE HORRIFIC SMELL COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY SMELLED WORSE
THE 20 DEAD SKUNKS. IT IS AS BAD OR EVEN
WORSE THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN.
SO MUCH FOR FOLLOWING THE MAGISTRATE'S
RULING OF FIXING THE SMELL FROM
ALMOST (7) MONTHS AGO.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
01-28-202611:12 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/28/26 - EMAIL COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 1/26/26, 1/27/26, 1/28/26

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND SOUTH ON HWY
27 TO VENUS POST OFFICE.

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NW, N, NE,

THE HORRIBLE SMELL FROM THIS FACILITY
HAS CONTINUED AND IT IS SICKENING!

THE STAINING ON HICORIA ROAD IS
BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE AGAIN. ALSO,
THERE
ARE NOW 2 POTHOLES BEGINNING ON HICORIA
ROAD DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM CUSA CAUSED BY
THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL TRUCKS LEAVING THIS
FACILITY.

I KNOW THIS IS NOT CODE ENFORCEMENTS'
PROBLEM AND I DO NOT EXPECT HIGHLANDS
COUNTY
TO PAY TO FIX THIS BUT SOMETHING NEEDS
TO BE DONE. THIS FACILITY IS NOT ONLY
SMELLING UP
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUT IS TEARING UP OUR
ROAD WAYS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
01-28-202609:40 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/28/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE ON
GOING PROBLEM WITH THE ODOR
FROM THE COMPOST USA PLANT. I WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW IF ANY ACTION HAS BEEN
OR WILL BE TAKEN IN REDUCING THE ODOR
FROM THE PLANT. I CAN AFFIRM THAT
THE ISSUE IS STILL A PROBLEM FOR THE
SURROUNDING AREA AND EVEN WHILE I
AM DRIVING ON 27 SOUTH OF HWY 70. SOME
MORNINGS I HAVE TO HOLD MY
BREATH AND NOSE JUST TO DRIVE PAST
HICORIA ROAD BECAUSE THE ODOR IS SO
OFFENSIVE.

HAS ANY ACTION BEEN TAKEN AT ALL? DOES
HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE
ENFORCEMENT EVER DO UNANNOUNCED
INSPECTIONS? OTHER THAN PUTTING MY
COMPLAINT IN A FOLDER WHAT CAN BE DONE
OR WHO DO I NEED TO SPEAK TO?

THANK YOU

CYNDI THOMPSON
01-26-202611:10 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/26/26 - GOOD MORNING,

TRAVELING NORTH ON 27 MONDAY 1/26 AT
6:41AM WITH WINDOWS UP AND CABIN AIR ON,
A VERY FOUL ODOR COULD BE SMELLED
PASSING HICORIA RD.

RICHARD QUIGG
01-25-202609:17 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/25/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 1/24/26 AND 1/25/26

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE
ROAD 8 AT
1981, 2107, 1929, 1925

WIND- EARLY IN THE MORNING LIGHT AND
VARIABLE LATER IN THE DAY
NW, N, NE

AT AROUND 6AM (BOTH DAYS) THERE WAS AN
EXTREMELY HEAVY FOG COVERING OUR AREA
WHICH TRAPPED THE TERRIBLE SMELL CREATED
BY CUSA AND IT CONTINUED UNTIL THE FOG
LIFTED, WHICH WAS ABOUT 10AM.

THEN AS (BOTH DAYS) THE WIND PICKED UP
FROM THE NW, N, NE THE FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR ON HICORIA ROAD COMING
FROM CUSA WAS SICKENING AND
A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
01-23-202609:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/23/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
AFTERNOON!

LOCATION- ESPECIALLY STRONG ON HICORIA
ROAD IN ADDITION TO
1925, 1927, 1929, 1981, 2107 OLD STATE
ROAD 8

WIND- VARIABLE AND N, NE

THIS MORNING AROUND 6:00AM UNTIL 8:00AM
THERE WAS A HEAVY FOG COVERING
OUR AREA. AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE WHEN
WE HAVE A HEAVY FOG COVER THE SMELL
FROM THIS FACILITY IS TRAPPED AND IT
AFFECTS SEVERAL AREAS NEAR THIS
FACILITY. THAT
WAS THE CASE THIS MORNING BUT WITH A
STRONG N, NE WIND IT MADE THE HORRIBLE
SMELL
EVEN WORSE ON HICORIA ROAD.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
01-22-202611:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/22/26- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD FROM THE EAST
GATE OF CUSA WEST
TO OLD STATE ROAD 8

WIND- VARIABLE

THE TERRIBLE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS EXTREMELY STRONG AND
SICKENING. IT IS A NUISANCE AND IN
VIOLATION OF THE MAGISTRATE RULING.

AS I DROVE EAST THIS MORNING ON HICORIA
ROAD GOING TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE
A TRUCK WAS LEAVING THE FACILITY. THE
DRIVER OF THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP AND
PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME SUCH THAT I
HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES OR I WOULD
HAVE HIT THE BACK END OF THE TRUCK. THIS
IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED
TO ME AND OTHERS WHO TRAVEL HICORIA ROAD
HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR
CASES OF CARELESS DRIVING. IT APPEARS TO
ME THAT THERE IS NOT A STOP SIGN POSTED
FOR VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY THE LARGE
COMMERCIAL TRUCKS, LEAVING THIS
FACILITY. THE
INTERESTING THING IS I COULD SEE AT
LEAST 2 STOP SIGNS FOR VEHICLES ENTERING
THE
FACILITY.

WHO SHOULD I CONTACT ABOUT THIS WHICH IS
A SERIOUS SAFETY MATTER?

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

01-21-202604:22 PMUPDATE/NOTES1/21/26 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-1834 OLD
STATE RD, 8 VENUS, FL, 33960 .
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
HELLO,
GOOD AFTERNOON
THE COMPOST SMELL IS SO STRONG , WE
CAN'T GO OUTSIDE.
WE NEED SOMEONE FROM THE CITY TO COME.

THANK YOU..

01-21-202604:20 PMUPDATE/NOTES1/21/26 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- JUST WENT
BY ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO. IT SMELLED, BUT
NOT AS HORRID AS USUAL.
MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE TRACKOUT IS
GETTING SO BAD THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE
THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE ROAD ANYMORE. IT'S COVERED IN ON
MOST OF HICORIA. VERY HAZARDOUS.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS

01-21-202608:50 AMUPDATE/NOTES1/21/2026 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT GOOD
MORNING! LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD WEST TO
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD AND
OLD STATE ROAD 8
WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM N, NE
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS MORNING
IS A NUISANCE. THEY ARE NOT DOING WHAT
THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED
THEM TO DO ON 6/4/2025.
SINCERELY,W. KERRY THOMPSON

01-20-202611:49 AMUPDATE/NOTES1/20/26 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-GOOD
MORNING! LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE N, NE THE HORRIFIC SMELL
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY WAS TERRIBLE
THIS MORNING AND A
NUISANCE.
NOTE- USUALLY AT THIS TIME OF MORNING
THERE WOULD BE 7-10 TRUCKS
INSIDE THE FACILITY. THIS MORNING THERE
WERE MAYBE 5 TRUCKS. THE SLOW DOWN
IS IN PROGRESS SO THAT WHEN THE CE
INSPECTIONS ARE PERFORMED THE FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR WILL BE DRAMATICALLY
REDUCED. THIS FACILITY IS A FRAUD!
SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON

01-20-202611:47 AMUPDATE/NOTES1/20/26 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
AS OF 1/17/26, 1/18/26 AND 1/19/26

LOCATIONS- HWY 27 TO WOMBLE ROAD,
HICORIA ROAD TO HWY 27,
HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM SW, W, N, NW, N,
NE
THE SICKENING SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THE LAST FEW DAYS WAS HORRIFIC.
THE WIND WAS VERY GUSTY AND THE SMELL
WAS A NUISANCE.
THE TRUCKING ACTIVITY ON THE 19TH WAS
CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN IT HAS BEEN. THEY
ARE TRYING THEIR NORMAL SLOW DOWN SO
THAT THE SMELL IS REDUCED SO WHEN CE
INSPECTIONS
ARE DONE THE SMELL WILL BE LESS THAN
USUAL. THEY KNOW ALL THE TRICKS.
SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON

01-20-202610:22 AMUPDATE/NOTES1/20/26 VM RECIEVED FROM DANA THOMPSON,
STATING SHE LIVES 2 MILES S OF HICORIA
AND THE SMELL IS VERY VERY BAD TODAY- KB
01-20-202610:20 AMUPDATE/NOTES1/20/26 VM RECEIVED FROM JAMES REAGAN,
42 TONI CIR STATING THAT THE SMELL IS
HORRIBLE TODAY AND THAT THEY ARE
CONTINUING TO SPREAD MATERIAL ON THE
PROPERTY- KB
01-17-202611:40 AMUPDATE/NOTES1/20/26 FOR 1/17/26 EMAILED IN
COMPLAINT- PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF A FORMAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST COMPOSTUSA FOR THE
DATE OF SATURDAY, JANUARY 17TH. WE HAD
COMPANY FOR DINNER AND WENT OUTDOORS
AFTERWARDS TO ENJOY THE COOL WEATHER A
LITTLE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - WHILE
OUTDOORS OUR COMPANY AND FAMILY SMELLED
THE STENCH OF THE FACILITY ON NUMEROUS
OCCASIONS, AS THE WIND CHANGED
DIRECTION. HOW FRUSTRATING AND
EMBARRASSING TO HAVE PEOPLE TO YOUR HOME
AND THEN SUBJECT THEM TO THE REPULSIVE
AND DISGUSTING ODORS EMITTED BY THIS
FACILITY. I AM CERTAIN THE OWNERS OF
COMPOSTUSA WOULD NEVER SUBJECT THEIR OWN
FAMILIES OR GUESTS TO SUCH CONDITIONS!
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

01-16-202601:12 PMUPDATE/NOTES01/16/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLIANT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 1/15/2026 AND 1/16/26

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- FROM NW AND NE

THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A
FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR. IT
IS A NUISANCE.

THE STAINING ON HICORIA ROAD WAS MUCH
IMPROVED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
BUT AFTER ONLY 1 HOUR OF OPERATION THIS
MORNING THE STAINING WAS BEGINNING
TO BUILD UP AGAIN.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
01-14-202609:34 AMUPDATE/NOTES1/13/26 RECIEVED VOICEMAIL FROM NORMA
REYNOLDS WHO LIVES AT 1836 OLD STATE
ROAD 8. SHE STATED THAT IT STINKS TO
HIGH HEAVEN TODAY AND SO BAD THAT IT
COULD TAKE THE PAINT RIGHT OFF OF THE
BUILDING- KB
01-14-202608:45 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/14/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING!

AS OF 1/12/26, 1/13/26, 1/14/26
LOCATIONS- US 27 NORTH FROM HICORIA ROAD
TO WOMBLE ROAD,
HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD TO
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA
AND US HWY 27, HICORIA ROAD FROM EAST
GATE TO CUSA
TO INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD AND OLD
STATE ROAD 8
WIND- VARIABLE AND NW, N, NE, W, SW

THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A
FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR AND THEY ARE
NOT MAKING ANY PROGRESS TO REMOVE THE
ODOR.

I HAVE NOTIFIED DEP SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT
THE EXCESSIVE STAINING ON THE ROAD THAT
IS CAUSED
BY TRUCKS LEAVING THIS FACILITY. THEY
HAVE NOT REPLIED TO MY REQUEST TO HAVE
CUSA RESOLVE
THIS ISSUE. I DON'T EXPECT HIGHLANDS
COUNTY TO DO THIS AS IT HAS BEEN CAUSED
BY CUSA.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
01-13-202604:49 PMUPDATE/NOTES01/13/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS HORRIBLE TODAY (1/13).
MY GIRLS TRIED TO GO OUTSIDE NUMEROUS
TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH TIME
YELLED “IT SMELLS” AS SOON AS THEY
OPENED THE DOOR. ANOTHER DAY RUINED BY
THIS FACILITY.

FRUSTRATED,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE
01-12-202604:58 PMUPDATE/NOTES01/12/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
DAY, ERICA.
JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT THE SE BREEZE
BROUGHT THE STRONG ODOR OF COMPOST USA
TO PARK LAND DRIVE, TUESDAY JAN 13,
~530PM UNTIL AROUND 6PM.

HAD NOT HAD A WHIFF OF IT FOR A MONTH OR
2...UNTIL THE WIND CHANGED.
THANK YOU FOR LOGGING THIS INTO THE
DATABASE.

M FLEAGLE
01-12-202601:53 PMUPDATE/NOTES01/12/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING.
I AM A RESIDENT OF VENUS, IN HIGHLANDS
COUNTY. I AM AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
MULTIPLE SEWAGE SPILLS ON 27 IN
HIGHLANDS COUNTY. THREE HAVE BEEN AT THE
INTERSECTION OF 27 AND 731. IT WOULD
APPEAR THE TRUCKS BRINGING SEWAGE UP 27
FROM THE SOUTH ARE TURNING ONTO 731 AND
THEN TAKING OLD 8 TO DUMP THEIR SEWAGE
AT COMPSOT USA. THESE SEWAGE TRUCKS CAN
ACCESS COMPOST USA FROM 27 AND DO NOT
NEED TO TURN LEFT ONTO 731. THE SPILLS
ARE A NUISANCE AT THIS INTERSECTION.
I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHO DOES THE CLEAN UP
WHEN THESE SPILLS HAPPEN?
I HAVE ALSO ADDRESSED THE SAFETY ISSUES
OF THESE TRUCKS ON OLD 8 THROUGH EMAILS
AND DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF
COMISSIONERS AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. IS
THERE ANY ACTION ONE CAN TAKE TO
ELIMINATE THE TRAFFIC OF THESE SEWAGE
TRUCKS FROM TRAVELING ON OLD 8? IT IS
CLEARLY A FURTHER ROUTE FOR THEM TO
TRAVEL FROM 27 ONTO 731 THEN OLD 8 TO
HICORIA RD, WHEN THEY COULD GO STRAIGHT
UP 27 TO HICORIA RD. IF THIS PATTERN
WERE 27 TO HICORIA RD. THERE WOULD BE NO
SEWAGE SPILLS AT 27 AND 731.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU
UNDERSTAND MY CONCERNS. IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME
VIA EMAIL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A RESPONSE TO MY
QUESTIONS.
BEST REGARDS,
TRISH OLSON
01-11-202601:51 PMUPDATE/NOTES01/11/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 1/10/26 AND 1/11/2026
LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD AND THE
INTERSECTION OF OLD STATE ROAD 8
AND HICORIA ROAD NORTH TO 2107 OLD STATE
ROAD 8

WIND- VARIABLE AND NW, N, E, SE

THE HORRIBLE SMELL FROM THIS FACILITY IS
CONTINUING ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THEY ARE
DUMPING MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF THE
PERMITTED FACILITY IN LARGE PILES.
SOMETHING
MUST BE DONE TO STOP THIS SINCE THEY
HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE POTENTIAL
PROBLEMS
THEY ARE EXPOSING OUR RESIDENTS TO.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
01-10-202601:50 PMUPDATE/NOTES01/10/26 - EMAILED INI COMPLAINT- PLEASE
MAKE NOTE OF ANOTHER COMPLAINT AGAINST
COMPOSTUSA FOR TODAY, JANUARY 10TH. OUR
FAMILY WOKE TO A BEAUTIFUL JANUARY DAY
HOPING TO ENJOY SOME TIME TOGETHER
OUTDOORS GETTING SOME NEEDED CHORES
COMPLETED. WE WERE GREETED WITH THE
DISGUSTING STENCH OF SOURED TRASH AND
DEAD ANIMALS - NOT THE WAY ANYONE SHOULD
BEGIN THEIR MORNING, NOR HAVE TO ENDURE
SUCH NASTINESS WHILE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH OUTDOOR TASKS. ANOTHER DAY
TAINTED BY THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THIS
FACILITY WHO OPERATES WITH NO REGARD FOR
THE PROPERTIES, FAMILIES, AND
ENVIRONMENT AROUND THEM. COMPOSTUSA
CONTINUES TO PROVE THEMSELVES TO BE A
THOUGHTLESS, HARMFUL NEIGHBOR TO OUR
COMMUNITY.

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE
01-09-202601:48 PMUPDATE/NOTES01/09/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS AGAIN TODAY, JANUARY
9TH. MY KIDDOS WERE AGAIN WANTING TO
PLAY OUTSIDE AND IMMEDIATELY COMPLAINED
OF THE HORRENDOUS SMELL. THEY PUSHED
THROUGH BUT SAID IT SMELT LIKE A DEAD
ANIMAL AND EVENTUALLY GAVE UP AND WENT
INDOORS. THE WRETCHED ODORS PRODUCED BY
THIS FACILITY ARE ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING
AND NO SURPRISE BEING THEY ARE
PROCESSING HUMAN FECES. WHY SHOULD OUR
COMMUNITY SUFFER THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF
THE PROCESSING OF OTHER COMMUNITY’S
WASTE. OUR COUNTY MUST TAKE ACTION TO
SAFEGUARD OUR RESIDENTS AND IMPLEMENT
STRONGER PUNISHMENT FOR THE REPETITIVE,
HARMFUL ACTIONS OF COMPOSTUSA.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
01-09-202608:55 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/09/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 1/5/26, 1/6/26, 1/7/26, 1/8/26,
1/9/26
LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, HWY 27 FROM
HICORIA ROAD TO KELLEY ROAD,
OLD STATE ROAD 8 FROM INTERSECTION OF
HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE
ROAD 8 NORTH TO 2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8
WIND DIRECTIONS- NW, N, NE, E, ESE, SE,
SW, SSW, W

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS WEEK HAS BEEN
HORRIBLE. IT IS FOUL AND OFFENSIVE AND A
NUISANCE. CUSA IS IRRESPONSIBLE IN
THE WAY THEY OPERATE THIS FACILITY
WITHOUT REGARD FOR KEEPING HARMONY IN
OUR
COMMUNITY AS DESIGNATED IN THE SPECIAL
EXCEPTION GRANTED BY HIGHLANDS COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROGRESS THE
NEGOTIATIONS ARE ACCOMPLISHING BUT THE
ODOR CONTINUES
AND HICORIA ROAD IS STAINED FROM TRUCKS
LEAVING THE FACILITY. IT LOOKS LIKE A
ROAD IN A THIRD WORLD
COUNTRY.

PERHAPS, IF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE
NEGOTIATIONS WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN
HERE AND SMELL
WHAT WE HAVE TO SMELL, MAYBE THEY WOULD
WORK FASTER. AND INCLUDE KRIS CREEDEN,
BUT THEN HE
WOULD PROBABLY SAY "WE GOT A COUPLE OF
BAD LOADS" LAST WEEK THAT IS WHY IT
SMELLS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

01-08-202604:14 PMUPDATE/NOTES01/08/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA FOR TODAY (1/8) - WE
WERE GREETED BY THE STENCH OF THIS
FACILITY WHEN WE ARRIVED HOME. MY
CHILDREN WANTED TO PLAY OUTSIDE BUT WERE
UNABLE DUE TO THE NASTY ODORS PRODUCED
BY THIS OPERATION. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT
BE FORCED INDOORS AT THEIR OWN HOME. THE
REALITY OF THE HARMFUL IMPACTS THIS
FACILITY HAS ON OUR WAY OF LIFE AND WELL
BEING IS ENTIRELY UNACCEPTABLE.

A FRUSTRATED MOTHER AND LIFE LONG
RESIDENT OF HIGHLANDA COUNTY,
ASHLEY GREENE

SENT FROM MY IPHONE

01-07-202611:21 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/07/26 - JAMES FROM TONI CIRCLE DR,
CALLED IN AND LEFT A VM. HE SAYS IT
SMELLS LIKE A SEWER BY HIS HOUSE BECAUSE
OF THE COMPOST PLANT. ALSO THE COMPOST
TRUCKS ARE CAUSING TRAFFIC CONERNS. -
ELW
01-07-202608:36 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/07/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!  IT SMELLS AGAIN OUT HERE THIS
MORNING 1-7-2026.
01-05-202608:30 AMUPDATE/NOTES01/05/26 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA. THIS EVENING OUR
FAMILY WAS OUTSIDE PLAYING BASKETBALL AS
A FAMILY (TRYING TO ENJOY MY DAUGHTERS
CHRISTMAS PRESENT - A BASKETBALL HOOP)
WHEN THE WIND SHIFTED, BLOWING THE
HORRENDOUS STENCH OF THIS OPERATION IN
OUR DIRECTION. THE SMELL WAS SO AWFUL,
WE WERE FORCED INDOORS. I WILL AGAIN ASK
OUR LEADERS WHEN OUR SUFFERING WILL
FINALLY BE ENOUGH. THE RESIDENTS OF OUR
COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE
OUTDOOR USE OF OUR HOMES, PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY OUTSIDE, AND THE SIMPLE
ENJOYMENT OF BEING TOGETHER OUTDOORS.
THE WAYS THIS FACILITY IS ALLOWED TO
FUNCTION AND IMPEDE OUR RESIDENTS FROM
BEING OUTDOORS IS REPREHENSIBLE. OUR
COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER - SOMETHING
MUST BE DONE!

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
12-31-202504:29 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/31/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
12/29/25, 12/30/2025 AND 12/31/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE FROM NW, N, NE
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS
CONTINUES TO BE A NUISANCE.
SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON- KB

12-30-202511:26 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/30/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!  I HOPE THE HOLIDAYS ARE
TREATING YOU WELL.  I WANTED TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO SMELL AN ODOR ON
27 EARLY IN THE MORNING AROUND 7:35 ON
DECEMBER 4TH AND THEN AGAIN THAT EVENING
AROUND 7:30 PM.  I AM SORRY I AM JUST
GETTING AROUND TO LETTING YOU KNOW
THIS.  I WAS REMINDED AGAIN THIS MORNING
I SMELLED IT AGAIN AROUND 7:30 AM ON HWY
27 (12/30/2025) THANKS!
12-28-202501:57 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/28/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 12/23/25, 12/24/25, 12/25/25
,12/26/25, 12/27/25, 12/28/25

LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, OLD STATE ROAD
8 FROM INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD
AND OLD STATE ROAD 8 NORTH TO 2107 OLD
STATE ROAD 8

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NW, N, NE, ENE,
E, SE

THE HORRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY IS CONTINUING AND IS
OBJECTIONABLE AND
A NUISANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY
ON THE MORNING OF 12/28/25 WHEN WE HAD
A VERY HEAVY FOG COVERING OUR AREA AND
THE SMELL WAS TRAPPED UNDER THAT LAYER
OF
FOG AND THE FOUL ODOR MADE IT DIFFICULT
TO EVEN GO OUTSIDE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-23-202504:34 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/23/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A STRONG ODOR
COMING FROM COMPOST USA. THE ODOR
IS STRONG DRIVING DOWN US HWY 27. IT IS
RANCID.

I WORK AT OLE SOUTH AUTO SALVAGE AND THE
SMELL IS OFTEN OVERPOWERING.
WE HAVE CO WORKERS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT
HEADACHES AND GETTING SICK TO
THEIR STOMACHS FROM THE SMELL.

HAVE YOU BEEN ON SITE? DRIVEN UP TO THE
PLANT? SEEN THE LOOSE MATERIALS
ON THE ROAD. YES I HAVE SEEN THEIR ROAD
SWEEPERS, BUT IF THEY WEREN'T
GETTING DEBRIS FROM THE PLANT ON THE
ROADS, WOULD THEY NEED TO DO THAT
MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY??

PLEASE MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY.

SINCERELY

CYNDI THOMPSON

12-23-202501:52 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/23/25 - CALLED IN COMPLAINT FROM
DONNA THOMPSON SMELLED ODOR 2 AND A HALF
MILES FROM COMPOST PLANT.
12-22-202504:32 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/22/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - THERE
WAS A STRONG SMELL FROM THE COMPOST. AND
IS MORE TODAY.
I CAN'T BE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE BAD
SMELL. PLEASE, TAKE ACTION ON THE
MATTER.
IT'S EMBARRASSING WHEN GUESTS COME OVER,
AND THE SMELL OF THE COMPOST IS TOO
STRONG TO BE OUTSIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS
AT LILLIAN PEREZ
1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS, FLORIDA
12-22-202504:27 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/22/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

AS OF 12/18, 12/19, 12/20, 12/21 AND
12/22

LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE
ROAD 8
WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NW, N, NE, ENE,
E

THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY CONTINUES. THEY HAVE INCREASED
THEIR ACTIVITY WHICH CAUSES MORE FOUL
ODORS FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE OR TRAVEL
NEAR
THIS FACILITY.

I HAVE AGAIN BROUGHT THE ISSUE OF
EXCESSIVE STAINING ON HICORIA ROAD TO
DEP WHO
DIRECTED ME TO HC CODE ENFORCEMENT WHO
DIRECTED ME TO HC ROAD AND BRIDGE.
NEITHER
OF WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO HANDLE THIS
ISSUE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THEY
SHOULDN'T
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MESS CLEARLY
CREATED BY THIS DUMP.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-22-202512:07 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/22/25 NORMA REYNOLDS FROM 1837 SR 8
CALLED IN AND WANTED NOTATED THAT TODAY
THE COMPOST PLANT STINKS VERY BADLY- KB
12-19-202509:35 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-I WENT
TO TOWN ON 12/19. THE PLANT SMELLED
PRETTY BAD ON MY WAY OUT ABOUT 10 AM,
BUT IT WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE TRIP
BACK, ABOUT 2:30 PM. HORRIBLE ODOR
STARTING WAY OUT ON US 27, AND
CONTINUING ALL THE WAY DOWN HICORIA RD.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
12-17-202509:32 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/17/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 12/17/2025

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND OLD SR 8
WIND- VARIABLE, FROM NW, NE, E

THE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
TODAY WAS THE WORST IT HAS BEEN
IN THE LAST 2-3 WEEKS. THE ODOR WAS FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE AND DISGUSTING.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2/4/2026 TO
GET SOME RELIEF FROM THIS
ONGOING DISRESPECTFUL OPERATION? THEY
ARE MAKING THE ODOR WORSE, NOT BETTER.

SINCERELY,

W.KERRY THOMPSON

12-16-202510:36 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/16/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE N, NE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS MORNING
IS OFFENSIVE, OBJECTIONABLE AND A
NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-16-202508:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/16/25 - NORMA FROM 1837 OLD ST R8
CALLED IN AND LEFT A VM. SHE SAID THE
SMELL COMING FROM COMPOST USA SMELLS
TERRIBLE TODAY. - ELW
12-15-202508:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/15/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
12/15/2025

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- 10-15 MPH, FROM THE N, NW

THIS MORNING THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY IS
A NUISANCE AND THE SMELL PUNGENT.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-14-202501:59 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/14/25 WEBSITE COMPLAINT - "HORRIBLE
SMELL/ODOR ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, NOT
SO MUCH DURING THE WEEK."

SYLVIE DUPUIS, 22 TONI CIRCLE
12-14-202510:16 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/14/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - I WENT
TO TOWN TODAY, AND THE PLANT SMELLED BAD
ON MY WAY OUT ABOUT 3:30 PM, BUT IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE ON THE WAY BACK
ABOUT 8:15 PM, ALL THE WAY DOWN HICORIA
RD.

THE 'TRACK OUT' ON THE ROAD IS MUCH
WORSE THAN IT HAS BEEN AS WELL. DARK,
DARK BROWN.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
12-14-202508:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/14/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINANT -
GOOOD AFTERNOON,

COMPOST USA HAS SMELLED HORRENDOUS THE
LAST FEW DAYS (12/11, 12/12, AND 12/13).
THE ODORS EMITTING FROM THIS FACILITY
ARE JUST GROSS AND LIMIT THE USE AND
ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTY, IN A SEASON
WHERE IT IS MOST ENJOYABLE, WEATHER WISE
TO BE OUTSIDE. COMPOST USA HAS PROVEN
THEY ARE UNABLE AND UNWILLING TO
DISCONTINUE THEIR CONTINUAL TORMENT OF
OUR COMMUNITY WITH THESE RANCID ODORS.
WHEN WILL WE BE FREED FROM BEING
SUBJECTED TO THIS HURTFUL DISREGARD FOR
OUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING?

WEARY AND FRUSTRATED,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE
12-13-202508:04 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/13/25 - EMAILED COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 12/13/25, 12/14/25

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD, WOMBLE ROAD, OLD
STATE ROAD 8
WIND- VARIABLE 10-15 MPH, N, NW, SW, E

THE FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
IS CONTINUING. IT IS A NUISANCE. I
HOPE THAT CE IS CONTINUING TO PERFORM
INSPECTIONS.
12-12-202509:52 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/12/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
12/12/25
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND EAST TO HWY
27
WIND-VARIABLE 5-10 MPH, FROM NNW, N, NE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS STRONG AND IT SMELLED
LIKE
A SEWER PIT.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-11-202509:53 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/11/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - I WENT
TO TOWN YESTERDAY, 12/11, AND THE SMELL
PASSING BY THE PLANT ABOUT 2 PM WAS VERY
BAD. BUT IT WAS EVEN WORSE COMING BACK
ABOUT 6:30 PM, WHEN DRIVING BY ON US 27,
ONTO HICORIA RD TO OLD SR 8.
THE ROAD IS ALSO VERY DIRTY/STAINED FROM
THE TRUCKS, WHICH COULD PRESENT A HAZARD
FROM SLICKNESS/LACK OF GRIP.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
12-11-202509:51 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/11/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 12/11/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD TO
HWY 27
WIND- 10-15 MPH, VARIABLE FROM NNW, N,
NNE

THE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
TODAY WAS FOUL AND OFFENSIVE AND
A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

12-10-202510:37 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/10/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING 12/10/25
THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL FROM THE
COMPOST. AND IS MORE TODAY.
I CAN'T BE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE BAD
SMELL. PLEASE, TAKE ACTION ON THE
MATTER.
IT'S EMBARRASSING WHEN GUESTS COME OVER,
AND THE SMELL OF THE COMPOST IS TOO
STRONG TO BE OUTSIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS
AT LILLIAN PEREZ
1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS FL
12-10-202510:36 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/10/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION- FROM PAUL ROAD AND EAST ON
HICORIA ROAD TO HWY 27
WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE, FROM THE NW
AND N

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS PLACE THIS MORNING WAS TERRIBLE,
AND IS A NUISANCE. IT SMELLS LIKE A
SEWER PIT.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-09-202510:35 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
12/9/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL RD TO
THE INTERSECTION OF
HICORIA ROAD AND HWY 27
WIND- 10-15 MPH, VARIABLE AND FROM NW,
N, NE

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE THIS
AFTERNOON TRAVELING EAST ON HICORIA ROAD
THE SMELL FROM THIS PLACE WAS TERRIBLE
AND SMELLED LIKE A SEWER PIT.

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR IS
OFFENSIVE, OBJECTIONABLE AND A
NUISANCE.THE SPREADING OF
THE MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY
HASN'T HELPED AND ONLY MADE IT WORSE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-09-202508:39 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION- FROM PAUL ROAD EAST ON HICORIA
ROAD TO HWY 27
WIND- VARIABLE 10-15 MPH FROM NW, N, NE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS AGAIN ATROCIOUS.
IT SMELLS LIKE A SEWER PIT AND IT IS
OBJECTIONABLE AND A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON


12-08-202502:36 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/08/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

THIS FIRST PICTURE IS OF WHAT THE PILES
OF MATERIAL MOVED OUT OF THIS FACILITY
LOOKED LIKE BEFORE CUSA BEGAN SPREADING
THE MATERIAL. THEY USED A BULLDOZER WITH
A BLADE TO SPREAD IT WHICH IS NOT BMP
FOR LAND APPLICATION OF THIS TYPE OF
MATERIAL. REMEMBER WHAT YOU SEE IN THESE
PICTURES ONLY REPRESENTS ABOUT 30% OF
WHAT HAS BEEN MOVED ONTO THIS PROPERTY
FROM THE CUSA FACILITY WHICH ADJOINS
THIS PARCEL APPROXIMATELY WHERE THOSE
POWER POLES ARE LOCATED. THE MAJORITY OF
THE MATERIAL IS LOCATED AT THE NORTH END
OF THIS PROPERTY WHICH YOU CAN’T SEE
FROM THIS PICTURE.
THE SECOND PICTURE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
AFTER THEY HAVE SPREAD THE MATERIAL
KEEPING IN MIND
THIS ONLY REPRESENTS ABOUT 30% OF THE
MATERIAL
THEY HAVE MOVED OVER FROM THE FACILITY.
I HAVE MADE REPRESENTATIVES OF DEP AWARE
OF THIS ACTIVITY AND THEY SAID THEY
WOULD CHECK INTO IT AND GET BACK WITH
ME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EACH OF YOUR
ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AND PLEASE
CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF
ME.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON





12-08-202508:39 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/08/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - 
GOOD MORNING!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND FROM N, NW
HEAVY FOG WHICH TRAPS THE FOUL ODOR AS
WELL

THE FACILITY SMELLS LIKE A SEWER PIT
THIS MORNING, IT IS TERRIBLE, SICKENING
AND A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

12-05-202501:02 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/05/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD, US HWY 27N,
WOMBLE ROAD

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM S, SW

THE HORRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY COULD BE DETECTED AT THESE
LOCATIONS THIS MORNING.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
SENT FROM MY IPHONE
12-04-202501:00 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/04/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD TO
HWY 27
WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE N, NE

THE SMELL FROM CUSA THIS MORNING WAS
OBJECTIONABLE, OFFENSIVE AND
A NUISANCE. A LOT MORE INCOMING TRUCKS
THE LAST FEW DAYS
SEVERAL INDICATED MUNICIPAL RESIDUAL
WASTE (A/K/A SEWAGE SLUDGE)
ON THE TRAILER.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-04-202511:24 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/4/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT
THIS EMAIL WILL SERVE AS A FORMAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST COMPOSTUSA. THIS
FACILITY SMELLS HORRENDOUS TODAY - LIKE
GARBAGE AND FECES. NO ONE SHOULD BE
FORCED TO SMELL SUCH PUTRID ODORS!

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FLORIDA

12-03-202504:47 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/03/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD TO INTERSECTION
WITH HWY 27
WIND- VARIABLE N, NW

ON MY WAY THIS AFTERNOON TO THE VENUS
POST OFFICE BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD
THE HORRENDOUS SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS VERY BAD. IT WAS
OBJECTIONABLE,
OFFENSIVE TO THE SENSES AND A NUISANCE.

I GUESS MOVING ALL THAT MATERIAL ONTO
THE ADJOINING PROPERTY MADE ROOM TO
BRING IN MORE SEWAGE SLUDGE FROM MIAMI
DADE COUNTY. GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
BUT BAD SMELL FOR US.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-03-202512:11 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/03/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION - HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD
EAST TO HWY 27
WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE, AND FROM THE
NW

THE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY THIS
MORNING WAS EXTREMELY STRONG,
OBJECTIONABLE, OFFENSIVE AND A NUISANCE.

THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE MATERIAL OUT
OF THE FACILITY ONTO THEIR
ADJOINING PROPERTY TO THE WEST. ALL OF
THIS ACTIVITY IS CONTRIBUTING TO
THE SPREADING OF THE SMELL OVER A LARGER
AREA.

SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM CODE
ENFORCEMENT NEED TO GO DOWN AND
LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY TO GET A
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. IF THEY
DO
TRY AND SPREAD IT AT LEAST YOU WILL HAVE
AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH MATERIAL WAS
THERE TO BEGIN WITH. MY "ESTIMATE" IS
ONE SINGLE LINE OF THIS MATERIAL WOULD
REACH FOR A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 4,500
YARDS IN LENGTH.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
12-02-202504:29 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/2/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT GOOD
MORNING!LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND 1925
OLD STATE ROAD 8 WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM
ENE AND E THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS MORNING WAS VERY BAD
AND A NUISANCE.
SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON

- KB

12-02-202512:20 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/2 CASE HAS BEEN MOVED TO FEBRUARY
4TH, 2026 PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS MATTER HAVING COME BEFORE THE
HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT
MAGISTRATE ON RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO
CONTINUE HEARING, MOTION TO STAY
PROCEEDINGS AND MOTION TO REQUIRE
DISCOVERY, THE PARTIES HAVING STIPULATED
TO THE MATTERS CONTAINED THEREIN AND THE
MAGISTRATE HAVING BEEN DULY ADVISED IN
THE PREMISES, ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

1. THE MATTER WILL ONLY BE STAYED TO THE
EXTENT THAT ENFORCEMENT OF ANY FINES OR
PENALTIES IMPOSED SHALL NOT BE RECORDED
AGAINST THE PROPERTY WHICH IS THE
SUBJECT OF THIS CAUSE OR RESPONDENT
UNTIL THE PENDING APPEAL FILED IN THE
TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT ON JULY 3,
2025, HAS BEEN FINALIZED.

2. THE COMPLIANCE HEARING SET FOR
DECEMBER 3, 2025, IN THE ABOVE
REFERENCED MATTER IS HEREBY CONTINUED TO
FEBRUARY 4, 2026.

3. THE MOTION TO REQUIRE DISCOVERY IS
HELD IN ABEYANCE FOR THE PARTIES TO
ATTEMPT TO AMICABLY RESOLVE THE SAME. IN
THE EVENT, THEY ARE ABLE UNABLE TO AGREE
RELATED TO THE SAME, THE UNDERSIGNED
MAGISTRATE WILL SET A HEARING
ACCORDINGLY.

12-01-202510:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/01/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 12/1/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE
ROAD 8
WIND- VARIABLE N, ENE, NE

THE ATROCIOUS SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS MORNING WAS SICKENING. IT
WAS OBJECTIONABLE AND A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

11-29-202502:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES11/29/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
11/29/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND FROM
INTERSECTION OF
HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE ROAD 8 NORTH
TO 2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8
WIND- VARIABLE ENE, E, ESE

THE OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS MORNING WAS OBJECTIONABLE
AND A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
11-28-202502:40 PMUPDATE/NOTES11/28/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/28/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE N, NW, NE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY TODAY WAS OBJECTIONABLE
AND
A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W.KERRY THOMPSON
11-27-202502:39 PMUPDATE/NOTES11/27/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 11/27/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE
ROAD 8
WIND- VARIABLE N, NE, SE

THE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
CONTINUES TO BE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

11-26-202512:06 PMUPDATE/NOTES11/26/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT AS OF
11/26/2025 LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND
OLD STATE ROAD FROM THE INTERSECTION
OF HICORIA ROAD AND NORTH ON OLD STATE
ROAD 8 TO 1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8.
WIND- VARIABLE- AND FROM E, ENE, ESE
THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY THIS
MORNING WAS ATROCIOUS, FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE,OBJECTIONABLE AND A NUISANCE.
SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON

11-26-202510:18 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/26/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING, BOARD. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY,
11/26/2025.
TODAY AT 8:56 AM,
THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL FROM THE
COMPOST.
I CAN'T BE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE BAD
SMELL. PLEASE, TAKE ACTION ON THE
MATTER.
IT'S EMBARRASSING WHEN GUESTS COME OVER,
AND THE SMELL OF THE COMPOST IS TOO
STRONG TO BE OUTSIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING
AT LILLIAN PEREZ
1834 1834NOLD STATE RD 8 VENUS FL

11-25-202512:05 PMUPDATE/NOTES11/25/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING! AS OF 11/25/2025
( I DIDN'T SEE MY PHONE CALL FROM
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON)LOCATION- HICORIA
ROAD AND OLD STATE ROAD 8 FROM THE
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD NORTH ON
OLD STATE ROAD 8 TO 1981 OLD STATE ROAD
8.
WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM E, ESE
A VERY FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY TODAY WAS DISGUSTING!

11-25-202511:28 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/25/25 - JAMES REGAN FROM 42 TONI
CIRCLE LEFT A VM SAYING HE WANTED TO
OPEN THE WINDOWS AND ENJOY THE COOLER
WEATHER LAST NIGHT. BUT HE COULD NOT
BECAUSE THE COMPOST PLANT MAKES THE AIR
SMELL TERRIBLE. -ELW
11-25-202511:27 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/25/25 - EMAILEDIN COMPLAINT -
TRAVELING SOUTH ON OLD STATE ROAD 8 IN
VENUS THIS MORNING (11/25) AT 8:08,
APPROACHING HICORIA ROAD WAS A VERY FOUL
ODOR THAT COULD BE SMELLED THROUGH
VEHICLE. WITH WINDOWS UP AND CABIN AIR
ON.

TALIA QUIGG
11-24-202510:36 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/24/25 KERRY THOMPSON CALLED IN AND
REITERATED THAT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO
MOVE MATERIAL OUT OF THE FACILITY ONTO
THE ADJOINING PROPERTY, THAT IS WEST OF
THE EXISTING FACILITY, WHICH THEY
PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR AND
THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A SPECIAL
EXCEPTION FOR THE PROPERTY THEY ARE
MOVING THE MATERIAL ONTO. CEO ADVISED HE
COULDN’T PROVE IF THEY WERE “STORING”
THE COMPOST OR USING IT TO SPREAD ON
THEIR OWN PROPERTY.- KB

11-24-202510:04 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/24/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 11/24/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE N, NE

ON MY WAY TO LAKE PLACID THIS AFTERNOON
ABOUT 1PM I DROVE EAST ON HICORIA ROAD
PAST THIS FACILITY AND
THE SMELL WAS TERRIBLE AND CONTINUES TO
BE A NUISANCE.

WHEN I RETURNED FROM LAKE PLACID AROUND
2:15PM I DROVE WEST ON HICORIA ROAD AND
THE ODOR FROM CUSA WAS AGAIN SICKENING
AND A NUISANCE.

THEY ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE MATERIAL OUT
OF THE FACILITY ONTO THE ADJOINING
PROPERTY, THAT IS WEST OF THE EXISTING
FACILITY, WHICH THEY PURCHASED IN AUGUST
OF THIS YEAR. THEY DO NOT HAVE A SPECIAL
EXCEPTION FOR THE PROPERTY
THEY ARE MOVING THE MATERIAL ONTO. THEY
ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME BECAUSE THEY
NEED MORE ROOM IN THE MAIN PLANT
TO TAKE IN THE MIAMI-DADE SEWAGE SLUDGE
UNDER THEIR $64,000,000.00 CONTRACT THEY
HAVE WITH MIAMI-DADE.
THE DEMAND FOR THEIR PRODUCT HAS
DECLINED DRAMATICALLY SUCH THAT THEY
HAVE TO GIVE IT AWAY AND THAT HASN'T
WORKED
OUT VERY WELL EITHER.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
11-24-202510:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/24/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE N, NE

THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY THIS
MORNING WAS FOUL AND OFFENSIVE AND
CONTINUES TO BE A NUISANCE.

WISHING YOU AND YOURS A BLESSED AND
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

11-22-202510:04 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/22/25 - OVER THE WEEKEND JAMES FROM
42 TONI CIRCLE, VENUS LEFT VM FOR OUR
STAFF. HE SAYS THE SMELL COMING FROM THE
COMPOST PLANT SMELLS TERRIBLE, CAUSING
THE AIR BY HIS PROPERTY TO SMELL LIKE
HUMAN WASTE. -ELW
11-20-202510:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/20/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - 1834
OLD STATE RD, 8 VENUS, FL, 33960 LILLIAN
PEREZ
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
HELLO, GOOD EVENING. I NEED TO TELL YOU
AT 8:07 PM,
THE COMPOST SMELL IS SO STRONG TONIGHT,
WE CAN'T GO OUTSIDE.
WE NEED SOMEONE FROM THE CITY TO COME AT
NIGHT, RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T ENJOY THE
OUTDOORS BECAUSE OF THE STRONG SMELL..
THANK YOU..
11-19-202501:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES11/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - I WENT
TO THE PO AND TOWN ON WED. 11/19. THE
SMELL FROM THE PLANT WAS BAD WHEN I WENT
BY ABOUT 11 AM, BUT IT DIDN'T COMPARE TO
THE STENCH EMINATING FROM THERE UPON MY
RETURN ABOUT 1:30 PM. AWFUL!!

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
11-19-202508:51 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING MS. WEEKES,


WE HOPE THAT THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU DOING
WELL. WE HATE TO KEEP REPEATING
OURSELVES HOWEVER, LAST FRIDAY, WE DROVE
TO OUR PROPERTY AND WE CAME IN FROM US
27 AND HEADED WEST ON HICORIA ROAD. THE
MINUTE WE PASSED THE PLANT WE HAD TO
ROLL OUR WINDOWS UP DUE TO THE STRONG
STENCH COMING FROM THE COMPOST USA
PLANT. WE FELT SO BAD FOR THE PERMANENT
RESIDENTS TO THE WEST. THE SOUTH LANE ON
HICORIA WAS A BIT DIRTIER THAN USUAL
FROM TRUCKS TRACKING IN AND OUT. WE
SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SOME PHOTOS. WE CAN
ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE WHEN
THE PLANT EXPANDS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE
COULD NOT DO ANY OUTDOOR WORK AT THE
PROPERTY UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY. PLEASE
ENTER THIS COMPLAINT INTO THE RECORDS
WHEN POSSIBLE.



THANK YOU,



JORGE CAYON

2122 OLD SR 8

VENUS, FLORIDA 33960


11-19-202508:28 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8, VENUS,
FLORIDA.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE, AND THE FOUL ODOR COMING FROM
THE FACILITY IS TERRIBLE..THE SMELL
STINKS AND IT CONTINUES ALL TIME AND
EVEN ACT NIGHT. PLEASE.. RIGHT NOW AT
6:00 PM, THE SMELL IS TOO STRONG FOR ME
TO ENJOY THE OUTSIDE
SINCERELY.
LILLIAN PEREZ.THANK U, I HOPE U GUYS DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
11-19-202508:14 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 11/19/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE FROM NW, N

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON WAS TERRIBLE.

** I NEED SOMEONE TO CONTACT ME ABOUT
THE COURT APPEARANCE SCHEDULED FOR
12/3/2025
REGARDING THIS CASE.**

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
11-17-202510:58 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/17/2025 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

AS OF 11/13/25 THRU 11/17/25
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE NW, N, NE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE A
NUISANCE.
THE TRUCK ACTIVITY TO AND FROM THIS
PLACE HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY THE
LAST
FEW DAYS AS WELL.

THE DRIVERS OF THESE TRUCKS THINK THEY
OWN THE ROAD AND REGULARLY DRIVE ABOVE
THE
POSTED SPEED LIMIT. AS I WAS HEADED TO
SEBRING THIS MORNING 11/17/25 BY WAY OF
HICORIA ROAD DRIVING EAST A TRUCK
LEAVING THE FACILITY PULLED OUT IN FRONT
OF ME AND
I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES TO AVOID
HITTING THE TRUCK. THE BACK OF THE
TRUCKS' TRAILER
INDICATED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AND THE
SMELL COMING FROM THE TRAILER WAS
SICKENING.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
11-11-202510:26 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/11/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/11/2025

WIND- VARIABLE N, NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON WAS SICKENING AND IS A
NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

11-10-202512:34 PMUPDATE/NOTES11/10/25 - EMAILED COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,

I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA. ON THE EVENING OF
11/7, THE FACILITY SMELLED NASTY. WE
WERE GREETED WITH THE STENCH WHEN WE
ARRIVED HOME AFTER BEING OUT. NOT HOW
ANYONE SHOULD BE WELCOMED, TO THEIR
HOME/RESIDENCE.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE
11-10-202510:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/10/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/10/2025

WIND- VARIABLE N, NW, NNW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY ALL
DAY TODAY WAS AWFUL. THE TRUCK TRAFFIC
COMING TO AND FROM
THIS FACILITY ON OLD STATE ROAD HAS
INCREASED BY 60%. I WITNESSED THREE
TRUCKS HEADED TO THIS FACILITY,
ONE AFTER ANOTHER TURNING LEFT FROM OLD
STATE ROAD 8 ONTO HICORIA ROAD AT THAT
DANGEROUS CURVE.
IS IT GOING TO TAKE A FATALITY BEFORE
SOMETHING IS DONE TO ADDRESS THIS? I
BELIEVE HIGHLANDS COUNTY WOULD BE
HELD LIABLE FOR THEIR FAILURE TO ADDRESS
THIS TRAFFIC SAFETY PROBLEM.
11-09-202510:24 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/9/2025

WIND- VARIABLE N, NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON THE
TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
WAS
OBJECTIONABLE
11-08-202510:24 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/08/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/8/2025

WIND- VARIABLE FROM N, NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE AWFUL SMELL COMING FROM THIS POORLY
MANAGED FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE A
NUISANCE.

11-07-202510:23 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/07/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/7/2025

WIND- VARIABLE N AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
CONTINUES TO BE OBJECTIONABLE AND A
NUISANCE.
11-06-202512:34 PMUPDATE/NOTES11/06/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -(KEEP
FORGETTING TO SEND THIS IN...)

I MADE 2 TRIPS TO THE VENUS PO IN A
WEEK, ONE ON TUES.10/21 AND THE OTHER ON
SAT.10/25. BOTH TIMES THE SMELL FROM THE
PLANT WAS AWFUL, FROM WHEN I TURNED ONTO
HICORIA RD. ALL THE WAY TO US 27.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT.
VENUS
11-06-202510:49 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/06/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS
11/6/2025

WIND- VARIABLE N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY THIS
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON ON
HICORIA ROAD WAS OFFENSIVE AND A
NUISANCE. IS ANYTHING BEING DONE TO
CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AS ORDERED BY THE
MAGISTRATE ON 6/4/2025.IS THIS FACILITY
ALSO INCURRING THE $100.00 DAILY FINE AS
ORDERED BY THE MAGISTRATE?

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
11-05-202510:48 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/05/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/5/2025

WIND- VARIABLE N, NE AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE AWFUL SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS TERRIBLE AS I DROVE TO
AND FROM THE VENUS POST OFFICE THIS
MORNING.

THIS AFTERNOON AS I RETURNED HOME FROM
PICKING UP MY GRANDDAUGHTER
FROM SCHOOL THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS SICKENING.
11-05-202508:08 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/05/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAIN COMPOSTUSA.

ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2ND, WE HAD OVER 30
PEOPLE AT OUR HOME TO CELEBRATE A
SPECIAL MOMENT FOR OUR FAMILY. TO OUR
DISMAY, THE WIND UNFORTUNATELY BLEW THE
NASTY STENCH OF COMPOSTUSA OUR WAY. WE
HAD MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS OVER FOR A
CELEBRATORY DINNER OUTDOORS AT OUR HOME,
AND THE ENTIRE WEEK I PRAYED AND HOPED
THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN. I CAN BE CERTAIN
IF ANY OF THE OWNERS OF THIS FACILITY
WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION, HAVING TO
WORRY WITH AND ENDURE THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES - IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO THEM. WHY
THEY FEEL OUR FAMILIES DESERVE LESS,
DISPLAYS THEIR LACK OF CONCERN AND
REGARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY!

TODAY NOVEMBER 5TH, THE WIND AGAIN BLEW
COMPOSTUSA’S NUISANCE ODORS IN THE
DIRECTION OF OUR HOME. THE STENCH WAS
PUTRID AND NASTY.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE
11-03-202509:00 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/03/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/3/2025

WIND- VARIABLE N AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

AS I DROVE TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE THIS
MORNING, BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD, THE
SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS OFFENSIVE AND CONTINUES TO
BE A NUISANCE TO THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN
THIS AREA. THE AWFUL
SMELL WAS DETECTED WHEN I EXITED MY
VEHICLE AT THE VENUS POST OFFICE.

WHEN I RETURNED FROM LAKE PLACID IN THE
AFTERNOON, BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD, THE
SMELL FROM THIS FACILITY
WAS OFFENSIVE AND CONTINUES TO BE A
NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

11-02-202508:59 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/02/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
11/2/2025

WIND- VARIABLE N AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE SMELL COMING FROM THIS FACILITY THIS
MORNING AS I DROVE PAST THIS FACILITY
WAS SICKENING.

WHEN I RETURNED FROM LAKE PLACID IN THE
AFTERNOON THE SMELL FROM THIS FACILITY
CONTINUES
TO BE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE.
11-01-202508:58 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/01/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
11/1/2025

WIND VARIABLE FROM THE NE AND N
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE, THIS
MORNING, BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD THE
SMELL
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS HORRIBLE.

WHEN I RETURNED FROM LAKE PLACID THIS
AFTERNOON, BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD, THE
FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS OFFENSIVE AND A NUISANCE.
10-31-202508:56 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/31/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/31/25

WIND- VARIABLE FROM N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS TERRIBLE BOTH
IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON.
10-29-202512:59 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/29/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
10/29/2025

WIND- VARIABLE FROM THE N AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE THIS
MORNING THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS A NUISANCE. AS I DROVE
EAST ON HICORIA ROAD THE FOUL ODOR WAS
DETECTED AS I APPROACHED
THE WEST GATE OF THIS FACILITY BECAME
VERY STRONG AS I DROVE EAST PAST THE
FACILITY ALL THE WAY TO
THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 27 AND HICORIA
ROAD. THE ODOR CONTINUED AS I DROVE
SOUTH ON HWY 27 AND
WAS ALSO DETECTED AS I EXITED MY TRUCK
TO GO INTO THE POST OFFICE. AS I
RETURNED HOME FROM THE VENUS
POST OFFICE THE SMELL CONTINUED IN
REVERSE ORDER AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
10-28-202504:11 PMREINSPECTION10/28 CEO DROVE DOWN KELLY RD AND COULD
SMELL OFFENSIVE ODOR THAT APPEARED TO BE
COMING FROM THE COMPOST FACILITY. WHEN
DRIVING DOWN HICCORA RD WHEN PASSING THE
FACILITY ALL THE WAY TO US 27 CEO COULD
SMELL A STRONG OFFENSIVE ODOR THAT
APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE COMPOST
FACILITY. 1HR DR
10-28-202512:51 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/28/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
10/28/2025

WIND- VARIABLE FROM THE N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

ON MY WAY HOME FROM LAKE PLACID THIS
AFTERNOON THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS A NUISANCE. THE
ODOR WAS DETECTED AS I DROVE WEST ON
HICORIA ROAD
AND CONTINUED ALL THE WAY TO THE
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD AND OLD
STATE ROAD 8
10-27-202511:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/27/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/27/2025

WIND- VARIABLE FROM N AND ENE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE
ROAD 8 AS I TURNED TO GO NORTH AND
CONTINUED UNTIL TONI LANE.

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS DETECTED THIS MORNING AS I
TRAVELED TO
AND FROM THE VENUS POST OFFICE. THE ODOR
WAS OBJECTIONABLE AND A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
10-26-202511:24 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/26/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/26/25

WIND- FROM THE N, ENE AND E
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD, OLD STATE ROAD
AND TONI LANE

ON MY WAY HOME THIS AFTERNOON THE FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS DETECTED AT THE ABOVE
MENTIONE LOCATIONS. THIS CONTINUES TO
BE A NUISANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
10-26-202509:37 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/26/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

I AM MAKING A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAIN
COMPOSTUSA. BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON,
THE WIND HAS BEEN BLOWING THE NASTY
STENCH OF THIS FACILITY OUR DIRECTION.
WHAT SHOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL FALL
AFTERNOON OUTDOORS HAS BEEN SOURED BY
THE STINKY SMELLS OF THIS OPERATION. MY
FAMILY AND I ARE FRUSTRATED AND OUR TIME
OUTSIDE RUINED BY THIS COMPANY WHO
CONTINUES TO OPERATE WITH NO REGARD OR
CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ACTIONS!

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE

10-25-202511:22 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/25/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/25/2025

WIND- FROM THE N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

ON MY WAY TO LAKE PLACID THIS MORNING
AND WHEN I RETURNED HOME ABOUT
1PM THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS OBJECTIONABLE
AND A NUISANCE.
10-24-202511:17 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/24/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/24/2025

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE
TRAVELING EAST ON HICORIA ROAD
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS A NUISANCE.
10-23-202508:29 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/22/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLIANT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 10/22/2025

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LOCATION- 1903, 1925,1929, 1981 OLD
STATE ROAD 8, VENUS

AS I GOT OUT EARLY, ABOUT SUNRISE, THERE
WAS A VERY HEAVY FOG THAT COVERED OUR
AREA. THE FOG TRAPPED THE FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR CREATED BY THIS FACILITY
AND I
DECIDED TO GO BACK INSIDE UNTIL THE FOG
LIFTED.

IN THE AFTERNOON, I PICKED UP MY
GRANDDAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL AND CAME HOME
BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD.
THE WIND WAS VARIABLE AND ALSO COMING
FROM THE NW. THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
WAS TERRIBLE AS I DROVE WEST ON HICORIA
ROAD AND THE FOUL ODOR CONTINUED UNTIL I
REACHED PAUL ROAD.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
10-23-202508:28 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/22/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD AFTERNOON,
HOW MUCH LONGER DOES VENUS HAVE TO LIVE
WITH THE AIR POLLUTION COMING FROM
COMPOSTUSA? I SMELL IT ALL THE TIME ON
OLD 8 WHILE PASSING HICORIA ROAD. IT WAS
TERRIBLE THIS MORNING, AND THE WIND WAS
BARELY BLOWING. IT MIXES WITH THE FOG
AND LINGERS IN THE AIR. IT WAS REALLY
BAD SUNDAY MORNING OCT. 19. I CAN’T
IMAGINE HOW MISERABLE DAILY LIFE IS FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK CLOSE TO
THIS FACILITY. IT BREAKS MY HEART TO
EVEN THINK OF THE CHILDREN WHO JUST WANT
TO PLAY OUTSIDE AND ARE CONSTANTLY
EXPOSED TO “WHO KNOWS WHAT” FROM CUSA.

THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH
THIS!
SINCERELY,
SUZANNE TATE
10-22-202512:54 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/22/25 JAMES FROM 42 TONY CIRCLE LEFT
A VM THAT SAID AT HIS PROPERTY THERES A
STONG TERRIBLE ODOR THAT SMELLS LIKE A
OUT HOUSE COMING FROM THE COMPOST PLANT
-ELW

10-22-202510:43 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/22/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
TRAVELING NORTH ON OLD STATE ROAD 8 THIS
MORNING AT 7:24AM, APPROACHING HICORIA
RD, THERE WAS A VERY FOUL AND STRONG
ODOR THAT COULD BE SMELLED THROUGH THE
VEHICLE WITH WINDOWS UP.

TALIA QUIGG
10-21-202502:37 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/21/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/21/2025

WIND- FROM THE EAST
LOCATION:1903, 1925,1929 OLD STATE ROAD
8

WHILE WORKING IN MY PASTURES THIS
MORNING THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY
WAS FOUL AND OFFENSIVE. WHEN I WAS
LOCKING THE GATE TO MY PASTURE NEXT TO
OLD STATE ROAD 8 TWO TRUCKS HEADED TO
THIS FACILITY PASSED BY AND THE ODOR
JUST ABOUT MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
10-20-202502:37 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/20/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

AS OF 10/20/2025

WIND- FROM THE NORTH
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

UPON RETURNING TO MY HOME FROM LAKE
PLACID THIS EVENING, BY WAY OF
HICORIA ROAD, THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS FOUL AND OFFENSIVE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

10-20-202510:22 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/20/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - JUST
WANTED TO REPORT THAT 3 DAYS LAST WEEK
THE ODOR AT COMPOST USA WAS TERRIBLE. I
WORK IN VENUS AT OLE SOUTH AUTO SALVAGE.
WE HAVE MEN THAT WORK OUTSIDE THAT ARE
COMPLAINING ALSO. I WISH THAT SOMEONE
WOULD DO AN INSPECTION IN THE MORNINGS
AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNINGS. IS THE
SITE GETTING INSPECTED AT ALL?
THANK YOU
CYNDI THOMPSON

10-20-202508:43 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/20/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- FROM THE NORTH
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY TODAY WAS A NUISANCE. WHAT IS
THE PLAN TO CAUSE THEM TO ADHERE TO THE
MAGISTRATES ORDER OF 6/4/2025?
IT WAS EXTREMELY STRONG WHEN I WENT BY
THE FACILITY ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS
POST OFFICE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
10-20-202508:18 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/20/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - CASE
CODE: CE25020283

I REPORTED AN ODOR FROM COMPOST USA
FACILITY ON HICORIA ROAD, VENUS, FL
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025. I
UNDERSTAND THAT SOME REPORTS DIDN'T GO
THROUGH, THAT IS WHY I AM SUBMITTING
AGAIN. I LIVE TWO MILES SOUTH OF
THE FACILITY.

THANK YOU,

DONNA THOMPSON

VENUS, FL
10-17-202509:09 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/17/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - 1834
OLD STATE RD 8 VENUS FL 33960
GOOD AFTERNOON.
TO WHOM MAY CONCERN.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE IS. THIS WEEK, THE FOUL ODOR
COMING FROM THE FACILITY IS TERRIBLE.
THE SMELLS STINK AND CONTINUE ALL THE
TIME, AND EVEN ACT AT NIGHT..
SINCERELY
LILLIAN PEREZ THANK U
10-16-202501:20 PMOFFICIAL FORMKB AFF OF POST PRINTED BY BSINGLEY
10-16-202510:54 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/15/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT AS OF
10/15/2025 WIND-FROM N AND NNE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD ON MY WAY, THIS
MORNING, TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE THE
FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS SICKENING AND A NUISANCE TO
OUR COMMUNITY.SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON
- KB

10-15-202510:53 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/15/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
10/14/2025

WIND- FROM N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE TERRIBLE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE
A NUISANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON


10-14-202511:14 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/14/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT ON 10/9/25
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8 VENUS FL
GOOD AFERNOON.
TO WHO MAY CONCERN.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE IS THIS WEEK THE FOUL ODOR COMING
FROM THE FACILITY IS TERRIBLE.
THE SMELLS STINK AND CONTINUES TO ALL
THE TIME AND EVEN ACT NIGHT..
SINCERELY
LILLIAN PEREZ

10-13-202509:21 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/13/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON MS. WEEKS



WE HOPE THAT THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU DOING
WELL. WE MEANT TO SEND THIS EMAIL A WEEK
GO HOWEVER WE HAVE BEEN BUSY. WE DROVE
BY COMPOST USA ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,
2025, AND FOR A SHORT WHILE WE THOUGHT
THAT THE PLANT GOTTEN THEIR ACT TOGETHER
AND THE FOUL SMELL WAS UNDER CONTROL. AS
SOON AS WE WENT PAST THE PLANT OFF
HICORIA ROAD AND THEN NORTH ON TO OLD SR
8, WE COULD SMELL THE FAMILIAR FOUL ODOR
AND IT WAS COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF
THE PLANT. IT WAS AWFUL. WE FELT SO BAD
FOR THE PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
PLEASE ENTER THIS COMPLAINT INTO THE
RECORDS AT YOUR EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.



THANK YOU,



JORGE CAYON

2121 OLD SR 8 VENUS, FL 33960

M: 786-559-1104

EMAIL: JCAYONSR@GMAIL.COM
10-13-202509:20 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/13/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/13/2025
WIND- FROM N AND NW
TIME: 12:30PM

THE TERRIBLE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS AFTERNOON WAS OFFENSIVE TO
THE SENSES. THIS COMPLAINT WAS CREATED
ON 2/28/2025 AND HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED
AFTER 8 MONTHS. IN FACT THE FOUL ODORS
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY HAVE BEEN
ONGOING FOR
OVER 2 YEARS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

10-13-202509:19 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/13/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/13/2025

WIND- FROM N AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
TIME- 7:10AM

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO
BE
A NUISANCE.

10-09-202504:11 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/8/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
10/8/2025

WIND- VARIABLE FROM THE N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
ON MY WAY HOME FROM PICKING MY
GRANDDAUGHTER (SHE IS 9 YEARS OLD) UP
FROM SCHOOL WE DROVE BY THIS FACILITY
AT ABOUT 2:25PM. THE SMELL COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE
AND ABOUT MADE US BOTH SICK TO OUR
STOMACHS. ARE ANY INSPECTIONS BEING DONE
BY CODE ENFORCEMENT OF THE FOUL ODOR
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY?
SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON
10/8/25 KB
10-09-202508:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
I WENT TO TOWN TODAY, AND WHEN I LEFT
ABOUT 2 PM, THE SMELL ON HICORIA WAS
BAD. BUT IT WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO MY
RETURN ABOUT 5:30 PM, WHEN THE SMELL
FROM THE TIME I TURNED OFF 27 ALL THE
WAY ONTO OLD SR 8, WAS ALMOST
GAG-INDUCING. ONE OF THE WORST DAYS SO
FAR.
I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE
NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO
DEAL WITH THIS 24/7, WITHOUT LOSING
THEIR MINDS.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
10-09-202508:24 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- THANK
YOU BEVERLY. CAN THE COUNTY MAKE HICORIA
A ONE WAY ROAD FOR COMPOST USA TRUCKS,
WHERE TRUCKS MUST TURN LEFT ON HICORIA
WHEN THEY EXIT? COMPOST USA TRUCKS ARE
TAKING SR8 TODAY AND ITS A PROBLEM IN
THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE A LEGAL TURN ONTO
SR8, NOT TO MENTION THE ROAD IS NOT
MAINTAINED. WHEN IT RAINS, "ROADWAY
UNDER WATER" SIGNS ARE POSTED, ROAD IS
NEVER FIXED. IF COMPOST USA IS GOING TO
USE THESE ROADS FOR AN ADDED 150 TRUCKS
WITH THIS EXPANSION, THEY SHOULD BE
PAYING TO UPGRADE THE ROADS THEM. THEY
JUST GOT A $64M CONTRACT TO TRUCK MIAMI
SEWER HERE THEY CAN GIVE SOME TO ADDRESS
THAT IMPACT.

YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IS
APPRECIATED. THANK YOU!

SINCERELY,
DIANNA FEO
10-08-202511:20 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/08/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- AS OF
10/8/2025

WIND- VARIABLE FROM THE N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE BY
WAY OF HICORIA ROAD THIS MORNING AT
7:10AM
THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

10-07-202501:04 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/06/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8 VENUS FL

GOOD MORNING.
TO WHO MAY CONCERN.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE IS THIS WEEK THE FOUL ODOR COMING
FROM THE FACILITY IS TERRIBLE.
THE SMELLS STINK AND CONTINUES TO ALL
THE TIME AND EVEN ACT NIGHT..
SINCERELY
LILLIAN PEREZ DE VAZQUEZ
10-07-202511:19 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/07/25 GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 10/7/2025
WIND- VARIABLE FROM THE N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE AWFUL SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS AFTERNOON IS
A NUISANCE AND CONTINUES TO BE SO.
10-06-202501:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/06/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/6/2025

WIND- VARIABLE FROM THE N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE AWFUL SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS TERRIBLE AND CONTINUES
TO BE A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
10-05-202501:00 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/05/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT
- GOOD MORNING!

AS OF 10/5/2025

WIND- VARIABLE FROM THE N AND NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS A NUISANCE THIS
MORNING.

10-03-202501:33 PMUPDATE/NOTES10/3/25 EMAIL COMPLAINT RECIEVED- I WENT
TO TOWN YESTERDAY (10/2), AND THE SMELL
FROM THE PLANT WAS HORRIBLE WHEN I WENT
BY ON HICORIA AT ABOUT 6PM, AS WELL AS
WHEN I RETURNED ABOUT 7:30 PM.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS

10-03-202510:33 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/3/2025 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-AS OF
10/3/2025
WIND- VARIABLE N, NE
LOCATION: HICORIA ROAD
TIME: 7:05AM

THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO BE A
NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
10-02-202510:32 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/2/2025 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
GOOD MORNING!

AS OF 10/2/2025
WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NW, N, NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
TIMES- 7:15AM, 12:20PM, 4:20PM

THE AWFUL SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY TODAY WAS A NUISANCE.
WHAT ARE WE WAITING ON AND WHAT ACTION
IS BEING TAKEN BY HIGHLANDS COUNTY
TO CORRECT THIS VIOLATION AS ORDERED BY
THE MAGISTRATE?

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
10-01-202510:46 AMUPDATE/NOTES10/01/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
10/1/2025

WIND- N AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

AS I DROVE EAST ON HICORIA ROAD AROUND
7:15AM THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR WAS
DETECTED
AT PAUL ROAD AND INTENSIFIED AS I
APPROACHED THIS FACILITY. THE SICKENING
AND HORRIBLE ODOR CONTINUED
AS I DROVE EAST AND PAST THIS FACILITY
AND WAS DETECTED ALL THE WAY TO THE
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD
AND US HWY 27.

THIS PROBLEM MUST BE RESOLVED AND WE
SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT ANY LONGER. WHY
WAS THE MAGISTRATE MEETING
EXTENDED UNTIL 12/3/25? THIS CASE WAS
INITIATED 2/28/25 THAT IS OVER 7 MONTHS
AGO, WITH NO RESOLUTION BUT
ONLY CONTINUED EXCUSES FROM COMPOSTUSA.

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM
COMPOSTUSA HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR OVER 2
YEARS!

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

10-01-202510:43 AMNOTICE OF HEARING10/01/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
AT ABOUT 6:40AM, TRAVELING NORTH ON 27
WITH WINDOWS UP THE FOUL STENCH COULD BE
SMELLED STARTING AT THE LEISURE LANE/27
SECTION. IT LINGERED PAST HICORIA RD.

TALIA QUIGG
09-30-202502:17 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/30/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - DEAR
CODE ENFORCEMENT,



I AM WRITING TO FILE A COMPLAINT
REGARDING COMPOST USA, LOCATED AT 80
HICORIA RD, VENUS, FL 33960. I LIVE AT
20 RUSSELL CT, IN VENUS, AND THE ODOR
FROM THIS FACILITY HAS BECOME
OVERWHELMING AND DISRUPTIVE TO DAILY
LIFE. ESPECIALLY TODAY WITH THE NORTH
WIND.



IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG AND PERSISTENT
SMELL, I RECENTLY REVIEWED A GIS MAP OF
THE AREA AND IT APPEARS THAT THE COMPOST
SITE MAY BE LEAKING BEYOND ITS
BOUNDARIES. THIS RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF OUR
LOCAL WATER SUPPLY. COULD YOU PLEASE
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHAT PRECAUTIONS,
MONITORING, OR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ARE
BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER
SOURCES IN VENUS ARE NOT BEING POLLUTED
BY THIS FACILITY?



THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
09-30-202510:45 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/30/25 - EMAILED IN COMPPLAINT - AS OF
9/30/2025

WIND- FROM N AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

UPON MY RETURN FROM LAKE PLACID IN THE
LATE AFTERNOON I TURNED ONTO
HICORIA ROAD AND THE OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY WAS TERRIBLE.
I DROVE WEST ON HICORIA ROAD AND THE
SMELL INTENSIFIED AS I APPROACHED
THE EAST GATE TO THIS FACILITY. THE FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE ODOR CONTINUED AS I
DROVE PAST THE WEST GATE AND IT LET UP
AS I REACHED PAUL ROAD.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

09-30-202510:41 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/30/25 NORMA REYNOLDS CALLED IN A
COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TERRIBLE SMELL
COMING FROM THE COMPOST PLANT. - ELW
09-30-202509:35 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/30/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
TRAVELING NORTH ON 27 @ 6:15AM ON 9/30,
APPROACHING HICORIA HAD A VERY STRONG,
FOUL ODOR THAT COULD BE SMELLED THROUGH
THE VEHICLE WITH WINDOWS UP. IT WAS ONE
OF THE WORST SMELLS THIS MORNING.

TALIA QUIGG

09-29-202504:43 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/29/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- FROM THE NORTH, AND NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

AS I TURNED OFF OF HWY 27 AND HEADED
WEST ON HICORIA ROAD THE FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS DETECTED
IMMEDIATELY AND CONTINUED AND
INTENSIFIED AS I APPROACHED THE
FACILITY. THE FOUL ODOR WAS SICKENING AS
I DROVE WEST ON HICORIA ROAD IMMEDIATELY
SOUTH OF THE FACILITY.
I WAS BEHIND A LARGE TRUCK THAT HAD A
SIGN ON THE TRAILER THAT INDICATED
MUNICIPAL RESIDUAL WASTE
AND THE SMELL COMING FROM THE TRAILER
WAS A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
09-29-202503:06 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/29/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - I WENT
TO TOWN YESTERDAY (9/29), AND THE SMELL
FROM THE PLANT WAS NOXIOUS ON HICORIA
RD. WHEN I LEFT ABOUT 10:30 AM, AND ALSO
UPON MY RETURN ABOUT 2 PM.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
09-29-202509:33 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/29/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GREETINGS BEVERLY! AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE
ARE DEALING WITH THE REALLY BAD ODORS
COMING FROM THE COMPOST USA PLANT ON
HICORIA ROAD IN VENUS. I KNOW THEY WERE
GIVEN TIME TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES SO I
HAVE NOT COMPLAINED, BUT OVER THE PAST
WEEK IT HAS GOTTEN REALLY BAD AGAIN. IT
SEEMS FOR US, WHEN THE WIND IS OUT OF
THE N OR NE, IT AFFECTS OUR QUALITY OF
LIFE, AND ABILITY TO SPEND TIME
OUTDOORS.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE STILL HAVING
PROBLEMS WITH OVERLOADED TRUCKS DUMPING
MATERIALS ALONG THE ROADWAY. WE ALSO
HAVE THEM OPERATING UNSAFELY MAKING A
RIGHT TURN ONTO SR 8 FROM HICORIA ROAD.
THEY SHOULD BE LIMITED TO USING US27 TO
ACCESS THE FACILITY.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SOLUTION IS TO END
THE OVERWHELMING STENCH, BUT I KNOW THEY
DID NOT FULLY DISCLOSE UP FRONT WHAT
THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO HERE. THEY
SHOULD BE LIMITED GOING FORWARD TO
PREVENT THIS FROM GETTING WORSE.

YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS IN THIS MATTER ARE
GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOU DO!

SINCERELY,
DIANNA FEO
863-444-8508
09-29-202509:21 AMUPDATE/NOTES9/29/25 - JACQUELINE WHO LIVES AT 528
MOSS RD VENUS FL, LEFT A VM OVER THE
WEEKEND TO SAY SHE DROVE PAST THE
COMPOST PLANT AT 80 HICORIA AND THE
SMELL WAS TERRIBLE. SHE COMPARED IT TO
USED LITTER BOXES. - ELW
09-27-202509:19 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/27/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 9/27/2025

WIND- FROM THE NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
TIME- 7:10AM

ON MY WAY TO LAKE PLACID THIS MORNING BY
WAY OF HICORIA ROAD THE TERRIBLE ODOR
COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS A NUISANCE,
AGAIN. THEY ALWAY HAVE PLENTY OF EXCUSES
AS TO HOW THEY
ARE TRYING TO FIX THIS NUISANCE BUT THE
PROBLEM CONTINUES. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WE
DEMAND ACTION
FROM HIGHLANDS COUNTY BECAUSE IT IS
CLEAR COMPOSTUSA IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND
NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO OPEN
FOR BUSINESS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
09-26-202505:06 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/26/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND - LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD, 1925, 1929,
1981, 2107 OLD SR 8
TIME- IN THE AM

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR SURROUNDED
US BEFORE THE WIND STARTED TO
BLOW IT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WHAT A
NUISANCE!

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
09-25-202509:36 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/25/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8 VENUS FL

GOOD MORNING.
TO WHO MAY CONCERN.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE IS THIS WEEK THE FOUL ODOR COMING
FROM THE FACILITY IS TERRIBLE.
THE SMELLS STINK AND CONTINUES TO ALL
THE TIME AND EVEN ACT NIGHT..
SINCERELY
LILLIAN PEREZ
09-25-202509:33 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/25/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE, HEAVY FOG
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
TIME- 7:10AM

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS HORRENDOUS.
AS I TURNED OFF OF US HWY 27 ONTO
HICORIA ROAD THE FOUL ODOR WAS DETECTED
AND BECAME STRONGER AND MORE OFFENSIVE
AS I DROVE WEST PAST THE FACILITY.
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR CONTINUED
ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSECTION OF
HICORIA
ROAD AND OLD SR 8.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

09-24-202509:32 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/24/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLED AWFUL ON THE EVENINGS
OF 9/23 AND 9/24 WHEN MY CHILDREN AND I
WERE TRYING TO ENJOY A LITTLE TIME
OUTDOORS.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING NOTE OF THIS
COMPLAINT.

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
09-22-202504:56 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/22/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- NNE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
TIME: 7:10AM

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE BY
WAY OF HICORIA ROAD I FIRST ENCOUNTERED
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY AT PAUL ROAD. THE ODOR
BECAME STRONGER AND MORE OFFENSIVE AS I
APPROACHED THE FACILITY.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
09-19-202508:55 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
9/19/2025

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM THE NNE
LOCATION: HICORIA ROAD
TIME: 7:25AM

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS AGAIN TERRIBLE.
THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE A
NUISANCE.

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM THE NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
TIME: 1:45PM

THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A
FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR. IT IS A
NUISANCE
AND FURTHER ACTION TO CORRECT IT MUST BE
IMPLEMENTED AS CUSA HAS IGNORED THE
ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATE MADE ON
6/4/2025.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

09-18-202503:47 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/18/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM NNE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
TIME: 7:15AM

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS MORNING WAS
ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.
IT CONTINUES TO BE A NUISANCE AND I
PLEAD WITH OUR COUNTY TO TAKE ACTION AND
NOT LET THIS
CONTINUE UNTIL 12/3/2025.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
09-17-202503:44 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/17/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- VARIABLE AND FROM ESE
LOCATION- TRAVELING EAST ON HICORIA ROAD

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS MORNING WAS DETECTED
AS I TURNED ONTO
HICORIA ROAD FROM OLD SR 8. THE
OFFENSIVE ODOR BECAME STRONGER AND MORE
OFFENSIVE
AS I APPROACHED THE MAIN GATE TO THIS
FACILITY AND THE ODOR CONTINUED UNTIL I
WAS ALMOST
TO THE EAST GATE TO THIS FACILITY.

I UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS
CASE HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL
12/3/25. THE MAGISTRATE COURT APPEARANCE
WAS
HELD 6/4/2025 AT WHICH TIME CUSA WAS
ISSUED A FINE AND GIVEN UNTIL 8/6/2025
TO CORRECT THE NUISANCE VIOLATION.
THE 8/6/25 COURT APPEARANCE WAS EXTENDED
TO 10/1/2025 AND RECENTLY HAS AGAIN BEEN
EXTENDED UNTIL 12/03/2025.
THIS CASE #CE25020283 BEGAN 2/28/2025
AND A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS ISSUED
3/2/2025 SETTING THE PUBLIC
HEARING WITH THE MAGISTRATE FOR
6/4/2025. THAT WILL RESULT IN THIS
FACILITY BEING IN VIOLATION OF THIS
NUISANCE ODOR FOR
(10) MONTHS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE
NUISANCE ODOR FROM 3/1/2024 THRU
7/30/2024 THAT INVOLVED THE FOOD TRASH
AND BUZZARD ISSUES WHICH TOOK (5) TO
RESOLVE. IN ADDITION, CUSA WAS IN
VIOLATION WITH DEP REGARDING TRACK-OUT
OF
SEWAGE SLUDGE ONTO HICORIA ROAD FROM
7/30/2024 UNTIL 4/15/2025 WHICH TOOK (9)
MONTHS TO RESOLVE.

SINCE 3/1/2024 THRU 9/17/25 CUSA HAS
BEEN IN VIOLATION/NON-COMPLIANCE WITH
EITHER DEP OR HIGHLANDS COUNTY
CODE ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS APPROXIMATELY
(18) MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS VIOLATIONS BY
THIS FACILITY OPERATING IN OUR COUNTY.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO EXPAND THIS
OPERATION BY 60% WITHIN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON


09-16-202503:11 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/16/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

9/16/2025
WIND- FROM THE NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE A
NUISANCE. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY HIGHLANDS COUNTY WILL NOT OPPOSE THE
60% EXPANSION OF THIS ONGOING PROBLEM
ESPECIALLY SINCE
CUSA HAS FAILED TO RESPECT THE
MAGISTRATES RULING ON 6/4/2025.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

09-15-202501:24 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/15/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
9/15/2025
WIND- FROM THE NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY THIS
MORNING WAS OBJECTIONABLE, OFFENSIVE TO
THE SENSES AND
A NUISANCE.

SINCERELY,

W.KERRY THOMPSON
09-14-202501:23 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/14/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -AS OF
9/14/2025
WIND- FROM THE NW
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY THIS
MORNING WAS TERRIBLE, IT SMELLED LIKE
ROTTING GARBAGE.
IT WAS A NUISANCE AND OFFENSIVE TO THE
SENSES.
W.K.THOMPSON
09-13-202501:22 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/13/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 9/13/25
WIND- FROM THE N
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY THIS
MORNING WAS FOUL AND OFFENSIVE TO THE
SENSES.
W.K.THOMPSON

09-13-202510:40 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/13/25 - NORMA REYNOLDS CALLED IN A
COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TERRIBLE SMELL
COMING IN FROM THE COMPOST PLANT. - ELW
09-12-202504:56 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/12/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

WIND- NE 10-15 MPH
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

TRAVELING EAST ON HICORIA ROAD THE FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY
WAS
DETECTED AT PAUL ROAD AND CONTINUED AND
INTENSIFIED AS I APPROACHED THIS
FACILITY.
AS I REACHED THE EAST GATE TO THE
PROPERTY THE ODOR BECAME LESS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
09-12-202512:52 PMUPDATE/NOTES9/12/25 PER LEGAL CASE IS TO BE MOVED TO
THE DECEMBER 3RD PUBLIC HEARING. DR
09-11-202504:23 PMUPDATE/NOTESAS OF 9/11/2025

WIND- FROM THE NORTH
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD IN FRONT OF THIS
FACILITY

THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS MORNING WAS AGAIN FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
09-10-202504:22 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/10/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 9/10/2025

WIND- FROM THE NE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD AND OLD STATE
ROAD 8

THE OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS MORNING IS FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE.

LATER IN THE DAY I WAS WORKING ALONG
STATE ROAD 8 AT MY PROPERTY LOCATED 1925
OLD STATE ROAD 8.
THE WIND WAS COMING FROM THE EAST AND
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR MADE IT VERY
DIFFICULT
FOR ME TO FINISH REPAIRING MY FENCE.
WHILE I WAS WORKING ALONG STATE ROAD 8
TWO TRUCKS WITH LETTERING INDICATING
MUNICIPAL WASTE ON THE
LARGE TRAILER PASSED BY AND THE TERRIBLE
SMELL WAS SICKENING. THEY TURNED EAST
FROM OLD STATE ROAD 8
ONTO HICORIA ROAD AND CONTINUED TO CUSA.

- W KERRY THOMPSON
09-09-202512:52 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING!

LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE, FROM THE NE

THE OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS MORNING WAS A NUISANCE.
ESPECIALLY FROM IN
FRONT OF THE FACILITY AND TRAVELING WEST
ON HICORIA ROAD TOWARDS OLD STATE ROAD
8.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

09-05-202502:27 PMUPDATE/NOTESCOMPOST USA PAID THEIR LIEN - POSTED IN
FINES IN COMPLIANCE TO STOP DAILY FINES.
09-05-202501:50 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/05/25 - PAYMENT FOR LIEN MAILED,
RECEIPT IN FILE, BSS
09-05-202501:37 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 09/05/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $930.61
09-03-202502:37 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/03/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 9/3/2025
LOCATION- 1981, 1929, 2107 OLD STATE
ROAD 8
VENUS, FL

WIND- FROM THE SE

THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS AFTERNOON WAS OFFENSIVE TO
THE SENSES AND A NUISANCE TO MY BEING
ABLE TO ENJOY SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE
AT MY HOME.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
09-03-202502:35 PMUPDATE/NOTES09/03/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS TERRIBLE THIS EVENING
- WAS OUTSIDE DOING A FEW CHORES AND IT
WAS AWFUL. WHEN THE WIND PUSHES THE
STENCH OUR DIRECTION, IT IS HORRENDOUS!
THIS OPERATION CONTINUES TO BE
DETRIMENTAL TO OUR WELL BEING BY
LIMITING THE USE OF OUR PROPERTY AND
FORCING US TO BE SUBJECTED TO STOMACH
CHURNING ODORS. IT IS TIME FOR
COMPOSTUSA TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THEIR CONTINUAL DISREGARD FOR OUR
COMMUNITY!

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE
09-03-202510:45 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/03/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
9/3/2025
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND- NE

THE FOUL ODER COMING FROM THIS FACILTIY
THIS MORNING WAS OFFENSIVE TO THE
SENSES AND A NUISANCE.
09-02-202510:44 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/02/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 9/2/25
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD
WIND: NW

THE TERRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY THIS MORING WAS A NUISANCE.

09-02-202510:17 AMUPDATE/NOTES09/02/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
AFTERNOON,

I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA FOR THE DATES OF 8/27
AND 8/28. ON BOTH OF THESE DATES, MY
FAMILY WAS OUTSIDE TRYING TO ENJOY SOME
TIME TOGETHER - WHEN WERE WERE FORCED TO
ENDURE THE HORRENDOUS ODORS PRODUCED BY
THIS FACILITY. ON THE DATE OF 8/28, WE
HAD FAMILY OVER, AND THEIR YOUNGEST
CHILD HELD HIS NOSE WITH HIS FINGERS
WHEN HE CAME OUTSIDE DUE TO THE STENCH.
WHEN THE ODOR HITS OUR HOME IT IS BOTH
CONSUMING AND REPULSIVE, CAUSING
EVERYONE IN IT'S PATH TO BE IMPACTED BY
IT'S WRATH. COMPOSTUSA IS HARMFUL AND
FRUSTRATING TO THE RESIDENTS OF
HIGHLANDS COUNTY.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FLORIDA
08-28-202501:39 PMUPDATE/NOTES08/28/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 8/27/2025

LOCATION: 1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE

I WALKED TO MY MAIL BOX LOCATED ON OLD
STATE ROAD 8 TO PICK UP MY MAIL
AND 2 TRUCKS HEADED TO CUSA WENT BY AND
THE SMELL FROM THOSE TRUCKS
WAS TERRIBLE, AGAIN!

LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE WIND WAS
COMING FROM THE SE THE SMELL COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS A NUISANCE TO ME.
WHEN IT GETS WET IT OFTEN SMELLS WORSE.

AS OF 8/28/2025

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND FROM THE NE

LOCATION:FROM THE INTERSECTION OF OLD 8
AND HICORIA ROAD THE SMELL FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS TERRIBLE AND AS I TRAVELED
EAST ON HICORIA ROAD THE TERRIBLE SMELL
INTENSIFIED AS I APPROACHED CUSA AND
CONTINUED UNTIL I WAS PAST THE FACILITY
APPROACHING HWY 27.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON.
08-27-202502:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES08/27/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
TRAVELING NORTH ON 27, 8/27/25 @6:40AM
APPROACHING HICORIA HAD A VERY STRONG,
FOUL ODOR. WINDOWS WERE UP IN VEHICLE.

TALIA QUIGG.
08-27-202502:00 PMUPDATE/NOTES08/27/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - I WENT
TO TOWN TODAY, AND THE PLANT SMELLED
GODAWFUL OUT ON US 27 WHEN I WEMT BY
ABOUT 1:30 PM, AND ALSO WHEN I RETURNED
ABOUT 6:30 PM.

WHAT A LOVELY IMPRESSION FOR DRIVERS
PASSING THRU OUR COUNTY! THE SMELL OF
SEWAGE!!

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
08-25-202504:33 PMUPDATE/NOTES08/25/25 - DONNA THOMPSON (863)465-5810,
CALLED IN TODAY AND SAID SHE WAS BEHIND
A TRUCK THAT WAS PULLING INTO 80 HICORIA
RD COMPOST PLANT, AND BOTH SMELLED
TERRIBLE -ELW
08-22-202504:32 PMUPDATE/NOTES08/22/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS TONIGHT. WAS OUT
TRYING TO TAKE AN EVENING WALK AFTER THE
RAIN, AND THE SMELL WAS ROTTEN AND
PUTRID. WHILE I DON’T DOUBT EFFORTS ARE
BEING MADE TO ‘MITIGATE’ THE SMELL,
THERE SEEMS TO BE NOTHING WHICH WILL
TRULY REMOVE OR ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN
THIS FACILITY PLACES UPON OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR WELLBEING IS CONTINUALLY COMPROMISED
DUE TO THE CONDITIONS WE ARE SUBJECTED
TOO AS A RESULT OF COMPOSTUSA. THE
RESIDENTS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY DESERVE
THE FREEDOM AND ABILITY TO WALK OUTDOORS
AND ENJOY THEIR PROPERTIES WITHOUT BEING
SUBJECTED TO SUCH RANCID ODORS. I ASK
OUR COUNTY LEADERS TO CONTINUE TO TAKE
OUR EXPERIENCES TO HEART AND FIGHT FOR
US.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
08-21-202511:29 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/21/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

AS OF 8/19/2025

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LOCATION- HICORIA ROAD

ON MY WAY TO SEBRING THIS MORNING BY WAY
OF HICORIA ROAD THE TERRIBLE SMELL
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY WAS
A NUISANCE AND OFFENSIVE TO THE SENSES.

AS OF 8/20/2025

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE, FROM THE N AND
NW

AT 6:15AM THIS MORNING TRAVELING TO LAKE
PLACID BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD THE SMELL
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY
WAS AGAIN TERRIBLE AND OFFENSIVE TO THE
SENSES.
AS I RETURNED HOME FROM LAKE PLACID
ABOUT 11:30AM I TURNED ONTO HICORIA ROAD
FROM HWY 27 AND THE TERRIBLE SMELL
HIT ME IMMEDIATELY AND CONTINUED AS I
TRAVELED WEST ON HICORIA ROAD AND
INTENSIFIED AS I PASSED BY CUSA ON
HICORIA ROAD.
THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO BE
UNACCEPTABLE AND MUST BE CORRECTED. A
DAY OR TWO OF LESS ODOR IS AGAIN
FOLLOWED BY
MORE OF THE SAME NUISANCE ODOR AND
OFFENSIVE TO THE SENSES.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

08-20-202510:10 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/20/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- 6:43AM
TRAVELING NORTH ON 27, THERE WAS A
PUNGENT ODOR APPROACHING AND PASSING
HICORIA. WINDOWS WERE UP AND AC
CIRCULATING AIR WAS ON.

TALIA QUIGG

08-19-202510:08 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/19/25-EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - WENT
INTO TOWN TODAY, 8/19. THE SMELL ON
HICORIA FROM THE PLANT AT 7:45 AM WAS
NOXIOUS, AND A BIT LESS SO, BUT STILL
BSD, ON MY RETURN ABOUT 1:30 PM.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
08-18-202509:19 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/18/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS AGAIN THIS EVENING
(8/18). MY FAMILY WAS OUTSIDE ENJOYING A
LITTLE FRESH AIR, AND OUT OF NOWHERE THE
NASTY STENCH OF COMPOSTUSA CAME OUR
DIRECTION. EVEN AFTER YEARS OF BEING
SUBJECTED TO THIS HORRENDOUS ODOR, MY
DAUGHTER GAGGED WHEN THE SMELL HIT US.
ANOTHER EVENING RUINED BY COMPOSTUSA.

REGARDS,
THE GREENE FAMILY
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

08-17-202508:05 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/17/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING,
I AM A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF VENUS IN
HIGHLANDS COUNTY.
ON FRIDAY AUGUST 15, BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM,
I WAS VISITING A NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES ON
OLD 8, NORTH OF HICORIA RD. I SAW TWO
LARGE SEWAGE WASTE TRUCKS TRAVELING
SOUTH ON OLD 8, AND TURN LEFT ON HICORIA
RD THEN, ENTER COMPOST USA.

MY COMPLAINTS ENTAIL:
1. THE SEWAGE WASTE TRUCKS USING OLD 8
TO GAIN ENTRY TO COMPOST USA, VIA
HICORIA RD. I BELIEVED THIS ISSUE WAS
ADDRESSED AND AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY
INDICATED, THE TRUCKS "SHOULD NOT" BE
TRAVELING ON OLD 8. THE INTERSECTION AT
OLD 8 AND HICORIA RD. HAS A DANGEROUS
BLIND SPOT FOR VEHICLES AND POSSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR AN ACCIDENT.

2. THE HORRIBLE SMELL EMITTED FROM
COMPOST USA. SHORTLY AFTER SEEING THE
TRUCKS ENTER COMPOST USA, I WAS
APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE AWAY ON OLD 8,
NORTH OF HICORIA ROAD AND THE SMELL WAS
EXTREMELY OVERWHELMING. I WAS PARKED,
SITTING IN MY TRUCK, WITH MY WIDOWS OPEN
AND HAD TO PINCH MY NOSE TO STOP THE
SMELL. I QUICKLY ROLLED UP MY WINDOWS
AND WENT HOME, A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE
HORRIBLE STENCH, BUT MY NEIGHBOR I WAS
VISITING, THAT IS HIS HOME, HIS LIFE, HE
HAS TO LIVE WITH THIS, DAILY. VERY SAD.

3. I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMPOST USA
HAS SUSPENDED "FULL" OPERATIONS,
TEMPORARILY, TO PASS SMELL TESTS. I
WOULD RECOMMEND THAT SMELL METER'S BE
INSTALLED, IN VARIOUS LOCATION, OVER A
PERIOD OF THREE YEARS BEFORE CONSIDERING
EXPANSION. IT APPEARS COMPOST USA ARE
TRYING SCAM THEIR WAY INTO EXPANSION.

I FIND IT VERY IRRESPONSIBLE OF
HIGHLANDS COUNTY TO ALLOW THIS BUSINESS
TO CONTINUE OR EXPAND WHEN RESIDENTS CAN
NOT EVEN ENJOY A, 1 HOUR, AFTERNOON
VISIT WITH FRIENDS, OUTSIDE IN THEIR
YARD, BECAUSE THE ROTTEN STENCH EMITTING
FROM COMPOST USA IS HORRIBLY
OVERWHELMING. I ALSO FEEL MULTITUDES OF
HUGE WASTE TRUCKS TRAVELING ON OLD 8
WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT AND DANGEROUS
RISKS FOR TRAFFIC TRAVELING ON OLD 8. IF
COMPOST USA IS PERMITTED TO EXPAND AT
FULL OPERATIONS HOW WILL THAT AFFECT
TRAFFIC AND SMELL? YOU WON'T KNOW
BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED BY THEM. I
BELEIVE THE OPERATION RECORDS SINCE
COMPOST USA OPENING ARE AVAILABLE.
QUESTIONING THE CURRENT REDUCTION IN
OPERATIONS IS A KEY COMPONENT TO THEM
TRYING TO EXPAND.
PLEASE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MY INPUT. I
LIKE MOST RESIDENTS OF VENUS ARE
ENTIRELY OPPOSED TO THE EXPANSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME.
PATRICIA OLSON
08-16-202509:42 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/15/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
LOCATION 1834 OLD STATE RD 8 VENUS FL

GOOD MORNING.
TO WHO MAY CONCERN.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE IS THIS WEEK THE FOUL ODOR COMING
FROM THE FACILITY IS TERRIBLE.
THE SMELLS STINK AND CONTINUES TO ALL
THE TIME AND EVEN ACT NIGHT..
SINCERELY
LILLIAN PEREZ
08-16-202508:00 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/16/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA FOR THE DATES OF 8/15
AND 8/16. MY FAMILY WAS GREETED FRIDAY
MORNING WITH THE NASTY STENCH OF
COMPOSTUSA - NOT THE WAY ANYONE SHOULD
HAVE TO BEGIN THEIR DAY! WE RUSHED FROM
OUR HOUSE TO THE CAR TO HEAD TO SCHOOL
AND WORK. ON SATURDAY, WE WERE SUBJECTED
TO THE STINKY ODORS OF COMPOSTUSA IN
BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING. WE HAD
HOPED TO HAVE OUR BREAKFAST ON THE
PORCH, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO, DUE TO THE
SMELL. SATURDAY EVENING THE ODOR WAS
SUBSTANTIALLY WORSE - STRONGER, DENSER,
AND LONGER LASTING - WE PUSHED THROUGH,
BUT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, I FELT
PHYSICALLY ILL DUE TO THE SMELL. I TRULY
WISH BOTH THE OWNERS OF COMPOSTUSA AND
OUR COUNTY LEADERS COULD LIVE A FEW DAYS
IN OUR SHOES - IT IS ONE THING TO MAKE
STATEMENTS DESCRIBING THE ODOR PRODUCED
BY COMPOSTUSA ALONG WITH THE DEGREE OF
OFFENSIVENESS - TO REASON AWAY AND
DETERMINE WHAT IS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE,
BUT UNTIL YOU ARE FORCED TO BE SUBJECTED
TO THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THIS OPERATION
ON A DAILY BASIS, YOU CANNOT TRULY GRASP
OUR REALITY. THE HUMAN ELEMENT OF THIS
STORY IS ESSENTIAL AND WORTHY OF
ATTENTION. I AM BEGGING OUR COUNTY
LEADERS TO HEAR OUR CRY FOR HELP, LOOK
BEYOND THE SURFACE, ASK THEMSELVES HOW
THEY WOULD FEEL IF THEY WERE IN OUR
POSITION, AND THEN DO ALL THEY CAN TO
RELIEVE OF THIS BURDEN, SO THAT WE CAN
ONCE AGAIN STEP OUTSIDE AND LIVE FREE OF
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF COMPOSTUSA.

WITH REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
08-15-202508:08 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/15/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 8/15/2025

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LOCATION: 2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8

I WAS TALKING WITH SOME FRIENDS IN THE
FRONT YARD OF THIS PROPERTY NEAR OLD
STATE ROAD 8
IN THE AFTERNOON. WE TALKED FOR ALMOST
AN HOUR AND DURING THAT TIME THREE
TRUCKS GOING
TO CUSA PASSED BY ON OLD STATE ROAD 8
AND THE ODOR COMING FROM ALL THREE OF
THOSE TRUCKS WAS HORRIBLE.
ONE OF THE TRUCKS HAD A SIGN ON THE SIDE
THAT READ MUNICIPAL RESIDUAL WASTE.
IN ADDITION, THE WIND WAS COMING FROM
THE SE AND THE SMELL COMING FROM CUSA
WAS
HORRIBLE AS WELL. MY FRIENDS DECIDED
THEY WOULD LEAVE AND WE WOULD TALK AT A
LATER TIME.
SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
08-14-202509:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/13/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA. MY FAMILY AND I WERE
TRYING TO ENJOY A LITTLE TIME OUTSIDE,
AFTER A LONG DAY OF SCHOOL AND WORK WHEN
WE WERE HIT SMACK IN THE FACE WITH THE
HORRENDOUS STENCH OF THIS FACILITY.
ANOTHER EVENING. ANOTHER MOMENT OF
FAMILY TIME TOGETHER TAINTED. A FORCED
DECISION TO EITHER RUN INDOORS OR SUFFER
THROUGH GAG INDUCING SMELLS. THERE ARE
SO MANY RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO
ARE SUFFERING THESE EFFECTS, WHO EITHER
DON’T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OR ENERGY TO
MAKE THEIR EXPERIENCES KNOWN. IT SHOULD
BE OF DEEP IMPORTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY
LEADERS TO ELIMINATE THESE DETRIMENTAL
IMPACTS. COMPOSTUSA HAS PROVEN THEY WILL
OPERATE WITH DISREGARD FOR HIGHLANDS
COUNTY AND THAT SIMPLY SHOULD NOT BE
TOLERATED!

WITH REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE

SENT FROM MY IPHONE
08-13-202508:05 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/13/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AUGUST
12TH, 2025

GOOD EVENING,


WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON OLD 8 EARLY
THIS MORNING, I MADE THE CURVE AT THE
RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE INEVITABLE SMELL
FROM CUSA TOXIC DUMP FILLED THE INSIDE
OF MY TRUCK. IT’S HORRIBLE.

GIVE US A BREAK, CUSA. CLOSE UP SHOP AND
STOP POLLUTING VENUS. SINCE YOU STAND
BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT, CREEDEN, CAN’T YOU
FIND PLENTY OF PROPERTY CLOSE TO YOUR
HOME FOR YOUR TOXIC DUMP? IT’S AMAZING
HOW THE POWER OF MONEY CAN RENDER THE
HEART AND CONSCIOUS COMPLETELY USELESS.



THANK YOU HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE
ENFORCEMENT.



SINCERELY,

SUZANNE TATE


08-12-202511:48 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/12/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE E, ESE, ENE
LOCATION: HICORIA ROAD JUST WEST OF
CUSA,
TO OLD STATE ROAD 8 ALL THE WAY TO THE
RAILROAD TRACKS
TRAVELING SOUTH ON OLD STATE ROAD 8

THE FOUL ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY WAS
EXTREMELY STRONG THIS MORNING EVEN
BEFORE THE WINDS PICKED UP. IT WAS
SICKENING!

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
08-11-202502:44 PMUPDATE/NOTES08/11/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING MS. WEEKS,



I HOPE THAT THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU DOING
WELL. I MEANT TO SUBMIT THIS COMPLAINT
SOONER HOWEVER I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY
BUSY. ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, MY
WIFE AND I TURNED OFF US 27 AND ONTO
HICORIA ROAD IN VENUS FLORIDA TO VISIT
OUR PROPERTY ON OLD SR 8 AND AS SOON AS
WE DROVE PAST THE PLANT WE GOT A WHIFF
OF THE FOUL ODOR EMANATING FROM COMPOST
USA. A WEEK AGO THEY HAD SKID STEER ON
HICORIA ROAD BRUSHING OUT THE SEWAGE
SLUDGE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT WAS
LEFT IN THE STREET AS THE TRUCKS LEAVE
THE PLANT. THIS IS SO DISHEARTENING.
WHEN WILL THEN END.



THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN
AND TAKE IN OUR COMPLAINTS. HOPEFULLY
THERE, IS A BRIGHT LIGHT AT THE END OF
THIS TERRIBLE ORDEAL



SINCERELY,



JORGE CAYON

2121 OLD SR8

VENUS, FLORIDA 33960

786-559-1104

EMAIL: JCAYONSR@GMAIL.COM
08-11-202501:58 PMUPDATE/NOTES08/11/25-EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 8/8/2025, 8/10/2025 AND 8/11/2025
WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LOCATION- 1929, 1981 AND 2107 OLD STATE
ROAD 8

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR EMANATING
FROM THIS FACILITY CONTINUES
TO MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO
ENJOY BEING OUTSIDE DOING WHAT
I NEED TO DO EVERYDAY AND GENERALLY NOT
BEING ABLE TO ENJOY BEING
OUTSIDE WHICH IS WHERE I SPEND MOST OF
MY TIME DURING THE DAY.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
08-10-202508:46 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/10/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA HAS AGAIN RUINED AN EVENING
OUTSIDE FOR MY FAMILY WITH THEIR RANCID
ODORS. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL
EVENING WALK OUTDOORS ENJOYING SOME
SPECIAL TOGETHER ON MY CHILDREN’S LAST
OFFICIAL DAY OF SUMMER WAS DESTROYED BY
THIS DISGRACEFUL COMPANY. HOW MUCH
LONGER MUST MY FAMILY BE SUBJECTED TO
THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF COMPOSTUSA? I AM
SO TIRED OF FIGHTING THIS BATTLE -
SHARING OUR EXPERIENCES AND STORY WITH
NO RELIEF OR END IN SITE. THE DAILY
NEGATIVE IMPACT COMPOSTUSA HAS ON OUR
LIVES IS HURTFUL AND FRUSTRATING. I
AGAIN ASK OUR COUNTY LEADERS TO PLACE
THEMSELVES IN OUR SHOES AND USE THEIR
POWER TO SAVE OUR FAMILIES AND
PROPERTIES FROM THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS
COMPOSTUSA CREATES.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
08-10-202508:45 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/10/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - WE HAD
THE SMELL FROM COMPOST USA AT THE SOUTH
END OF PARKLAND DRIVE THIS AFTERNOON,
BETWEEN 2PM AND 3PM 10 AUG.
THANKS FOR LOGGING OUR COMPLAINTS.
M A F

08-09-202508:44 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA FOR TODAY, 8/9/2025.
THE STENCH COMING FROM THE FACILITY WAS
ATROCIOUS THIS MORNING WHEN WE TRIED TO
SPEND A LITTLE TIME OUTDOORS. WE WERE
FORCED TO CHANGE COURSE AND LEFT OUR
HOME TO ESCAPE THE SMELL. WHILE WE WOULD
HAVE PREFERRED TO BE HOME, ENJOYING OUR
PROPERTY AND ANIMALS - WE HEADED TO TOWN
OUT OF THE REACH OF COMPOSTUSA IN SEARCH
OF A BREAK FROM THE HORRENDOUS STENCH
AND A DEEP BREATH OF FRESH AIR. THE
CONTINUED DISREGARD OF COMPOSTUSA AND
ITS OWNERS FOR THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THEIR
FACILITY HAS ON THE HIGHLANDS COUNTY
COMMUNITY IS FRUSTRATING AND DISGUSTING.

WITH REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE
08-07-202509:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/06/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT,
RETURNING FROM TOWN TODAY ABOUT 4 PM ON
HICORIA RD., THE SMELL FROM THE PLANT
WAS QUITE BAD, EVEN WITH MY WINDOWS
CLOSED AND A/C ON!
IT HAD BEEN BAD WHEN I LEFT, BUT I
WASN'T SURPRISED BECAUSE I HSD MY WINDOW
OPEN AT THAT POINT.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT.
VENUS
08-06-202508:22 AMUPDATE/NOTES08/05/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA STINKING AGAIN TODAY (8/5) -
STRONG, DISGUSTING ODOR MAKING OUR TIME
OUTDOORS MISERABLE AND DIFFICULT.

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
08-05-202503:43 PMUPDATE/NOTES08/04/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA HAS CONTINUED TO SMELL, BUT
I’VE LACKED THE TIME OR ENERGY TO
DOCUMENT THE STENCH. I WANTED TO MAKE A
FORMAL COMPLAINT TODAY (8/4) TO ENSURE
OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS KNOW NOTHING HAS
CHANGED. GOING OUTSIDE BETWEEN
RAINSTORMS THIS EVENING (TO DO A FEW
CHORES), I WAS MET WITH THE NASTY STENCH
OF COMPOSTUSA. THE SAME DENSE, FECES
SMELLING ODOR WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO
LIVE WITH FOR THE LAST 4 PLUS YEARS.
WHAT AN UNFAIR BURDEN WE BEAR IN HAVING
TO ADVOCATE FOR THE WELLBEING OF OUR
FAMILIES, THE OUTDOOR ENJOYMENT OF OUR
PROPERTIES, AND PROTECTION OF OUR
HEALTH. I AGAIN ASK OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS
TO ALLEVIATE THIS BURDEN AND FREE OUR
COMMUNITY FROM THE NUMEROUS NEGATIVE
IMPACTS OF COMPOSTUSA ON THE RESIDENTS
OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

07-31-202504:41 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE7/31 MOVING OUT DUE TO CASE BEING MOVED
TO THE 10/1 HEARING. DR
07-31-202501:58 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/31/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - PLEASE
INCLUDE THIS IN THE OFFICIAL LOG FOR THE
OPEN NUISANCE CASE AGAINST COMPOSTUSA OF
HIGHLANDS COUNTY.

THIS MORNING JULY 31 ABOUT 6:30AM, I
OPENED MY WEST-FACING FRONT DOOR TO A
GENERAL FOULNESS IN THE AIR OUTSIDE.
HUMIDITY LEVELS AND DEW POINTS OF COURSE
ARE HIGH THIS TIME OF YEAR, PARTICULARLY
IN THE MORNING.

WHAT WAS DISCONCERTING WAS THAT EVEN
WITHOUT A BREEZE THAT I COULD DETECT
DIRECTLY FROM THE CUSA FACILITY (LOCATED
ABOUT 1 MILE TO MY SOUTH-SOUTHEAST), THE
NUISANCE PERVADED THE AIR SEEMINGLY FROM
ALL DIRECTIONS AROUND MY HOME. IT WAS
ALMOST AS IF THE ODOR WERE EMBEDDED IN
THE VERY MOISTNESS OF THE AIR ITSELF,
AND DID NOT REQUIRE A BREEZE TO MOVE IT
AROUND.

MY OLFACTORY PERCEPTION DESCRIBED ABOVE
IS PROBABLY OWING TO THE INTENSITY OF
THE SEWAGE SLUDGE BEING HANDLED AT THE
SOURCE OF THE ODORS, WHICH AS THE
MAGISTRATE HAS FOUND, IS THE NUISANCE
ORDINANCE VIOLATOR, COMPOSTUSA OF
HIGHLANDS COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR RECORDING MY CONTINUING
CONCERNS.

KEN KECK
34 KECK RD
VENUS


07-29-202503:37 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/29/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- IT STILL
STINKS!
WENT TO TOWN ON TUES., 7/29, AND THE
SMELL WAS BAD ON BOTH HICORIA RD. AND
OUT ON US 27 WHEN I WENT BY AROUND 11
AM, AND UPON RETURNING ABOUT 1:30 PM.

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT.
VENUS
07-28-202504:23 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/25/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

LOCATIONS- 1929, 1981, 1925 OLD STATE
ROAD 8
WINDS- GUSTY AND VARIABLE

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THIS
FACILITY HAS BECOME EVEN STRONGER THE
LAST FEW DAYS WITH THE CHANGE IN THE
WIND DIRECTION TOWARDS MY PROPERTY. I
WAS WORKING OUTSIDE
ON MY TRACTOR TODAY AND HAD TO TAKE
SEVERAL BREAKS BECAUSE THE ODOR WAS
MAKING ME
FEEL SICK TO MY STOMACH AND LIGHT
HEADED.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I CAN'T WAIT
UNTIL THE UPCOMING COURT APPEARANCE
SCHEDULED FOR
AUGUST 6TH. I'M SURE THEY WILL HAVE MORE
EXCUSES BUT THE FACTS ARE CLEAR AND
STRONG
ACTION MUST BE IMPLEMENTED PROMPTLY.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
07-28-202501:35 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/25/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS SUPER STINKY AGAIN
TODAY. I WENT TO GRAB A FEW MOMENTS OF
PEACE ON MY FRONT PORCH, AND AS SOON AS
THE WIND STARTED BLOWING IN THE
DIRECTION OF MY HOME THE SMELL WAS
ATROCIOUS AND RELENTLESS. MY DAUGHTER
WAS OUTSIDE SPEAKING TO ME ABOUT
SOMETHING HEAVY AND DIFFICULT, AND THE
MOMENT THE SMELL HIT US, SHE TOOK A DEEP
SIGH AND SAID ‘AND IT SMELLS’. LIFE IS
HARD AND FILLED WITH SO MANY HURTS, AND
COMPOSTUSA ADDS A LAYER OF BURDEN AND
HARDSHIP TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
VICTIMS OF THEIR CARELESS AND HARMFUL
ACTIONS - CREATING ADDITIONAL SUFFERING,
STRESS, AND WEIGHT TO OUR LIVES. THE
HARM COMPOSTUSA CONTINUES TO CAUSE, AND
THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO MAKE ANY EFFORT
TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO OUR COMMUNITY
IS SOMETHING OUR LEADERS MUST TAKE TO
HEART. MY FAMILY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
CARRY THIS ADDED BURDEN ON-TOP OF THE
EVERY DAY TRIALS OF LIFE - NO ONE
SHOULD!

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SENT FROM MY IPHONE

07-28-202501:22 PMUPDATE/NOTES7-28-25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON, IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT
COMPOSTUSA IS STILL RUNNING A “SHADY”
BUSINESS BY THEIR TOXIC STENCH THAT
FILLS THE AIR WE’RE FORCED TO BREATHE. I
REFUSE TO USE HICORIA RD IN A POOR
ATTEMPT TO AVOID THEIR NASTY PRODUCT,
BUT IT’S INEVITABLE. I STILL SMELL IT
ALMOST DAILY, AND MOST OF THE TIME THE
WIND IS BARELY BLOWING. IT WAS BAD THIS
MORNING EVEN WITH SE WINDS AT ONLY 1
MPH!
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A SPECIAL NOTE. I
WAS RETURNING HOME SATURDAY EVENING
(7/26) AND USED ARCHBOLD RD TO GET TO
OLD 8 LIKE ALWAYS. AS I DROVE BETWEEN
KELLY RD AND HICORIA RD ON OLD 8 THE
SMELL FROM COMPOSTUSA WAS HORRIBLE. THE
WIND WAS ONLY BLOWING 3 MPH OUT OF THE
EAST AT 8:30 PM. I BRING THIS UP NOT TO
SAY THAT THE WEEKEND IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN ANY OTHER TIME, BUT TO EXPRESS MY
SYMPATHY FOR THE FAMILIES WHO ARE FORCED
TO LIVE SO CLOSE TO THIS WASTE DUMP. HOW
CAN THEY TRULY ENJOY LIFE BEING CONFINED
TO THEIR HOMES? WE LIVE IN VENUS BECAUSE
WE ARE SIMPLE COUNTRY FOLK AND CHERISH
BEING OUTSIDE. COMPOSTUSA HAS SEVERELY
DEGRADED OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. WHEN DOES
THIS END? WHEN WILL THEY BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR POLLUTING OUR AIR, LAND,
AND WATER? I WONDER WHAT AIRBORNE
CARCINOGENS ARE FLOATING AROUND VENUS
BECAUSE OF COMPOSTUSA?
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH THIS
CASE!
SINCERELY,
SUZANNE TATE
07-28-202512:44 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/25/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
LOCATION.1834 OLD STATE RD 8 VENUS
FLORIDA.
I LIVE AS CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY AS
ANYONE AND THE FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE
FACILITY IS TERRIBLE..THE SMELL STINKS
AND IT CONTINUES ALL TIME AND EVEN ACT
NIGHT ..
SINCERELY.
LILLIAN PEREZ.
07-25-202509:24 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/25/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
TRAVELING NORTH ON OLD SR 8 @ 6:20AM
7/25, APPROACHING HICORIA WAS A STRONG
FOUL ODOR THAT LINGERED PAST HICORIA.

TALIA QUIGG

07-25-202509:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/25/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
YESTERDAY I HAD FAMILY FROM OUT OF STATE
AND WE WERE ON THE FRONT PORCH WATCHING
THE KIDS IN THE YARD. ONE OF THE TEENAGE
BOYS CAME IN AND SAID “AUNT LJ, WHAT IS
THAT AWFUL SMELL. IT IS REALLY BAD OUT
THERE.”  I EXPLAINED TO THEM ABOUT THE
COMPOST PLANT AND ALL THE ODOROUS ISSUES
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING.  THEIR DAD SAID
THAT IN IDAHO,  WHERE THEY ARE FROM, A
COMPOST PLANT OR LAND FILL CAN NOT BE
BUILT WITHIN 10 MILES OF ANY RESIDENCES.
I WISH THAT WAS A RULE HERE. AND AGAIN
TODAY, IT IS SMELLING REALLY BAD OUT
THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE
COUNTY PLANS ON DOING SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARIAH. 
07-24-202502:40 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/24/25 GOOD AFTERNOON,

MY FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST COMPOSTUSA. THE
FACILITY SMELLS HORRENDOUS TODAY - LIKE
URINE AND FECES MIXED TOGETHER, STEWING
IN THE HOT SUN. IT IS ABSOLUTELY
DISGUSTING. MY CHILDREN HAVE GIVEN UP
ENJOYING ANY SUMMER TIME OUTDOORS
(PLAYING, SWIMMING, ETC.). I WILL NEVER
UNDERSTAND WHY MY FAMILY HAS BEEN FORCED
TO ENDURE THE CONDITIONS CREATED BY
COMPOSTUSA, WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO
OPERATE WITH NO REGARD FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THIS
COMPANY HAS HAD ON OUR WELL BEING IS
VAST AND INTRUSIVE. I CONTINUE TO PLEAD
WITH OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS TO PLEASE
SAFEGUARD MY FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY
FROM THE DETRIMENTAL AND HURTFUL IMPACTS
OF COMPOSTUSA.

WITH THANKS,
THE GREENE FAMILY
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
07-24-202509:17 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/24/25 - NORMA REYNOLDS OF 1837 OLD SR
8 LEFT A VM STATING THE STENCH FROM THE
COMPOST PLANT SMELT HORRIBLE. -ELW

07-24-202509:16 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/24/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 7/24/2025
LOCATIONS: 1929, 1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8
WINDS- LIGHT AND VARIABLE FROM SE, SSE

THE FOUL ODOR EMANATING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS A NUISANCE AGAIN TODAY.

IN ADDITION, THIS AFTERNOON I OBSERVED
HIGHLANDS COUNTY TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT
WORKING
ON THE NORTH SHOULDER OF HICORIA ROAD
JUST WEST OF THE ENTRANCE TO CUSA. I
ALSO OBSERVED
A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FROM CUSA INVOLVED
IN THAT WORK. THEY WERE CLEANING UP THE
BUILD UP
OF THE SEWAGE SLUDGE TRACT-OUT CAUSED BY
CUSA OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS THAT WAS JUST
BRUSHED OFF EITHER
SIDE OF HICORIA ROAD PRIOR TO CUSA BEING
MANDATED BY FDEP TO TAKE CORRECTIVE
ACTION TO
STOP THE SEWAGE SLUDGE TRACK-OUT
VIOLATION WITH FDEP.

AS I RETURNED HOME BY WAY OF HICORIA
ROAD, FROM LAKE PLACID LATE THIS
AFTERNOON, THE FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE ODOR EMANATING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS AGAIN A NUISANCE. THE WIND
WAS LIGHT AND
VARIABLE FROM THE E , ENE. THE FOUL ODOR
WAS STRONG ON HICORIA ROAD, AT THE MAIN
GATE OF CUSA,
AND IT CONTINUED ALL THE WAY TO THE
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD AND OLD
STATE ROAD 8.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
07-18-202508:59 AMUPDATE/NOTES7-18-25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST COMPOSTUSA. YESTERDAY
(7/16), I WAS MOWING MY YARD AND EVEN
THOUGH THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING CUSA WAS
BURNING OLD ORANGE TREES, I COULD STILL
SMELL THE HORRENDOUS, PUNGENT SMELL OF
HUMAN FECES OVER ALL THE OTHER SMELLS
BEING PRODUCED FROM MY MOWING AND THE
BURNING. MY WIFE MAKES MOST COMPLAINTS
ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, BUT I AM FED UP
WITH COMPOSTUSA’S LACK OF AWARENESS AND
DISREGARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I AM
ESPECIALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE WAY THEY
CONTINUE TO SUBJECT MY FAMILY TO SUCH
ATROCITIES!
REGARDS,
ASHLEY C. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
07-18-202508:46 AMUPDATE/NOTES7-18-25 A VASQUEZ CALLED LEFT MESSAGE,
SHE LIVES OFF OLD SR 8, ON 7-17-25
SMELLS WAS WORST THEN DEAD PEOPLE. BSS
07-17-202504:46 PMUPDATE/NOTES7-17-25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - DRIVING
NORTH ON OLD STATE RD 8 @ 6:40 THIS
MORNING, THERE WAS A DIABOLICAL STENCH
APPROACHING HICORIA AS WELL AS PASSING
HICORIA. THERE WAS NO WIND AT THIS TIME
AND THE ODOR LINGERED FOR AWHILE.
TALIA QUIGG
07-17-202508:49 AMUPDATE/NOTES7-17-25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINTGOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 7/17/2025, LOCATIONS: 1929, 1981,
OLD STATE ROAD 8, WINDS- VARIABLE FROM
SE, SSE, THE FOUL ODOR FROM THIS
FACILITY CONTINUED TO PREVENT ME FROM
THE ENJOYMENT OF BEING OUTSIDE ON MY
PROPERTY.
SINCERELY, W. KERRY THOMPSON
07-16-202501:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES7-16-25 GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 7/16/2025
LOCATIONS: 1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8
WINDS: VARIABLE SSW, SW MY
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN
AGES 4, 6 AND 9 CAME TO MY HOME TODAY TO
VISIT AND SWIM IN MY POOL. AS SOON AS
THEY GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR THE 6 YEAR OLD
SAID POP POP WHAT IS THAT TERRIBLE
SMELL. I TOLD HER THAT TERRIBLE SMELL IS
COMING
FROM THE COMPOST PLANT. LATER AFTER WE
WENT TO THE BACK YARD MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
COMMENTED THAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS WORSE
THAN EVER AND SHE SAID I THOUGHT THEY
WERE GOING TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. I
EXPLAINED THAT THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED
THEM TO DO THAT HOWEVER THEY HAVEN'T
COMPLIED.
SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON
07-16-202501:18 PMUPDATE/NOTES7-16-25 EMAILED IN COMPLIANT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,COMPOSTUSA SMELLS HORRENDOUS
THIS AFTERNOON. I STEPPED OUTSIDE TO
CHECK MY MAIL AND GAGGED AT THE
REPULSIVE ODORS COMING FROM COMPOSTUSA.
THIS COMPANY’S LACK OF REGARD FOR OUR
COMMUNITY IS DISGUSTING. I WOULD
ENCOURAGE ANY OF THEIR OWNERS AND
STAKEHOLDERS TO LIVE A WEEK IN OUR SHOES
- BEING FORCED INDOORS - SUBJECTED TO
GAG INDUCING STENCH - ALONG WITH FEARS
FOR OUR FAMILIES’ HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
COMPOSTUSA IS HARMFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I AM CALLING ON OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO
PUT AN END TO THE ENDLESS SUFFERING
CREATED BY COMPOSTUSA.
WITH THANKS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
07-16-202511:57 AMUPDATE/NOTES7/16/25: EMAILED IN COMPLAINT: GOOD
MORNING,

COMPOSTUSA WAS STINKY AGAIN YESTERDAY
(7/15). MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER HAD A
FRIEND OVER, AND THEY COULD NOT PLAY
OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY SAID "IT SMELLS
LIKE POOP".

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS
MATTER.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
07-15-202504:45 PMUPDATE/NOTES7/15 RETUNED CALL TO MR.THOMPSON AND
GAVE UPDATE DR15MIN
07-15-202504:15 PMUPDATE/NOTES7/15 POSTED NOH FOR THE 8/6 PUBLIC
HEARING TO THE PROPERTY. 7/16 MAILED
CERT/REG. DR 1HR
07-14-202504:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/14/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - DRIVING
SOUTH ON 27 7/14 @ 1:52PM AND THERE WAS
A VERY FOUL ODOR AS WE APPROACHED
HICORIA, PROBABLY HALF MILE AWAY FROM
HICORIA. HAD TO TURN THE AC OFF FOR A
FEW MINUTES.

TALIA QUIGG.

07-14-202508:47 AMUPDATE/NOTES7/14 CEO'S CODUCTED INSPECTIONS AT
SEVERAL AREAS SURROUNDING THE COMPOST
FACILTY. DR/MW/JD/SE 5 HRS
07-14-202508:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/14/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
7/14/2025
LOCATION: TRAVELING EAST ON HICORIA ROAD
TOWARDS HWY 27 FROM IN FRONT OF CUSA
TO HWY 27 AND THEN SOUTH ON HWY 27 FOR
ABOUT 1/4 MILE
WIND- VARIABLE FROM N, NW

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE THE
OFFENSIVE ODOR SMELLED RANCID AND WAS
THE
SAME RANCID SMELL ON MY RETURN TRIP AS
WELL.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
07-13-202508:05 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/13/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
7/13/2025
LOCATION: SOUTHBOUND HWY 27 WHERE HWY 27
AND WOMBLE ROAD INTERSECT
TO HICORIA ROAD AND THEN WEST ON HICORIA
ROAD TO PAUL ROAD
WIND- VARIABLE

THERE WAS AN OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY AGAIN TODAY.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
07-10-202501:00 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING..
HELLO I NEED TO PUT A COMPLAINT ABOUT
THE COMPOSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PUT IN
ON KNOW BUT THE SMELL IS WORSE THAN
BEFORE ..PLEASE SOME ONE NEED TO COME
AND SMELL THIS WE NEED UR HELP... THANK
U
07-10-202512:59 PMUPDATE/NOTES07/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
7/8/2025 - GOOD MORNING!
LOCATION:HICORIA ROAD FROM PAUL ROAD
EAST ON HICORIA ROAD
UNTIL JUST PAST THE EAST GATE TO THIS
FACILITY.
WIND DIRECTION: LIGHT AND VARIABLE N, NE

THE OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY
WAS OBJECTIONABLE EVEN THOUGH THEY
APPEAR TO BE OPERATING AT A REDUCED
CAPACITY IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE IMPACT
OF THE OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE ODOR.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
07-09-202510:12 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA IS HORRENDOUSLY SMELLY THIS
EVENING - TRIED TO TAKE MY GIRLS OUTSIDE
FOR A LITTLE FRESH AIR, AND WE HAD TO
HEAD INDOORS ONCE THE WIND STARTED
BLOWING THE WRETCHED STENCH OUT
DIRECTION. I HAVE NO HOPE COMPOSTUSA IS
TAKING THEIR VIOLATION WITH THE COUNTY
SERIOUSLY, AND I HOPE OUR COMMUNITY
LEADERS WILL TAKE NOTE OF BOTH THEIR
VIOLATIONS AND THEIR DISREGARD FOR THE
HARM THEY ARE CAUSING OUR COMMUNITY WHEN
MAKING ANY FUTURE DECISIONS REGARDING
THIS OPERATION.

WITH THANKS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
07-02-202508:10 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/02/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 7/2/2025
LOCATIONS: 2107, 1981, 1929 OLD STATE
ROAD 8
WIND: VARIABLE SE, SSE

WHEN THE RAIN LET UP THIS AFTERNOON AND
THE WIND PICKED UP THE OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY WAS
UNACCEPTABLE. THE EXTRA MOISTURE ON THE
MATERIAL MADE IT SMELL
LIKE ROTTING FOOD WASTE MIXED WITH
SEWAGE SLUDGE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON -ELW
07-02-202507:58 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/02/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT 07/01/25
GOOD EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLED TRULY HORRENDOUS THIS
MORNING - THE MOMENT WE WALKED OUT THE
DOOR, WE WERE HIT WITH AN AWFUL, PUTRID
ODOR. IT TOOK OUR BREATH AWAY AND MADE
US RUSH AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD TO OUR
CAR TO LEAVE. NOT THE WAY ANY ONE SHOULD
BEGIN THEIR DAY!

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

07-01-202504:56 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/30/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLED TRULY AWFUL THIS
WEEKEND - SPECIFICALLY 6/28 AND 6/29. ON
SATURDAY MORNING, MY GIRLS AND I PLANNED
TO HAVE OUR BREAKFAST OUTSIDE, BUT THE
MOMENT WE OPENED THE DOOR THE STENCH WAS
SO STRONG AND DISGUSTING IN NATURE WE
QUICKLY SLAMMED THE DOOR SHUT. THEY WERE
SO DISAPPOINTED, AS WE HAD WORKED TO
COOK A SPECIAL BREAKFAST AND WERE
LOOKING FORWARD TO EATING IT TOGETHER
OUTSIDE ON OUR FRONT PORCH. LATER THAT
DAY, WE HEADED TO THE POOL, AND IT AGAIN
SMELLED SO TERRIBLE WE HAD TO CUT OUR
TIME SHORT AND HEAD INSIDE. SUNDAY WE
WERE AGAIN PUSHED INDOORS AS A RESULT OF
THE NASTY, REPULSIVE ODORS PRODUCED FROM
COMPOSTUSA. I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT MY FAMILY AND
I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LIVE AMONGST THESE
GROTESQUE AND HORRENDOUS SMELLS FOR THE
PAST FOUR YEARS - WHEN WILL IT END…

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

07-01-202509:22 AMUPDATE/NOTES07/01/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - THE
STINK THIS MORNING IS UNBELIEVABLE, VERY
STRONG. WE HAVE A LIGHT SE BREEZE AT
PARK LAND DRIVE. BREEZE AND STINK BEGAN
@ 730AM TODAY, 01JUL.

THANK YOU FOR LOGGING OUR COMPLAINTS. I
ASSURE YOU WE ARE NOT BEING FRIVOLOUS,
OUR SOUTH END OF PARK LAND IS IN THE
CROSSHAIRS OF THIS PROBLEM. 3.5 MILES
AWAY
MAF
06-29-202508:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/29/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- WE
AGAIN HAVE THE HEAVY SEWAGE SMELL FROM
COMPOSTUSA THIS MORNING, SUNDAY 29 JUN,
8 AM, SOUTH END OF PARK LAND DRIVE. VERY
LIGHT SE BREEZE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR EMAILS AND
CALLS. OUR FAMILY IS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
DILIGENCE. THIS IS SO GRIEVOUS TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
MAF
06-29-202508:04 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/29/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,

I AM A RESIDENT ON PARK LAND DRIVE. I
HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND THE SMELL FROM THE
COMPOST IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND
HONESTLY MORE POTENT. I HAVE SMELLED IT
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS INCLUDING JUNE
10TH AROUND 4PM, JUNE 12TH AROUND 6PM,
JUNE 28TH AROUND 12PM, AND TODAY JUNE 29
FROM ABOUT 8AM. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY
NEXT POINT- THE TIMES ARE SO RANDOM AND
IT’S BECOMING SUCH A TERRIBLE ISSUE I
DON’T EVEN WANT TO TAKE MY CHILDREN OUT
TO PLAY. BUT IT’S SUMMER AND THEY ARE
NOT IN SCHOOL BUT THEY CAN’T STAY INSIDE
ALL DAY LONG. LET’S PLEASE WORK ON THIS
ISSUE. I WILL CONTINUE TO LOG AND EMAIL
WHEN I SMELL THE COMPOST. HOPEFULLY US
RESIDENTS ARE LISTENED TO AND SOMETHING
CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY,
NATALIE
06-28-202508:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/28/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - THIS
EVENING, SATURDAY 28 JUN AT 11PM I
STEPPED OUTSIDE TO CHECK THE PROPERTY
AND WAS AGAIN SMELLING THE COMPOST
PLANT.
THIS EPISODE SMELLS VERY MUCH LIKE THE
ODOR FROMJANUARY 2024 WHEN THE FOOD WAS
BEING DUMPED. IT IS EXTREMELY STRONG AND
NAUSEATING. I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED
NOW BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT SE
BREEZE (LESS THAN 5MPH) AND THE SMELL
WAS VERY STRONG.
PARK LAND DRIVE, MAF
06-27-202511:42 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/27/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - THE
COMPOST STINK IS ESPECIALLY BAD AND
STRONG THIS AFTERNOON 5PM 27 JUN. SE
WIND AND OVERCAST, SOUTH END OF PARK
LAND DRIVE
MAF
06-27-202508:11 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/27/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - CASE
25020283.. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
LILLIAN PEREZ. I LIVE AT 1834 OLD STATE
RD 8, VENUS, FL, 33960. I NEED TO MAKE A
COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SMELL OF THE
COMPOST, WHICH HAS BEEN SMELLING SO
STRONGLY. MY PHONE # IS 616-589-6725/
PLEASE, CAN U GUYS LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE
COMPLAINT NUMBER? YOU CAN TEXT ME OR
EMAIL ME AT THIS EMAIL. THANK U

06-27-202508:09 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/27/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - JUST
WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THERE WAS AN ODOR
ON HWY 27 IN VENUS, THIS MORNING THAT
LINGERED FOR ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE
HIGHWAY    THANK YOU,
06-26-202511:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/26/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,
6/26/25 TRAVELING NORTH ON OLD SR 8 @
6:20AM SMELLED A FOUL, PUNGENT ODOR
PASSING BY HICORIA RD.
TALIA QUIGG

06-26-202508:08 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/26/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS EVEN STINKER THIS
AFTERNOON - TRIED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME
OUTSIDE AT THE POOL ON THIS SUNNY SUMMER
AFTERNOON WITH MY CHILDREN - AND WE HAD
TO PUSH THROUGH THE AWFUL STENCH WHILE
TRYING TO ENJOY SOME SUMMER FUN. NO
INDIVIDUAL, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, SHOULD
HAVE TO HAVE THEIR TIME OUTDOORS MASKED
WITH RANCID ODORS, FEELING SICK THEIR
STOMACH WHILE TRYING TO SIMPLY BE
OUTSIDE. MY GIRLS WERE JUST SWIMMING AND
SAID “IT SMELLS HORRIFIC” - HOW UNFAIR
TO HAVE THEIR PRECIOUS CHILDHOOD
EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES EITHER
PREVENTED OR TAINTED BY A COMPANY WHICH
HAS NO REGARD OR CARE FOR THEM. I AM
CERTAIN THAT THE OWNERS OF COMPOSTUSA
WOULD NEVER SUBJECT THEIR FAMILIES AND
CHILDREN TO WHAT THEY MAKE US SUFFER
THROUGH!

WITH REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
06-26-202508:07 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/26/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!
WIND DIRECTION- VARIABLE NE, E, SE

THIS MORNING THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY WAS VERY
STRONG AS I
DROVE SOUTH ON OLD STATE ROAD 8 FROM
1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8. THE STRONG
ODOR CONTINUED AS I TURNED ONTO HICORIA
ROAD DRIVING EAST AND BECAME
MORE ABUSIVE AS I APPROACHED CUSA. THE
ODOR FINALLY DECLINED AS I DROVE
PAST THE EAST GATE TO THIS PROPERTY ON
MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE. WHEN I
RETURNED FROM THE POST OFFICE THE SMELL
CONTINUED AS I DROVE PAST THE FACILITY
GOING WEST ON
HICORIA ROAD.

IN ADDITION, I STOPPED TO ENTER THE GATE
INTO MY PROPERTY AT 1925 OLD STATE ROAD
8 AND AS I GOT OUT OF MY
TRUCK TO OPEN THE GATE ONE TRUCK GOING
TO CUSA AND ANOTHER TRUCK LEAVING CUSA
PASSED BY ON OLD STATE
ROAD 8, WITHIN 25 YARDS FROM WHERE I WAS
STANDING, AND THE ODOR EMANATING FROM
BOTH TRUCKS WAS SICKENING.
IT SMELLED LIKE ROTTING FOOD AND OR
GARBAGE!.

SINCERELY,

W.KERRY THOMPSON
06-25-202501:30 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/25/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- I WENT
INTO TOWN EARLY YESTERDAY. I TOOK
HICORIA, BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT
ROUTE AND, BEING EARLY IN THE MORNING,
THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T BE FULLY
OPERATIONAL YET.
THE ODOR ON HICORIA WAS NOXIOUS, AND IT
CONTINUED SOMEWHAT ONTO US 27.
WE'RE AWARE THEY'VE BEEN ON THEIR 'BEST
BEHAVIOR' ABOUT BRINGING IN THE
BIOSOLIDS/SEWER SLUDGE WHILE THEY TRY TO
GET OUT FROM UNDER THEIR VIOLATIONS AND
GET THEIR EXPANSION PERMIT. BUT CLEARLY,
THEY'RE BACK AT IT, CAUSE IT STUNK!!

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT., VENUS
06-25-202508:10 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/25/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - JUST
GETTING TO THIS...

I RETURNED FROM TOWN ON WED., 6/25 ABOUT
5-5:30 PM, AND I COULD SMELL THE NOXIOUS
ODOR OUT ON US 27, AND CONTINUING ON
HICORIA.
IT HAD JUST RAINED, SO THAT MAY HAVE
BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, BUT IT RAINS
ALMOST EVERY DAY HERE IN THE SUMMER, SO
THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION!

06-25-202508:05 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/25/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA SMELLS RANCID TODAY - TRIED
TO GRAB A FEW MOMENTS OF SUNSHINE AND
SOME FRESH AIR, BUT I COULD SMELL THE
AWFULNESS OF THIS OPERATION EVEN THROUGH
A STUFFY NOSE. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF MY
EXPERIENCE, WHICH DETAILS COMPOSTUSA’S
UNWILLINGNESS TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE.

WITH THANKS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8


06-24-202504:27 PMUPDATE/NOTES6-24-25 JAMES REAGAN CALLED, AT 42 TONI
CIRCLE THE SMELL IS HORRIBLE, ABOUT
KNOCKED HIM DOWN WHEN HE GOT OUT OF HIS
TRUCK TODAY, BSS
06-24-202501:58 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/24/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAIINT- JUNE
24TH, 2025
HELLO THERE,

MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN ON A LOVELY
VACATION ENJOYING FRESH AIR, BEAUTIFUL
WEATHER, AND SALT WATER. NOW, IT’S BACK
TO WORK, AND “HERE WE GO AGAIN“!! WHILE
DRIVING ON OLD 8 PASSING COMPOSTUSA
TOXIC WASTE DUMP, THE DREADED PUTRID
ODOR HIT US IN THE FACE LIKE A BRICK
WALL THAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE TIME AND
TIME AGAIN. THE GRIM REMINDER THAT
COMPOSTUSA IS STILL CONTAMINATING THE
AIR WE BREATHE.

I TRULY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND
EFFORT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS CASE.
SINCERELY,
SUZANNE TATE
06-24-202509:07 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/23/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA IS EXTREMELY STINKY TODAY -
THE SMELL DROVE US INSIDE FROM TRYING TO
ENJOY THE POOL, MADE US GAG AS WE WALKED
TO GET OUR MAIL, AND PREVENTED US FROM
ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL EVENING OUTDOORS.
THE STENCH SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING DEAD
AND DECAYING - THE SMELL IS DENSE,
CONSTANT, AND RELENTLESS - IT IS
DISAPPOINTING AND FRUSTRATING THAT
COMPOSTUSA IS NOT EVEN TRYING TO
ALLEVIATE THE HORRENDOUS ODORS AND THE
DETRIMENTAL IMPACT THEIR OPERATION HAS
ON THE HIGHLANDS COUNTY COMMUNITY. THEIR
BLATANT DISREGARD FOR OUR QUALITY OF
LIFE, IS SIMPLY HURTFUL!

REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

06-23-202512:54 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/23/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!
WIND LIGHT AND VARIABLE- ENE, E, ESE, SE
LOCATIONS- 1925, 1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8
TONI LANE, TONI CIRCLE, HICORIA ROAD
WEST END,
OLD 8 WEST FROM INTERSECTION OF HICORIA
RD AND OLD STATE 8
TO THE RAILROAD CROSSING

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THIS
FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE UNBEARABLE.
IN ADDITION, I WAS DRIVING BEHIND A
TRUCK HEADED TO THIS FACILITY AND THE
ODOR
ALMOST MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-23-202512:52 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/23/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA FOR THE DATES OF 6/20
AND 6/21. MY FAMILY AND I WERE
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE SMELLS
PRODUCED BY COMPOSTUSA ON THESE DATES
WHILE WE WERE OUTSIDE SWIMMING, DOING
CHORES, AND TRYING TO ENJOY SOME FRESH
AIR. IN ADDITION TO THE SMELLS PRODUCED
BY COMPOSTUSA, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED
WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF FLIES WHICH HAVE
BEGUN TO APPEAR IN MULTITUDES BOTH
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE MY HOME. THIS HAS
BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST, AND IT IS
AGAIN BECOMING A MASSIVE ISSUE! WE WERE
UNABLE TO SIT OUTSIDE ON FRIDAY EVENING,
AS THE FLIES WERE IN A SUCH A LARGE
NUMBER WE HAD TO MOVE INDOORS - AS I
HAVE STATED IN THE PAST, I WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN VENUS, SO WHEN I SPEAK OF
FLIES IN MASS, IT IS TRULY AN ABUNDANCE
FAR FROM WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED
TYPICAL/NORMAL. AS WOULD BE EXPECTED
WITH THE INFLUX OF FLIES OUTSIDE OUR
HOME, THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY INDOORS
AS WELL - INTO BOTH OUR HOME AND OUR
VEHICLES. EVERY DAY IN OUR HOME, WE HAVE
FLIES BUZZING AROUND OUR FACES, LANDING
ON OUR FOOD AND DRINKS, AND JUST BEING A
NUISANCE. WE DO OUR BEST TO DISPOSE OF
THEM WHEN WE ARE ABLE, BUT THEY ARE
FAST, PESKY INSECTS. MY DEEPEST CONCERNS
LIE WITH WHAT THESE FLIES ARE BRINGING
INTO MY HOME. SOME QUICK RESEARCH OF
FLIES PROVIDES THAT THEY ORIGINATE FROM
BREEDING SITES WHERE THEY LAY THEIR EGGS
MOST TYPICALLY IN WARM, MOIST AREAS WITH
DECAYING MATTER (COMPOSTUSA). FLIES ARE
ALSO KNOWN TO SPREAD PATHOGENS AND
CHEMICALS FROM PLACES SUCH AS ROTTING
MATTER (COMPOST) AND TRANSFER THEM TO
FOOD, SURFACES, AND THE LIKE. I AM
GRAVELY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THESE FLIES
ARE TRACKING INTO MY HOME (FROM
COMPOSTUSA'S SEWER SLUDGE AND COMPOST)
AND WHAT OUR EXPOSURE TO THOSE
HORRENDOUS PATHOGENS, FOREVER CHEMICALS,
AND THE LIKE COULD MEAN. I HAVE NO WAY
TO PROTECT MY FAMILY FROM THIS EXPOSURE,
AND I AM BEGGING OUR COUNTY TO TAKE
WHATEVER ACTION ABLE TO ENSURE MY
CHILDREN ARE NOT SUBJECTED TO ANY LONG
TERM HEALTH EFFECTS AS A RESULT OF
COMPOSTUSA'S OPERATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WITH REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8

06-23-202509:08 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/23/25 VM SENT IN OVER THE WEEKEND
FROM JAMES AT 42 TONI CIRCLE AND IS
REPORTING A SEWER SMELL COMING FROM
COMPOST USA. HE SAID THE SMELL WAS SO
BAD IT RUINED HIS WEEKEND PLANS. - ELW
06-23-202509:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/20/25 VOICEMAILL FROM OVER THE
WEEKEND FROM NORMA AT 1837 OLD STATE RD
8 - SHE SAYS THAT THE SMELLS COMING FROM
THE COMPOST USA WAS TERRIBLE AT HER
HOUSE. ELW
06-20-202512:19 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/20/25 - EMAILEDIN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

WIND LIGHT AND VARIABLE-
LOCATIONS- OLD STATE ROAD 8 AND TONI
LANE AND HICORIA ROAD FROM THE
INTERSECTION OF OLD STATE 8 ALL THE WAY
TO HWY 27 AND NORTH
ON HWY 27 TO WOMBLE ROAD.

EVEN WITH VERY LITTLE WIND TO MOVE THE
FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THIS
FACILITY IT WAS AGAIN HORRIFIC. I HAVE
TALKED WITH CREWS
FROM HIGHLANDS COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT
DOING WORK ON TONI LANE AND THEY ALSO
ARE BOTHERED BY HAVING TO DO THEIR WORK
AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS TERRIBLE
ODOR THEMSELVES.

SINCERELY,

W.KERRY THOMPSON
06-20-202508:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/20/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- THERE
WAS A VERY FOUL AND PUNGENT SMELL THIS
MORNING PASSING HICORIA ON 27 NORTH AT
6:32AM. WINDOWS WERE UP IN VEHICLE. -
TALIA QUIGG

ELW
06-18-202504:06 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/18/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON
AS OF 6/17/2025
WIND DIRECTION- VARIABLE FROM E, ESE AND
SE
LOCATIONS- HICORIA ROAD, OLD STATE ROAD
8 AT INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD
CONTINUING NORTH ON OLD STATE ROAD TO
KELLEY ROAD

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE
UNACCEPTABLE. IN ADDITION, I
WAS PICKING UP MY MAIL FROM MY MAILBOX
ON OLD STATE ROAD 8 THIS AFTERNOON AND A
TRUCK HEADED TO THE CUSA
PASSED BY AND THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE
ODOR WAS HORRENDOUS.

AS OF 6/18/2025
WIND DIRECTION- VARIABLE SE AND SSE
LOCATIONS- 2107, 1981, 1929 OLD STATE
ROAD 8

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS AGAIN UNACCEPTABLE.

I WAS HAVING ANNUAL SERVICE ON MY A/C
UNIT TODAY AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN
ASKED ME ABOUT
THE TERRIBLE ODOR HE WAS SMELLING. I
EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS COMING FROM THE
CUSA FACILITY ON HICORIA ROAD.
HE SAID HE DROVE BY THAT PLACE ON HIS
WAY TO MY HOUSE AND SAID HE ALMOST GOT
SICK TO HIS STOMACH. HE THEN
MENTIONED THAT HE REMEMBERED COMING TO
MY HOUSE LAST YEAR TO PERFORM MY A/C
SERVICE AND HOW BAD IT SMELLED
THEN. HE SAID SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SICKENING SMELL. I
SAID, WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO DO THAT.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-18-202509:05 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/18/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING MS. WEEKS,
I HOPE THAT THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU DOING
WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT YET ANOTHER
COMPLAINT REGARDING THE CASE WITH
COMPOST USA. THIS PAST SATURDAY, JUNE
14, 2025, MY WIFE AND I DROVE OUT TO OUR
PROPERTY OFF OLD SR 8, AND ONCE AGAIN
THERE WAS A FAMILIAR FOUL ODOR AND IT
WAS COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF COMPOST
USA. MY WIFE COULD NOT TAKE AND WE HAD
TO LEAVE. ON SUNDAY, WE DROVE BACK HOME
AND WE TOOK US 27 INSTEAD OF OLD SR 8,
AND WE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE FOUL
ODOR WAS ALSO PRESENT. WE TRULY HOPE
THAT ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS ARE TAKEN
INTO CONSIDERATION AT THE HEARING.



THANK YOU,



JORGE CAYON

2121 OLD SR 8

VENUS, FLORIDA 33960


06-17-202510:42 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/17/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD DAY
TO YOU. THIS MORNING, 17 JUN 0800
BROUGHT THE SE BREEZE AND THE ROTTING
SMELL OF COMPOST USA AT THE SOUTH END OF
PARK LAND DRIVE. THIS IS A SEWAGE SMELL,
AND NOT THE HEALTHY SMELL OF ACTUAL
VEGETATIVE COMPOST.
THANK YOU FOR LOGGING OUR COMPLAINTS.
MAF
06-17-202509:08 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/17/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA HAS SMELLED (6/16 AND 6/17).
WE WERE FORCED TO SMELL THE NASTY STENCH
WHILE WALKING OUR DRIVEWAY BOTH
EVENINGS. OUR NEED TO WALK IS A
NECESSARY PART OF MANAGING MY DAUGHTER’S
CHRONIC ILLNESS, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO
TO HELP KEEP HER HEALTHY - NOT FOR
LEISURE OR ENJOYMENT - AND HAVING TO
SMELL ICKY POOP WHILE WE DO IT MAKES A
HARD SITUATION EVEN HARDER AND MORE
FRUSTRATING. FURTHER THE RESIDENTS OF
AND INDIVIDUALS PASSING THROUGH OUR
COMMUNITY, SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE
SUBJECTED TO SMELLING THE FECES OF OTHER
COMMUNITIES WHEN WE ARE OUTSIDE -
WALKING, TENDING TO CHORES, ENJOYING
NATURE, PUMPING GAS, ENJOYING A MEAL, OR
THE LIKE. HIGHLANDS COUNTY IS A PLACE OF
BEAUTY, TRANQUILITY, AND COMMUNITY -
COMPOSTUSA DOES NOT SUPPORT OR ADD VALUE
IN ANY OF THESE THINGS.

REGARDS,
THE GREENE FAMILY
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
06-15-202511:43 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/15/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS 6/15/2025 IN AFTERNOON UNTIL SUNSET
WIND DIRECTION VARIABLE- W, SSW
LOCATION - HWY 27 SOUTH BEGINNING AT
INTERSECTION OF KELLY ROAD AND SOUTH TO
WOMBLE ROAD
AND INTERSECTION OF HWY 27 AND HICORIA
ROAD AND CONTINUED UNTIL JUST PAST THE
WEST GATE OF THE FACILITY ON HICORIA
ROAD.

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS VERY STRONG.

SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-13-202508:39 AMUPDATE/NOTES6/13/25: RESIDENT FROM 42 TONI CIRCLE
CALLED TO SAY THAT HE COULD SMELL THE
AWFUL SEWER SMELL COMING FROM THE
COMPOST PLANT STARTING AT 7AM. - MLW
06-13-202508:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/13/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AM
SENDING THIS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
YESTERDAY 6/12/25 WAS A VERY BAD DAY AT
MY HOUSE. THE SMELL FROM THE COMPOST
PLANT WAS ONCE AGAIN HORRIBLE. IT IS
VERY DISCONCERTING TO TRY AND WORK IN
YOUR FLOWER BED AND CAN’T STAY OUTSIDE
DUE TO THE EXTREMELY FOUL ODOR.- LOTTIE
JO STOKER
ELW
06-12-202511:50 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/12/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,

COMPOSTUSA WAS MISERABLY STINKY AGAIN
YESTERDAY (6/11/2025). THE STENCH FELT
EXTREMELY DENSE, AND MY FAMILY DIDN'T
EVEN BOTHER TRYING TO BE OUTSIDE FOR ANY
THING OF PLEASURE. WHILE THE SMELL
CHANGES - I ASSUME BASED UPON WHERE THE
COMPOST IS IN ITS "PROCESS", WHAT TYPE
OF SEWAGE SLUDGE HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND
FROM WHERE, THE WEATHER, AND OTHER
VARIABLES, I ASSURE YOU IT HAS NEVER
SMELT "EARTHY". I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
VENUS - SO THE SMELLS ASSOCIATED WITH
TRUE AGRICULTURE ARE FAMILIAR TO ME -
WHAT IS PRODUCED BY COMPOSTUSA IS A
RANCID, UNWAVERING, AND ALL CONSUMING
STENCH WHICH TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY AND
OFTEN MAKES YOU GAG - NO SURPRISE AS IT
IS HUMAN FECES. AS SOON AS OUR COMMUNITY
WAS MADE AWARE OF OUR ABILITY TO SUBMIT
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS WE ARE SUBJECTED TO
AS A RESULT OF COMPOSTUSA (IN 2024), WE
BEGAN DOING SO IN THE HOPES SOMETHING
WOULD CHANGE. I ASSURE YOU THESE
SUBMISSIONS WOULD HAVE BEGUN AT THE
FACILITY'S INCEPTION, AS COMPOSTUSA HAS
STUNK FROM DAY ONE. ANY OTHER ARGUMENT
IS OFFENSIVE AND DISRESPECTFUL TO THE
HIGHLANDS COUNTY COMMUNITY.

WITH THANKS,
ASHLEY GREENE
06-12-202511:04 AMUPDATE/NOTES6/12/25: VOICEMAIL LEFT FROM KERRY
THOMPSON AT 1981 OLD SR 8 AND HE STATES
THE WIND IS COMING OUT OF THE SE TODAY
AND THE SMELL COMING FROM THE COMPOST
PLANT IS VERY FOUL AND OFFENSIVE TO THE
SENSES. - MLW
06-12-202509:40 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/12/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - TODAY
MUST BE SPRAY THE SEWAGE DAY. BRISK SE
WIND BROUGHT THE STINK TO PARK LAND
DRIVE 12 JUN 5:30PM

THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR EMAIL
MAF
06-12-202509:37 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/12/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 6/12/2025 IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
WIND DIRECTION- VARIABLE FROM THE ESE
AND E
LOCATION- TONI LANE AND TONI CIRCLE

I DROVE DOWN TO SEE SOME FRIENDS WHO
LIVE ON TONI CIRCLE. AS I APPROACHED
TONI LANE
AFTER DRIVING SOUTH ON OLD STATE ROAD 8
FROM MY HOME THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS EXTREMELY STRONG.
I TURNED ONTO TONI LANE AND DROVE WEST
ON TONI LANE UNTIL
I REACHED MY FRIENDS HOME ON THE WEST
SIDE OF TONI CIRCLE. AS I GOT OUT OF MY
VEHICLE THE FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE ODOR WAS ABSOLUTELY
TERRIBLE. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS FOR THEM TO HAVE
TO PUT UP WITH THIS ONGOING ISSUE
ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE IN THEIR LATE
70'S AND HAVE BREATHING ISSUES.
AS IT TURNED OUT THEY WERE NOT HOME, SO
I GOT BACK IN MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE HOME
AND HAD TO AGAIN SMELL THE
FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR ALL THE WAY BACK
TO OLD STATE ROAD 8.

BASED UPON THAT EXPERIENCE, I DON'T
BELIEVE THE $100.00 PER DAY FINE IS
SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO MOTIVATE THE
SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF CUSA TO MAKE THE
CHANGES NECESSARY TO RESOLVE THIS
PROBLEM WHICH HAS BEEN
ONGOING FOR OVER 18 MONTHS.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-11-202510:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/11/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING, ERICA,

PLEASE INCLUDE THIS IS IN YOUR ONGOING
RECORD OF THE COMPOSTUSA NUISANCE ODOR
FILE.

I WANT TO THANK YOUR OFFICE AND THE
MAGISTRATE WHO RECENTLY RULED AGAINST
COMPOSTUSA IN FINDING THAT THE VENUS
RESIDENTS’ COMPLAINTS WERE VALID AND
SUBSTANTIATED.

ON MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 9TH, THE ODOR
REACHED MY PREMISES AT 34 KECK RD.

ON TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10TH, AS I
EXITED THE HOUSE TO OPEN MY GARAGE DOOR,
THE RANCID ODOR IMMEDIATELY ENTERED AND
PERMEATED THE INSIDE OF THE GARAGE.

ON TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10TH, THE WIND
SHIFTED AROUND WITH INTERMITTENT RAIN
SHOWERS, AND EACH TIME A BREEZE PICKED
UP FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST, I WAS
REMINDED OF MY HOPE THAT COMPOSTUSA IS
BUSILY TRYING TO REMEDY ITS ILLEGAL
BEHAVIOR.

I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR OFFICE
APPRISED OF ONGOING VIOLATIONS. I
FERVENTLY ENCOURAGE YOUR OFFICE TO
PURSUE SERIOUS AND LASTING ABATEMENT
ACTIONS, IN THE EVENT THE ODORS CONTINUE
AFTER THE TIME FRAMES AFFORDED IN THE
MAGISTRATE’S RULING OF JUNE 4.

REGARDS,

KEN KECK
06-11-202509:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/11/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
TRAVELING NORTH ON OLD STATE ROAD 8,
PASSING BY HICORIA RD AND THE FOUL ODORS
CAN BE SMELLED THIS MORNING. JUNE 11 @
6:40.

TALIA QUIGG
06-10-202504:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/10/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

THE WIND WAS UNFORTUNATELY BLOWING THE
HORRENDOUS STENCH OF COMPOSTUSA OUR
DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON. MY GIRLS WERE
OUTSIDE PLAYING AND ENDED THEIR TIME SAD
AND FRUSTRATED BY THE NASTY SMELL. MY
YOUNGEST DESCRIBES THE SMELL AS POOP AND
TRASH MIXED TOGETHER. FINDING THE TIME
TO FORMULATE AND SUBMIT THESE COMPLAINTS
IS A HASSLE (AS A WORKING MOTHER OF TWO
CHILDREN, I HAVE MILLIONS OF THINGS I
NEED TO AND WOULD RATHER FILL MY TIME
WITH), BUT I HOPE IT WILL LEAD TO A DAY
WHEN MY CHILDREN CAN ENJOY BEING
OUTDOORS WITHOUT EXPERIENCING THE VILE
EFFECTS OF COMPOSTUSA.

REGARDS,
THE GREENE FAMILY
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
06-10-202504:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/10/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-STRONG SE
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON, JUNE 10 AT 4 PM
BROUGHT THE SMELL OF COMPOST USA ROTTING
COMPOST TO OUR PROPERTY AGAIN. IT WAS
VERY STRONG AND IDENTIFIABLE. OUR
ESTIMATE OF THE WIND SPEED IS 25MPH, AND
THE DIRECTION IS 130 DEGREES OR FROM THE
SOUTHEAST.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR REPORT. 212
PARK LAND DR
MAF
06-10-202510:42 AMUPDATE/NOTES6/10/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 6/10/2025 IN THE AFTERNOON
WIND DIRECTION- GUSTY FROM SSE, SE AND S
LOCATION- 1929, 1981, 2107 OLD STATE RD.
8

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
CUSA WAS VERY STRONG THIS AFTERNOON.
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE SCALED BACK ON
THEIR ACTIVITIES AT THE PLANT IN AN
ATTEMPT
TO REDUCE THE ODOR.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-09-202504:44 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/09/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!
AS OF 6/9/2025 AFTERNOON
WIND DIRECTION- LIGHT AND VARIABLE, FROM
S,SSE,SE
LOCATION- 1981, 2107, 2155 OLD STATE
ROAD 8
ALSO- KELLY ROAD

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR WAS AGAIN
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY.
THIS ODOR WAS ALSO ENCOUNTERED ON KELLY
ROAD AS I TURNED RIGHT
FROM OLD STATE ROAD 8 AND DROVE EAST ON
KELLY ROAD. THE ODOR CONTINUED
UNTIL I COMPLETED THE "S" CURVE ON KELLY
ROAD.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-08-202509:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/08/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 6/8/2025
WIND DIRECTION- LIGHT AND VARIABLE FROM
SW AND W

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS FIRST ENCOUNTERED AS I
DROVE SOUTH ON.
HWY 27 WHERE KELLY ROAD INTERSECTS WITH
HWY 27. THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
INTENSIFIED AS I APPROACHED THE
INTERSECTION OF WOMBLE ROAD AND HWY 27
AND WAS REALLY
BAD WHEN I WAS EAST OF THIS FACILITY ON
HWY 27. THE ODOR CONTINUED AS I TURNED
ONTO
HICORIA ROAD AND DROVE PAST THE FACILITY
AND THE ODOR BECAME LESS AS DROVE PAST
THE EAST GATE OF THIS FACILITY.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-06-202509:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/06/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 6/6/2025
WIND DIRECTION- VARIABLE S,SW TO W

I WAS COMING HOME FROM LAKE PLACID
TRAVELING SOUTH ON HWY 27 AND BEGAN TO
SMELL THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY AT 1/2 MILE
NORTH OF WHERE WOMBLE ROAD INTERSECTS
WITH HWY 27. I CONTINUED SOUTH ON HWY 27
AND THE ODOR BECAME STRONGER AS I DROVE
PAST THE INTERSECTION OF WOMBLE ROAD AND
HWY 27 WHERE IT BECAME VERY STRONG
ALL THE WAY TO HICORIA ROAD WHERE I
TURNED RIGHT OFF OF HWY 27 AND HEADED
WEST. THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
CONTINUED
AS I DROVE PAST THIS FACILITY AT WHICH
TIME THE ODOR STOPPED.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-05-202504:27 PMUPDATE/NOTESADDED FINE ON SM/INT
START DATE: 06/04/25 FINE AMT: 0.46
06-05-202504:24 PMUPDATE/NOTESLIEN RECORDED 06/04/25 FOR 930.61
BOOK PAGE
06-05-202508:41 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/05/25 - CALLED IN COMPLAINT- 1925 OLD
ST RD 8 WIND IS OUT OF THE SW, FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THE COMPOST
PLANT THIS MORNING. - W. KERRY THOMPSON.
06-04-202504:44 PMCOURT APPEARANCETHIS CAUSE HAVING COME BEFORE THE
UNDERSIGNED MAGISTRATE FOR HIGHLANDS
COUNTY ON THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025, AND
SAID MAGISTRATE HAVING HEARD TESTIMONY,
ACCEPTED EVIDENCE, REVIEWING THE MOTION
TO DISMISS AND BEING OTHERWISE FULLY
ADVISED IN THE PREMISES HERE OF FINDS AS
A MATTER OF FACT THAT THE ABOVE NAMED
RESPONDENT(S) WERE PROPERLY NOTICED OF
THE SUBJECT PROCEEDING AND IS FOUND TO
HAVE VIOLATED OF THE FOLLOWING HIGHLANDS
COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCE(S): 5.6-3.
□RESPONDENT IS HEREBY ORDERED TO
BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH
THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTY CODE(S) WITHIN
45 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDER.
FAILURE TO COMPLY BY THE DATE SPECIFIED
HEREIN WILL RESULT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF
A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,
FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY THEREAFTER THAT
THE VIOLATION REMAINS.
□IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT
INTO FULL COMPLIANCE AS ORDERED, THE
COUNTY MAY, BUT IS NOT OBLIGATED TO
ABATE THE VIOLATION(S) SET FORTH HEREIN,
IN ANY MANNER WHICH IT DEEMS
APPROPRIATE, AND RECORD AN AFFIDAVIT OF
ITS COSTS ALONG WITH THIS ORDER IN THE
OFFICIAL RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AND THE SAME SHALL CONSTITUTE A
LIEN AGAINST THE RESPONDENT(S) AND ANY
PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT(S). IN THE
EVENT OF ABATEMENT BY THE COUNTY, THE
DAILY FINE IMPOSED SHALL CEASE AS OF THE
DATE THE VIOLATION IS
ABATED.
□IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, THE
UNDERSIGNED HEREBY IMPOSES FINE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF $930.61
06-03-202504:55 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/03/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
AFTERNOON!
WIND- SE AND VARIABLE
LOCATIONS: 1925, 1929, 1981,2107
OLD STATE ROAD 8

THE TERRIBLE SEWAGE SLUDGE SMELL COMING
FROM THIS MISMANAGED FACILITY IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THOSE OF US WHO
LIVE AROUND THIS FACILITY AND ARE FORCED
TO ENDURE
THIS ONGOING FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND
OBJECTIONABLE ODOR. THERE SHOULD BE
CONSEQUENCES
FOR WHAT THEY HAVE CAUSED US TO PUT UP
WITH FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER. AND
THEY LAUGH ALL THE
WAY TO THE BANK WITH THE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THEY ARE MAKING AT OUR EXPENSE
AND SUFFERING.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
06-03-202503:39 PMUPDATE/NOTES06/03/25 - EMAILED IN COPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA IS ESPECIALLY STINKY THIS
AFTERNOON AT OUR LOCATION. TRIED TO GRAB
A LITTLE TIME IN THE POOL AGAIN WHICH
WAS RUINED AND CUT SHORT. MY GIRLS’
ABILITY TO BE OUTDOORS, SWIM, AND ENJOY
THE SUMMER SEASON IS BEING MADE
IMPOSSIBLE WHEN THE WEATHER AND WINDS
BLOW THE CONSTANT STENCH OF COMPOSTUSA
OUR DIRECTION. THIS FACILITY’S NEGATIVE
IMPACTS ON THE USE OF OUR PROPERTY AND
WAY OF LIFE ARE VAST AND FRUSTRATING.

THANK YOU,
THE GREENE FAMILY
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FL 33960
06-02-202512:59 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE6/3/25 SEE ALL ATTACHED INSPECTIONS
UNDER “UPDATE/NOTES” FROM ALL CODE
OFFICERS THAT CHECKED FOR COMPLIANCE. DR
06-02-202509:04 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/02/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT KAYLEE
AND HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT,

PLEASE OBSERVE THE SIGNIFICANT TRACK-OUT
ONTO HICORIA ROAD. THE FIRST PICTURE IS
FACING TO THE WEST TOWARDS THE MAIN GATE
AS TRUCKS EXIT THE FACILITY. THE SECOND
PICTURE IS FACING EAST AS THE TRUCKS
HEAD TOWARDS HWY 27. KEEP IN MIND THIS
IS ONLY AFTER A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR
SINCE THE FACILITY HAS BEEN OPEN THIS
MORNING. I COUNTED AT LEAST 12 TRUCKS IN
LINE WAITING TO GET LOADED TO SPILL MORE
SEWAGE SLUDGE ONTO HICORIA ROAD.

RE: CODE ENFORCEMENT
THE WIND WAS COMING OUT OF THE WNW AND
THE SMELL WAS ATROCIOUS FROM THE WEST
GATE OF THIS FACILITY ALL THE WAY TO HWY
27S AND SOUTH TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

06-02-202508:44 AMUPDATE/NOTES06-02-2025 CEO MADE SITE VISIT TO
INVESTIGATE THE NUISANCE SMELL STOPPED
IN FRONT OF BUISNESS VERY RAINY DAY
SMELT THE ODOR THEN DROVE TO THE
INTERSECTING ROAD OF HICORIA AND OLD
STATE ROAD 8 THEN TURNED LEFT DROVE 1
MILE PULLED OVER AND COULD NO LONGER
SMELL IT CEO TURNED AROUND WENT TO THE
END OF TONI LN AND COULD SMELL THE
POWERFULL ODOR CEO THEN TURNED RIGHT ON
TONI CIRCLE PARKED BETWEEN 30 AND 26
TONI CIR AND COULD SMELL THE ODOR. AS
2HRS
06-02-202508:16 AMUPDATE/NOTES06/02/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 6/2/2025
RAINY DAY
WIND- LIGHT AND VARIABLE

THE TRUCK ACTIVITY AT THIS FACILITY
TODAY WAS MORE THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN IT.
THEY ARE MOVING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE OUT
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THEY ARE THEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE
FOUL/OFFENSIVE/OBJECTIONABLE.
ODOR. SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION WHY
HAVEN'T THEY DONE THAT LONG AGO. THERE
ARE 2 CORRECT ANSWERS. ANSWER #1 BECAUSE
THEY MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY TO TAKE IN
THE SEWAGE SLUDGE TO BEGIN WITH. ANSWER
#2, THEY ARE TRYING TO CLEAR THE
FACILITY
OF THEIR CURRENT VIOLATION WITH CODE
ENFORCEMENT AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING
HEARING WITH THE MAGISTRATE. THE
MISMANAGEMENT
OF THIS FACILITY IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION
AND ABSOLUTELY UNCONSCIONABLE. I'M NOT
REFERRING TO THE LOCAL WORKERS AT THE
PLANT BECAUSE
THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE TOLD. I'M
REFERRING TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS HIGHER UP
IN THE MONEY CHAIN WHO LIKE TO USE WORDS
LIKE
BIOSOLIDS AND CLASS AA SOIL AMENDMENT.
THEY ARE USING SEWAGE SLUDGE AND IT IS
MISERABLE FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE TO
SMELL IT.

ON MY WAY HOME, LATE IN THE EVENING,
FROM VISITING FAMILY I DROVE WEST ON
HICORIA ROAD IN FRONT OF CUSA AND THE
SMELL FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.THE
WIND WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF THE NORTH.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-31-202509:00 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/31/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -I WENT
INTO TOWN YESTERDAY, AND THE NOXIOUS
ODOR FROM THIS FACILITY WAS STILL
PRESENT, MOSTLY OUT ON US 27. GUESS IT
DEPENDS ON HOW THE WIND IS BLOWING. HOW
PLEASANT FOR DRIVERS HEADING TO OR
PASSING THROUGH OUR COUNTY. HIGHLANDS
COUNTY...HOME OF SEWER SLUDGE STINK!
LOVELY!!

DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ON THEIR
'BEST BEHAVIOR' TRYING TO IMPROVE THE
SITUATION WHILE WAITING FOR THEIR
EXPANSION PERMIT, WITH MUCH LESS TRAFFIC
IN AND OUT, AND I SUSPECT MUCH LESS
INTAKE OF THE NOXIOUS MATERIALS, IT
STILL SMELLS. IF THE PERMIT IS APPROVED,
ALL BETS ARE OFF. IT WILL BE BACK TO
'BUSINESS AS USUAL'.

THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS
FACILITY IS A BLIGHT ON OUR WHOLE
COMMUNITY. I DON'T LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR
IT, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION I STILL
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT COMING AND GOING
FROM VENUS, AS DO WE ALL. WITH LIMITED
INGRESS/EGRESS POINTS, UNLESS I WANT TO
GO FAR OUT OF MY WAY, HICORIA IS IT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS FACILITY GOT
APPROVED FOR THIS LOCATION IN THE FIRST
PLACE, BUT WE SURELY SHOULD NOT BE
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY BY EXPANDING IT
FURTHER!

LISA GREENE
54 RUSSELL CT.
VENUS
05-31-202508:30 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/31/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 5/31/2025
WIND VARIABLE S TO SW TO W

COMING HOME FROM LAKE PLACID DRIVING
SOUTH ON HWY 27 THE SEWAGE SLUDGE
ODOR WAS DETECTED BEGINNING AT WHERE
ARCHBOLD ROAD AND HWY 27 S INTERSECT.
THE ODOR BECAME MUCH STRONGER AS I
CONTINUED SOUTH ON HWY 27. AS I PASSED
KELLEY RD. CONTINUING SOUTH ON HWY 27
THE ODOR INTENSIFIED AS I PASSED WHERE
WOMBLE ROAD
INTERSECTS WITH HWY 27 AND ALL THE WAY
TO TURNING OFF ONTO HICORIA ROAD.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-30-202503:47 PMUPDATE/NOTES5/30 CEO INSPECTED FOR NUISANCE SMELL
SURROUNDING COMPOSTUSA (80 HICORIA RD).
STARTED TO SMELL ODOR FROM OLD ST RD 8
DOWN TO 70 SUNBURST AND DROVE DOWN
LEISURE LN AND SMELLED ODOR ALL WITHIN A
2MILE RADIUS. DR/BSS 2HRS
05-30-202503:20 PMREINSPECTION5-30-2025 CE SUPERVISOR DROVE 27 SOUTH
AND MADE A U TURN AT HICORIA, MILD ODOR,
HOWEVER ONCE EAST ON WOMBLE ROAD, THE
ODOR WAS VERY STRONG, DROVE DOWN WOMBLE
TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND EXITED THE
VEHICLE, THE WIND DIED DOWN, THE SMELL
WAS NOT AS TERRIBLE THAN FIRST TURN OFF.
UPON EXIT OF WOMBLE, ABOUT 500 FEET FROM
27, THE SMELL RETURNED, TERRIBLY. SAT AT
THE END OF WOMBLE, WINDOWS UP, BUT THE
SMELL WAS COMING INTO THE TRUCK THROUGH
THE AIR VENTS. JD 1 HOUR
05-30-202502:48 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/30/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,

WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT ANOTHER
COMPLAINT REGARDING COMPUSA. MY WIFE AND
I VISITED OUR PROPERTY ON FRIDAY, MAY
30, 2025, AT AROUND 6:30 PM. AS SOON AS
WE TURNED LEFT OFF SR 27 AND ONTO
HICORIA ROAD, WE COULD SMELL THE FOUL
AND DISGUSTING ODOR THAT WAS COMING FROM
THE DIRECTION OF COMPUSA. WE CAN’T EVEN
TAKE A NICE LEISURELY DRIVE IN THE
COUNTRY WITH THE CAR WINDOWS DOWN LIKE
WE USED TO WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED THE
PROPERTY. THIS COMPANY SEEMINGLY HAS NO
REGARD FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.



JORGE CAYON

2122 OLD SR 8

786-559-1104

EMAIL: JCAYONSR@GMAIL.COM
05-29-202504:18 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE5/29 SEE ALL ATTACHED INSPECTIONS UNDER
“UPDATE/NOTES” FROM ALL CODE OFFICERS
THAT CHECKED FOR COMPLIANCE. DR
05-29-202504:15 PMREINSPECTION5/29/2025 WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH. CEO
WAS ABLE TO DETECT STRONG SMELL JUST
PAST THE 2ND CURVE ON KELLY RD (APPROX
4479 FT) ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OLD SR 8.
HEADED SOUTH ON OLD 8 TO TONI DR AND
TONI CIRCLE NO SMELL. HEADED BACK NORTH
ON OLD 8 TO ARCHBOLD RD, DROVE WHOLE
LENGTH OF ARCHBOLD RD NO ODOR DETECTED.
2 HRS SE
05-29-202504:04 PMUPDATE/NOTES5/29 WIND COMING OUT OF THE SOUTH. CEO
WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON 27 TOWARD
COMPOSTUSA AND STARTED TO SMELL A
OFFENSIVE ODOR AND STOPPED AT TROPICAL
WINERY LOCATED AT 2678 US 27 S (APPROX.
4MILES NORTH OF COMPOST FACILITY) AND
ASKED EMPLOYEES IF THEY HAVE SMELLED THE
ODOR BEFORE. THEY STATED YES AND THEY
WERE AWARE THAT IT WAS FROM THE COMPOST
PLANT. CEO WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO DRIVE
THEIR FARM TO GO FURTHER WEST AND COULD
STILL DETECT THE SMELL. CEO THEN DROVE
DOWN OLD SR 8 AND TURNED EAST ON
ARCHBOLD RD AND COULD DETECT THE SMELL
AT ARCHBOLD RD AND US 27 (APPROX 1.5
MILES NORTH) DR 2HRS
05-29-202508:11 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/29/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - IT IS
7:48PM ON THURSDAY 5/29/25 AND MY
HUSBAND I JUST RETURNED FROM A FAMILY
DINNER. WHEN I STEPPED OUT OF MY CAR THE
SMELL EMANATING FROM THE COMPOST PLANT
ON HICORIA RD WAS SO HORRIFIC THAT I
STARTED TO GAG. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO
LOSE THE SUPPER I HAD JUST HAD. I AM SO
TIRED OF THIS. THERE IS NO QUALITY OF
AIR AT OUR HOUSE ANYMORE. WE CANNOT
ENJOY OUR PROPERTY AT ALL. AND WE ARE
SOME OF THE LONGEST STANDING RESIDENTS
IN THIS AREA. MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN HERE
FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN HERE
OVER 20. AND PAID PROPERTY TAXES
EVERYONE OF THOSE YEARS. ELW
05-28-202504:07 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/28/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - MY NAME
IS LOTTIE JO STOKER AND I LIVE AT 34
TONI CIRCLE, VENUS, FL, WHICH IS 9
TENTHS OF A MILE FROM THE COMPOST
PLANT.  THE PAST FEW DAYS THE SMELL FROM
THE PLANT HAS BEEN HORRIBLE. WE CANNOT
SIT ON OUR FRONT PORCH AND ENJOY THE
NIGHT AIR BECAUSE THE SMELL IS SO
OVERWHELMING. I ALSO WONDER IF THE
SPORES IN THE AIR CAUSED BY THE SMELL
ARE NOT A HEALTH HAZARD ALSO.
05-28-202504:07 PMNOTICE OF HEARINGNOT NEEDED CLERICAL ERROR- ELW
05-28-202502:49 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/28/25 LILLIAN PEREZ OF 1834 OD ST RD
8 CALLED IN AND SAID SHE SMELT A STRONG
ODOR COMING FROM THE COMPOST PLANT
TODAY. ELW

05-28-202501:17 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/28/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - MAY
28TH, 2025

GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, AND THANKS AGAIN
FOR ALL YOUR CONTINUED HELP WITH THIS
MATTER.

WHILE DRIVING ON OLD 8 EARLY THIS
MORNING, MY DAUGHTER AND I PASSED
COMPOSTUSA LIKE WE ARE FORCED TO DO AT
LEAST TWICE A DAY. THE SMELL WAS AWFUL,
AND THE WIND WAS BARELY BLOWING OUT OF
THE SSE. THE FOGGY MORNINGS ARE
RIDICULOUS. THE ODOR SETTLES INTO THE
FOG AND DRIFTS FOR MILES. VENUS
RESIDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO BE EXPOSED
TO THIS.

SHAME ON THE OWNERS, MANAGERS, AND
ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS COMPOSTUSA. HOW DO
THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THEY ARE
CONTAMINATING THE AIR WE BREATHE, OUR
WATER, AND OUR LAND?? I’M SURE NONE OF
THEM LIVE CLOSE TO ONE OF THEIR
FACILITIES.
I PRAY FOR THEIR HEARTS TO BE SOFTENED
AND NOT BE BLINDED BY MONEY.

SINCERELY,
SUZANNE TATE
05-28-202501:15 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/28/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
WIND DIRECTION- LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LOCATIONS: 1925, 1929, 1981, 2107
OLD STATE ROAD 8

I LIKE GOING OUTSIDE EARLY IN THE
MORNING TO LISTEN TO THE BIRDS AND SMELL
THE FRESH MORNING AIR.
NOT SO THIS MORNING, THE SOUR AND GROSS
SMELL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE EMANATING FROM
COMPOSTUSA WAS UNBELIEVABLE IT ALMOST
MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-28-202512:37 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/28/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
GOOD MORNING ERICA,

I TRUST YOUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS
PLEASANT.

I AM ASKING THAT THIS MESSAGE BE
INCLUDED IN THE RECORD AND I HOPE THAT
IT IS READ BY THE MAGISTRATE WHO IS
SLATED TO CONSIDER THE COMPOST USA CASE
ON JUNE 4TH.

I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THE MAGISTRATE
TO CONSIDER AND REFLECT ON HOW THEY AND
THEIR OWN FAMILY AND FRIENDS SPENT THE
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. THERE IS THE
DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT THEIR
CELEBRATION WAS PARTIALLY OUT OF DOORS,
AND ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND HOMESITE.
PERHAPS A BARBECUE PICNIC?

NOW CONSIDER HOW THE RESIDENTS WITHIN
SEVERAL MILES OF THE CUSA FACILITY WERE
FORCED TO PLAN OUR HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS.
DO WE RISK SETTING UP FOOD OUTSIDE ON
OUR SCREENED PORCH OR POOL? IS THE WIND
GOING TO SHIFT AND FORCE US INSIDE ON A
MOMENT’S NOTICE? DO WE DARE INVITE
COMPANY OVER TO SHARE THE DAY?

AS FEARED, MY OUTDOOR CELEBRATIONS ON
MEMORIAL DAY WERE CUT SHORT BY A
SHIFTING WIND COMING FROM THE
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST.

FOR VENUS AREA RESIDENTS, COMPOST USA
AND ITS OWNER KRIS CREEDEN ARE QUITE
LITERALLY THE SKUNK AT THE PICNIC. IF
THAT SOUNDS PERSONAL, HE HAS MADE IT SO
FOR THE VENUS COMMUNITY. HE ROUTINELY
MAKES BLATANTLY FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT
HIS OPERATION’S ODOR SEVERITY AND
PERSISTENCE TO THE PRESS AND LOCAL/STATE
OFFICIALS.

MR. KREEDON REPEATEDLY AND INCREDULOUSLY
TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND BARELY
ACKNOWLEDGES THE HARM HIS OPERATION’S
CHRONIC STENCH IS ACTIVELY CAUSING TO
VENUS RESIDENTS. MANY OF WHOM HAVE MADE
THIS AREA HOME FOR GENERATIONS AND
BEFORE HE ARRIVED ENJOYED THEIR IDYLLIC
SURROUNDINGS PROPERTIES FULLY.

I SUSPECT IN THE UPCOMING HEARING ON
JUNE 4TH MR. CREEDEN OR HIS
REPRESENTATIVES WILL AGAIN IGNORE THE
REAL PEOPLE AND ALL THEIR JUSTIFIED AND
DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS. HE WILL INSTEAD
TOUT HOW INGENIOUS HIS PROPRIETARY SOIL
PRODUCTS ARE. HE IS ESPECIALLY FOND OF
CHANGING THE SUBJECT FROM FOUL ODOR
COMPLAINTS TO TALK OF HOW SUPPOSEDLY
CRITICAL HIS PRODUCTS ARE TO THE CITRUS
MARKET. IN FACT, I CHALLENGE HIM TO NAME
TWO HIGHLANDS CITRUS GROWERS TODAY WHO
USE HIS PRODUCT.

I IMPLORE THAT THE MAGISTRATE USE THE
AUTHORITY VESTED IN THEIR OFFICE TO
ENFORCE HIGHLANDS COUNTY NUISANCE ODOR
ORDINANCES. AFTER RESIDENTS HAVE SOUGHT
RELIEF FOR OVER A YEAR, THE MAGISTRATE
NEEDS TO STEP IN, ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH
OF THE MATTER, AND FORCE THE PERPETRATOR
TO PAY FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY THE ODORS
PERSIST. A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL
PENALTY, ACCUMULATING DAILY, IS THE ONLY
LANGUAGE KRIS CREEDEN MIGHT UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY
CONCERNS.

KEN KECK
34 KECK RD.
VENUS
05-27-202504:16 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/27/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA HAS STUNK OFF AND ON THE LAST
THREE DAYS (5/24, 5/25, AND 5/26), BUT
IT WAS ESPECIALLY FRUSTRATING WHEN WE
WENT OUTSIDE TO SWIM TODAY, 5/27. ON
WHAT WAS MY GIRLS’ OFFICIAL FIRST DAY OF
SUMMER - THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO
ENJOYING A SUMMER AFTERNOON IN THE POOL,
BUT AFTER A LITTLE TIME PLAYING, THEY
LOOKED AT ME DISMAYED AND SAID “MOM IT
SMELLS”. WE PACKED IT UP AND HEADED
INDOORS - HOW DISHEARTENING AND
DISCOURAGING FOR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN TO
BE FORCED INDOORS AS A RESULT OF
COMPOSTUSA ON WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
SOME OF THE MOST SPECIAL DAYS OF THEIR
CHILDHOOD!

REGARDS,
THE GREENE FAMILY
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
05-27-202501:14 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/27/25 EMAIED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 5/27/2025
WIND- SE AND VARIABLE
LOCATIONS- 1925,1929,1981,2107
OLD STATE ROAD 8

THE HORRID SMELL FROM THIS FACILITY OFF
AND ON TODAY
WAS TERRIBLE.

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-26-202504:08 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/26/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 5/26/2025
WIND DIRECTION: SE AND VARIABLE
LOCATIONS: 1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8
2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8

AFTER HAVING GONE INTO LAKE PLACID THIS
MORNING BEFORE DAY BREAK TO HELP MY SON
AT HIS HOUSE
I RETURNED TO MY PROPERTY ABOUT NOON.
THE HORRID SMELL COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY WAS
EXTREMELY STRONG AND KEPT ME FROM BEING
ABLE TO ENJOY MY PROPERTY LIKE I WOULD
LIKE TO.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
THIS CASE NUMBER CE25020283 WAS CREATED
ON 2/28/2025
SINCE THAT DATE AND UP TO 5/21/2025 AT
LEAST (84) EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS HAVE
BEEN MADE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT
FROM THE MANY RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY
EXPRESSING OUR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE
FOUL/OFFENSIVE
AND OBJECTIONABLE ODORS EMANATING FROM
THIS FACILITY.

IN ADDITION, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SOUTH END OF
HIGHLANDS COUNTY HAS CONDUCTED
AT LEAST (4) INSPECTIONS HIMSELF WHICH
ARE INCLUDED IN THE DETAIL NOTES OF THIS
CASE. HIS FINDINGS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT AND TIME
HE HAS SPENT TO ADEQUATELY DOCUMENT WHAT
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED RELATED TO THE
FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE ODORS
CAUSED BY THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THIS
FACILITY BY COMPOSTUSA.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-25-202504:07 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/25/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 5/25/2025
WIND DIRECTION: SE AND VARIABLE
LOCATIONS: 1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8
2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8

I WAS WORKING AROUND MY PROPERTIES TODAY
AND THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND
OBJECTIONABLE ODORS EMANATING FROM THIS
FACILITY MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
FOR ME TO FINISH, BUT AGAIN, I SUFFERED
THROUGH THE HORRID SMELL.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-23-202504:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/23/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD EVENING,

MY GIRLS AND I JUST WENT OUTSIDE TO TAKE
AN EVENING WALK, AND IT SMELLS SO
TERRIBLE MY DAUGHTER FELT SICK TO HER
STOMACH - SENDING US INDOORS. WHAT A
MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY SOME MUCH
NEEDED TIME OUTSIDE ON A BEAUTIFUL
EVENING WITH A LOVELY BREEZE. MY GIRLS
DESERVE THE FREEDOM TO GO OUTSIDE AND
PLAY - SO TRAGIC THEY AREN’T AFFORDED
THIS ABILITY AS A RESULT OF COMPOSTUSA.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FL 33960
05-21-202505:36 PMREINSPECTION5-21-25 WINDS BLOWING FROM THE WEST
TODAY, I WAS ON EAST SIDE OF KELLY RD
NEAR US 27,SMELT ODOR, I WAS AT 820 US
27 N -POST OFFICE- SMELT ODOR, AND I WAS
EAST OF 80 HICORIA, ON HICORIA RD AND
COULD SMELL ODOR FROM THIS PROPERTY,
BSS/2 HRS
05-21-202503:25 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/19/25 EMAILED COMPLIANT-
GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 5/192025
WIND DIRECTION- VARIABLE SW AND W
SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY 27 FROM INTERSECTION
OF KELLEY RD AND US 27
AND CONTINUING SOUTH UNTIL THE
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD AND US 27

THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY AGAIN
SMELLED LIKE SEWAGE SLUDGE WHICH
IS AKIN TO DECAYING WASTE OR EVEN
EXCREMENT. I WAS RELIEVED WHEN I FINALLY
DROVE OUT
OF THE WIND DIRECTION THAT WAS CARRYING
THIS TERRIBLE SMELL.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON

05-21-202503:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES5/21/2025 WINDS REPORTED OUT OF THE WEST
TODAY. CEO WENT TO THE END OF BARN RD
(APPROX. 1.36 MI) SMELL WAS DETECTED,
WENT TO THE END OF HICKORY BRANCH RD
(APPROX 2.55 MI)SMELL WAS MORE FAINT,
BUT DETECTABLE, WENT TO 167 WOMBLE RD AT
EAGLE RANCH (APPROX 2.44 MI) FAINT, BUT
DETECTABLE. CEO DETECTED THE STRONGEST
ODOR AT US 27 & 70 CIRCLE K (APPROX 3.4
MI) AND 2510 US 27 TROPICAL WINERY
(APPROX 3.8 MI). 2 HRS SE
05-21-202509:55 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/21/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
5/21/2025
VARIABLE- SW AND NW
LOCATIONS- INTERSECTION OF HWY 27 AND
HWY 70
AND CONTINUING SOUTHBOUND ON HWY 27
ALL THE WAY TO HICORIA ROAD

COMING HOME FROM A VISIT WITH MY SON IN
LAKE PLACID THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE
AND OBJECTIONABLE ODOR COMING FROM THE
COMPOSTUSA FACILITY WAS VERY
BAD. WHICH IS A RESULT OF THIS
FACILITY'S TOTAL MISMANAGEMENT OF THE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN STOCKPILING FOR A
LONG TIME. THEY MUST FACE APPROPRIATE
CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CONTINUED ABUSE
THEY HAVE CAUSED TO THOSE OF US WHO
LIVE, WORK
AND TRAVEL ANYWHERE NEAR THIS FACILITY.

SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-19-202510:32 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 5/192025
WIND DIRECTION- VARIABLE SW AND W
SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY 27 FROM INTERSECTION
OF KELLEY RD AND US 27
AND CONTINUING SOUTH UNTIL THE
INTERSECTION OF HICORIA ROAD AND US 27

THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY AGAIN
SMELLED LIKE SEWAGE SLUDGE WHICH
IS AKIN TO DECAYING WASTE OR EVEN
EXCREMENT. I WAS RELIEVED WHEN I FINALLY
DROVE OUT
OF THE WIND DIRECTION THAT WAS CARRYING
THIS TERRIBLE SMELL.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-19-202509:04 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/19/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD AFTERNOON,

PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF A FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST COMPOSTUSA. THE ODOR COMING FROM
THE FACILITY IS ESPECIALLY AWFUL TODAY -
IT SMELLS LIKE LARGE AMOUNTS OF VERY
STINKY FECES. THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE,
SINCE THEY ARE TRUCKING IN SEWAGE SLUDGE
FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND PROCESSING
IT HERE AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT A TREAT IT WOULD BE TO SIT OUTSIDE
AND ENJOY MY BLOOMING GARDENIAS, BUT
INSTEAD THEIR BEAUTIFUL AROMA IS COVERED
BY THE REPULSIVE STENCH OF THIS
OPERATION. I NEVER EXPECTED, AFTER
LIVING HERE FOR 38 YEARS, THAT I WOULD
BE SUBJECTED TO SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.
THANK YOU FOR NOTATING MY EXPERIENCES.

ASHLEY GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FL 33960
05-18-202503:23 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/18/25 EMAILED IN COMPLIANT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 5/18/2025
WIND DIRECTION- SE AND VARIABLE
LOCATIONS: 1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8
2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8

THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING UNTIL I
WENT INSIDE FOR THE NIGHT THE ODOR
COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY AGAIN SMELLED LIKE SEWAGE
SLUDGE WHICH IS WHAT THIS FACILITY DUMPS
IN HUGE PILES ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY.
THE SMELL IS COMPARABLE TO DECAYING
WASTE OR EVEN EXCREMENT. THIS HORRIBLE
SMELL MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO
ENJOY MY PROPERTY.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-16-202505:06 PMUPDATE/NOTES5-16-25 RETURNED CALL TO KERRY THOMPSON,
BSS
05-16-202505:00 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/16/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
WE ENDURED ANOTHER NIGHT OF AROMA FROM
COMPOST USA THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY 15
AROUND 1030, ALL THE WAY OVER ON PARK
LAND DRIVE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR
EMAILS.
MAF
05-16-202504:57 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/16/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT GOOD
MORNING,

MY FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST COMPOSTUSA. THE
FACILITY SMELLED HORRENDOUS YESTERDAY -
LIKE URINE MIXED WITH SOMETHING DYING.
THE AWFUL SMELL GREETED MY DAUGHTERS AND
I AS SOON AS WE STEPPED OUTSIDE, CAUSING
US TO GROAN WITH FRUSTRATION AND
DISGUST. COMPOSTUSA'S DISREGARD FOR OUR
COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO DIMINISH OUR
QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL BEING, AND I
CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE ITS HARMFUL
IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND
PHYSICAL HEALTH. WE ARE ASKING OUR
COUNTY LEADERS TO EXERCISE WHATEVER
POWER THEY HAVE TO PROTECT OUR FAMILY
AND RECTIFY THE ERRONEOUS ESTABLISHMENT
OF THIS FACILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE GREENE FAMILY
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FLORIDA
05-16-202502:06 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
MAY 15TH, 2025
GOOD AFTERNOON,

THE RESIDENTS OF VENUS ARE CONTINUING TO
BE EXPOSED TO THE TOXIC WASTE DUMP (ALSO
KNOWN AS COMPOST USA) ON HICORIA ROAD.
IT’S JUST SHAMEFUL. THEY ARE POLLUTING
OUR WATER, LAND, AND AIR WE BREATHE.
TREATMENT FACILITIES USED TO BURN SLUDGE
OR DUMP IT IN THE OCEAN. THAT WAS
STOPPED BECAUSE IT VIOLATED “CLEAN AIR”
RULES AND MADE MARINE DEAD ZONES. SO,
PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THIS SAME
“TOXIC WASTE” IS NOW CONSIDERED SAFE TO
SPREAD ON FARMLAND AND ALLOWED TO BE IN
THE AIR WE BREATHE DAILY?? MANY PEOPLE
IN THE BIOSOLIDS INDUSTRY ARE LAUGHING
ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.
MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE TO TRAVEL BY
COMPOST USA AT LEAST TWICE A DAY. THE
ODOR IS ATROCIOUS. I NO LONGER USE THE
ONLY SHORT PAVED ROAD WHICH IS HICORIA
TO CROSS OVER TO 27.
THE OWNERS AND MANAGERS OF COMPOST USA
HAVE TOTAL DISREGARD FOR OUR HEALTH AND
WELLBEING.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND ALL
YOU’RE DOING FOR OUR VENUS COMMUNITY!

SINCERELY,
SUZANNE TATE

05-15-202508:08 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/15/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 5/15/2025
WIND DIRECTION- SE
LOCATIONS:2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8
1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8

THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING UNTIL
ABOUT SUNDOWN THE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY SMELLED LIKE SEWAGE SLUDGE
WHICH IS WHAT THEY BRING INTO THIS
FACILITY EVERY DAY. THIS SMELL IS AKIN
TO DECAYING WASTE OR EVEN EXCREMENT.THIS
SMELL MADE IT UNBEARABLE FOR ME TO DO MY
CHORES THIS AFTERNOON.

SINCERELY,
W. KERRY THOMPSON

05-14-202502:45 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/14/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 5/13/25
WIND DIRECTION: SW
LOCATION: THE CORNER OF HWY 27 AND
WOMBLE ROAD

THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE
ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY WAS TERRIBLE AT THIS
LOCATION.

ALSO, I SENT IN AN EMAIL LATE AFTERNOON
ON 5/12/25 ABOUT THIS CASE AND
RE: LOCATIONS 2213 AND 2107 AND I DON'T
SEE IT POSTED. LET ME KNOW IF I
NEED TO RESEND THAT EMAIL?

ALSO I SENT AN EMAIL ON 5/12/25 TO
DANIEL ROARTY TO GIVE ME A CALL. WOULD
YOU PLEASE REACH OUT TO HIM ABOUT A
FOLLOW UP CALL OR PROVIDE ME WITH HIS
CONTACT
NUMBER?


THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ASSISTANCE!


05-14-202502:42 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/14/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GENTLEMEN AND WOMEN,
I AM WRITING TO LODGE A COMPLAINT ABOUT
THE ODOR COMING FROM COMPOSTUSA ON
HICORIA RD IN VENUS. I HAVE TO DRIVE BY
THAT AREA ALMOST DAILY AND OCCASIONALLY
(DEPENDING ON WIND DIRECTION) THE ODOR
PERMEATES LARGE SECTIONS OF VENUS
DISTANT FROM THE FACILITY AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPANIES
THAT OFFER ODOR ABATEMENT FOR FACILITIES
JUST LIKE COMPOSTUSA AND I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THE LATTER COMPANY CAN'T
BE REQUIRED TO EMPLOY SUCH A COMPANY TO
MAKE LIVING IN VENUS BY ME AND MY
NEIGHBORS LESS ONEROUS. THIS IS A
QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE AND ALTHOUGH
PERHAPS NOT AS IMPORTANT TO OTHERS AS
USUAL CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES IT
CERTAINLY MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO THE
VENUS INHABITANTS WHO STRIVE TO KEEP OUR
COMMUNITY AS CLEAN AND FREE OF
CONTAMINATION OF ANY SORT AS POSSIBLE.
AFTER ALL, THAT IS WHY WE LOVE LIVING
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
DAVID ADAMS
410 SHEPPARD RD
VENUS, FL 33960
05-14-202510:35 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/14/25 EMAILED IN COMPAINT -

GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 5/14/2025
WIND DIRECTION- SE

THIS AFTERNOON BEGINNING AROUND 3:00PM
AND CONTINUING UNTIL I WENT INSIDE AT
SUNDOWN
THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE
ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY WAS
TERRIBLE.

EARLIER IN THE DAY THE WIND WAS COMING
FROM THE SW AND I DIDN'T SMELL THIS
TERRIBLE ODOR
AND THE AIR WAS SO CLEAN AND FRESH.

SINCERELY,
W .KERRY THOMPSON

UPDATE TO ADD ADDRESSES.
GOOD MORNING!
UPDATE TO MY PREVIOUS EMAIL SENT
5/14/2025 FOR AS OF 5/14/2025
PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8
2127 OLD STATE ROAD 8
2155 OLD STATE ROAD 8
2213 OLD STATE ROAD 8

SORRY ABOUT THAT!

SINCERELY,
W.KERRY THOMPSON
05-14-202508:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/14/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - ON
WEDNESDAY 5/14/25 AT 2:00 PM MY  HUSBAND
AND I WERE GOING TO LAKE PLACID FROM OUR
HOME IN VENUS.  WE DECIDED TO GO HICORIA
ROAD TO US 27.   BEFORE WE MADE OUR LEFT
HAND TURN ONTO US 27 OFF OF HICORIA, THE
SMELL COMING FROM COMPOST USA WAS
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.  IT ALMOST SMELLED
LIKE DEAD ANIMALS.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE WIND DIRECTION WAS AT THAT TIME, BUT
THE SMELL CONTINUED ON US 27 TRAVELING
NORTHBOUND UNTIL ROZIE ROAD.  THAT IS
APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES FROM HICORIA RD.
THIS IS IN AN SUV WITH THE WINDOWS UP
AND AIR CONDITIONING RUNNING.  THAT
MEANS EVERYONE TRAVELING IN THAT 4 MILE
RADIUS ON US 27, BOTH NORTHBOUND OR
SOUTHBOUND COULD SMELL THAT.  I'M  SURE
PEOPLE TRAVELING ARE WONDERING "WHAT IN
THE WORLD IS THAT HORRIBLE SMELL". 
THANK YOU FOR DOCUMENTING THIS -- HH
05-12-202502:49 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/12/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
GOOD AFTERNOON!
LOCATION: 2213 AND 2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8
WIND DIRECTION- FROM SE

THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE
ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY IS TERRIBLE. I BELIEVE THE
RAIN IS MAKING IT WORSE. WE REALLY NEED
THE RAIN SO I GUESS I'LL TOLERATE THE
WORSE SMELL.

SINCERELY,
W.KERRY THOMPSON
05-12-202512:29 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/12/25 ATTACHED DEP PERMIT REVISON
PAPERWORK TO CASE. SENT FROM C.K.
PLANNING. ELW
05-10-202512:31 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/10/25 RECEIVED A VOICEMAI FROM JAMES
RIGGINS AT 42 TONI CIRCLE. HE IS
REPORTING A SEWER LIKE SMELL COMING FROM
THE COMPOST PLANT. ELW
05-09-202504:46 PMUPDATE/NOTES5/9/2025 WINDS REPORTED OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST TODAY. CEO FIRST DETECTED ODOR
AT THE SECOND BEND IN KELLY RD (RIGHT
BEFORE THE GRAVEL ROAD ENDS) WHEN
TURNING RIGHT OFF OF US 27 S (APPROX
3680 FT), ODOR BECAME MUCH STRONGER AT
KELLY RD AND OLD SR 8 (APPROX 5004 FT).
CEO THEN HEADED SOUTH ON OLD 8 AND DROVE
AROUND TONI DRIVE NO ODOR DETECTED. CEO
PROCEEDED TO HEAD NORTH ON OLD SR 8 TO
SR 70, TURNED LEFT TO HEAD WEST. THERE
WAS A ROAD CREW WITH A FLAGMAN AND
TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED FOR 1 LANE USE ONLY.
CEO WAS STOPPED IN THE AREA OF 2897 SR
70 W (APPROX 3.85 MI) AWAY AND COULD
DETECT THE ODOR WHEN THE WIND WAS
BLOWING. CEO WENT TO PARKLAND DR AND
DROVE ALL THE WAY TO THE END, NO ODOR
DETECTED. 2 HRS SE
05-08-202503:55 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/08/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - I WOULD
ASK THAT THESE COMMENTS BE PRESENTED OR
INCORPORATED INTO INFORMATION PRESENTED
ON BEHALF OF VENUS HOMEOWNERS AT THE MAY
13 SPECIAL EXCEPTION HEARING FOR THE
PHASE 2 EXPANSION OF THE COMPOST USA
FACILITY LOCATED ON HICORIA ROAD, VENUS,
FLORIDA. WE ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS
MEETING BECAUSE OF A COMMITMENT TO BE IN
SARASOTA.

MY FIRST COMPLAINT WAS FILED ON APRIL
23, 2025 WHICH OUTLINED MY OBJECTIONS TO
THIS FACILITY AND THE EXPANSION. HAD I
KNOWN THERE WAS A SITE TO DOCUMENT MY
OBJECTIONS, YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM ME
MUCH SOONER, BUT I JUST RECENTLY BECAME
AWARE OF SUCH A FORUM. THEREFORE, I HAVE
BEEN SUBMITTING COMPLAINTS VIA THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT WEBSITE.

WE LIVE APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES AWAY, AS
THE CROW FLIES, FROM THE FACILITY AND WE
CAN SMELL THE ODOR. OUR HOME IS ON
CANNON COURT WHICH IS AN ACCESS ROAD OFF
OF NEW BOOT HEEL ROAD. I BELIEVE IT HAS
BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE SMELL
RADIATES 3 MILES FROM THE FACILITY, BUT
THIS NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED, BECAUSE THE
DISTANCE IS AT LEAST 7 MILES AND
POSSIBLY FURTHER. GRANTED, WE DO NOT GET
THE STENCH EVERY DAY, WHICH PROBABLY IS
THE CASE OF HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE CLOSER,
BUT IT'S STILL HORRIBLE. I CAN'T EVEN
IMAGINE LIVING CLOSER AND DEALING WITH
THAT SMELL. IT'S SO BAD, WHEN I SMELL
IT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE I CAN TASTE IT. WE
AVOID DRIVING ON HICORIA ROAD BECAUSE OF
THE DEBRIS LEFT ON THE ROAD FROM ALL THE
TRUCKS ENTERING AND EXITING THE
FACILITY. GRANTED, THEY HAVE A MACHINE
THAT TRIES TO CLEAN IT UP, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY YOU END UP GETTING IT ON
THE UNDERSIDE OF YOUR VEHICLE AND THEN
BRINGING THAT HOME. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE
NEGATIVE DAMAGE THAT INTAKING 150 TRUCKS
PER DAY FROM 50 TRUCKS WILL ALSO HAVE ON
OUR LOCAL ROADS AND ENVIRONMENT.

PLEASE TAKE THE COMMENTS OF THE VENUS
COMMUNITY AND CONSIDER THEM IN YOUR
DECISION. UNFORTUNATELY, AS DOCUMENTED
IN MY ORIGINAL 4/23/25 COMPLAINT, I HAD
BEEN CALLING THE COUNTY ABOUT THIS
FACILITY SINCE 2022 AND NO ONE KNEW
ANYTHING. IF ANY OF YOU LIVED OUT HERE
IN OUR "VENUS PARADISE" AND WERE
SUBJECTED TO THIS DISREGARD FOR OUR
HEALTH AND WELFARE, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND
WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET. WE DON'T KNOW THE
LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES TO THIS EXPOSURE,
BUT I DOUBT IT'S GOOD. ALSO, JUDGING
FROM PAST PERFORMANCE BY COMPOST USA IN
SANFORD, FLORIDA IN 2022 THEY WERE
CLOSED DUE TO SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
ARE OCCURRING HERE IN VENUS. WE NEED TO
LEARN FROM PAST MISTAKES.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. HOPE HECK
05-08-202508:12 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/08/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - THE
COMPOST ODOR WAS VERY STRONG DURING THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MAY 7
HERE ON PARK LAND DRIVE. THANK YOU, M A
FLEAGLE
05-07-202508:09 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/07/25 - EMAILED IN COMLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

COMPOSTUSA HAS EMITTED TERRIBLE ODORS
ALL DAY TODAY - MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND
EVENING. IT SMELLS LIKE SEWAGE, AND MY
CHILDREN HAVE GAGGED WHILE GOING TO AND
FROM THE CAR. MY YOUNGEST JUST SAID THE
WORST PART IS THAT IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL
OUTSIDE. SHE WAS DESPERATE TO GET A
LITTLE TIME OUTSIDE PLAYING AFTER A LONG
DAY AT SCHOOL, BUT SHE WAS FORCED INSIDE
DUE TO THE HORRENDOUS SMELLS COMING FROM
THE FACILITY. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF OUR
COMPLAINT, FRUSTRATION, AND DISTRESS.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREEN & FAMILY
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FL 33960
05-07-202508:07 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/07/25 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT &
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION,

THIS LETTER WILL SERVE AS MY FORMAL
COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF THE NEGATIVE
IMPACT COMPOSTUSA, LOCATED AT 80 HICORIA
RD, VENUS, FLORIDA, HAS ON MY PERSONAL
RESIDENCE AND WELL-BEING. AS A RESULT OF
THIS FACILITY, I AM CONTINUALLY
SUBJECTED TO MANY DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS
WHICH ARE HARMFUL TO MY PROPERTY VALUE,
SAFETY, AND/OR QUALITY OF LIFE. I
REQUEST THAT HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE
ENFORCEMENT MAKE NOTE OF MY COMPLAINT OF
FOUL ODORS PRODUCED BY COMPOSTUSA, WHICH
INHIBITS THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF MY
PROPERTY. I REQUEST THAT THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
DENY APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
0392004-003-EI REGARDING PHASE 2 OF THE
COMPOSTUSA HIGHLANDS FACILITY, AS A
RESULT OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS THIS
EXPANSION WILL HAVE ON THE VALUE OF MY
PROPERTY, PERSONAL SAFETY, AND OVERALL
QUALITY OF LIFE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND CONSIDERATION.


EDUARDO BEGUIRISTAIN
332 HENRY DRIVE
VENUS, FL.33960
05-06-202504:52 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/06/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - IT HAS
COME TO OUR ATTENTION FROM A POST SHARED
ON FACEBOOK THAT COMPOSTUSA HAS APPLIED
FOR AN EXPANSION TO THEIR CURRENT
OPERATION ON HICORIA ROAD. WE ARE
SERIOUSLY OPPOSED TO ANY EXPANSION AT
THIS SITE. WE HAVE LIVED ON CANNON COURT
(OFF OF BOOT HEEL ROAD) FOR THE PAST 24
YEARS HAVING MOVED FROM MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY TO GET AWAY FROM THE CONGESTION,
THE TRAFFIC, THE BAD AIR AND SMOG. IT
WAS WONDERFUL UNTIL THE FOUL SMELL FROM
THE COMPOST PIT STARTED CREEPING IN
WHENEVER THE WIND WOULD BLOW IN OUR
DIRECTION - LIKE AN OLD GARBAGE CAN LEFT
OUT IN THE SUN TOO LONG...IT HAS
AFFECTED EVERYONE ON OUR ROAD AND I'M
SURE ALL THE OTHER HOMES IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE YET TO KNOW THE REASON FOR THE
THOUSANDS OF VULTURES AND OTHER BIRDS
THAT CIRCLED AND SETTLED ON THE MOUNDS
OF DECOMPOSING DETRITIS FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS LAST YEAR. THIS WAS CERTAINLY A
HEALTH HAZARD COMPOUNDING THE ALREADY
FOUL AIR.

OLD STATE ROAD 8 IS THE SHORTEST, LESS
CONGESTED ROUTE TO GET TO THE VENUS POST
OFFICE, TO LAKE PLACID (WHERE I WORK)
AND UPTOWN AS WE CALL IT. BUT NOW IT'S
BECOME A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU HAVE HUGE
TRUCKS HAULING LOADS ALL ALONG THE ROUTE
COMING IN/OUT FROM US 27, SR 70 AND
HICORIA. IT'S A HAZARD FOR ALL OF US
LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY.

VENUS AS YOU KNOW IS AN AGRICULTURAL,
RURAL AREA - WE HAVE FARMS, RANCHES,WITH
LIVESTOCK AND CROPS. FAMILIES ARE
OUTDOORS TAKING CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS,
GARDENS AND CROPS. WE RIDE OUR HORSES ,
BIKES, ATVS ALONG THE ROADS - WE
SHOUDN'T HAVE TO BE SUBJECTED TO FOUL
ODORS CONTAMINATING THE AIR, TRUCKING
TAKING OVER OUR ROADS AND DISRUPTING OUR
WAY OF LIFE.

I URGE THE BOARD TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE
INCREASED NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT THE
EXPANSION OF THE COMPOSTUSA OPERATION
WILL HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND PROHIBIT
THIS EXPANSION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,

LEONOR (LINA) ORIG

68 CANNON COURT, VENUS, FL
05-06-202503:55 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE5/6 WINDS OUT OF THE SE. CEO DROVE TO
PARKLAND DRIVE WHERE COMPLAINTS HAVE
BEEN MADE OF OFFENSIVE SMELLS. CEO DROVE
DOWN PARKLAND DR AND WHEN CEO REACHED
THE END OF THE ROAD, OFFENSIVE SMELL
COULD BE DETECTED (APPROXIMATELY 3.75
MILES NW OF FACILITY). I THEN DROVE DOWN
OLD STR D 8 AND WHEN I REACHED 2127 OLD
STR D 8 (APPROXIMATELY 4,700 FEET AWAY)
AN OFFENSIVE SMELL COULD BE DETECTED.
WHEN PARKED ALONG OLD STR D 8 NEAR
REFENCED PROPERTY, OWNER OF 2107 OLD STR
D 8 PULLED BEHIND CEO AND HE EXPRESSED
HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SMELL COMING FROM
THE COMPOST PLANT. ANOTHER REINSPECTION
WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE COMING WEEKS.
DR 2HRS
05-06-202508:48 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/06/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 5/6/2025
6:30AM
LOCATIONS- 1981, 1925 AND 1927 OLD STATE
ROAD 8
WIND DIRECTION- VERY LITTLE WIND

THE MORNING BEGAN WITH A HEAVY FOG AND
THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE
ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY WAS
ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE
AND JUST ABOUT MADE ME SICK TO MY
STOMACH. THE ODOR CONTINUED UNTIL THE
FOG
CLEARED ABOUT 8:45AM.

4:00PM
LOCATION- 1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8
WIND DIRECTION- SE

THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE
ODOR RETURNED AS THE WIND DIRECTION
CHANGED FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY AND
CONTINUED UNTIL ABOUT 7:00PM. THE SMELL
MADE
IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO ENJOY BEING
OUTSIDE TO ENJOY THE COOLER TEMPERATURE.

SINCERELY,

W. KERRY THOMPSON
05-06-202508:46 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/06/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

COMPOSTUSA CONTINUES TO SMELL HORRENDOUS
- PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THE FOLLOWING
DATES WE WERE FORCED TO ENDURE THE MOST
UNPLEASANT STENCH: 5/3, 5/4, 5/5, AND
5/6. I AM NOT CERTAIN IF THE MATERIAL
HAS CHANGED OR THE WEATHER IS IMPACTING
THINGS, BUT THE ODOR IS ESPECIALLY
POTENT AND EVEN MORE UNPLEASANT THAN
NORMAL.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FL 33960
05-03-202508:50 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/03/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - MS
SINGLEY, JUST SIMPLY TO SAY THE COMPOST
SMELL HAS MADE IT TO PARK LAND DRIVE
SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY.
THURSDAY 01 MAY WAS PRETTY BAD. I WANT
TO SAY WE ARE EXACTLY 3.6 MILES NW THE
COMPOST PILE.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE FOLKS LIVING
A HALF MILE AWAY ARE ENDURING.
THANK YOU, M A FLEAGLE
05-02-202512:31 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/02/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
REGARDING COMPOSTUSA. ON THE EVENING OF
5/1/2025, THE SMELL COMING FROM THE
PLANT WAS HORRENDOUS - THE STRONG, DENSE
STENCH SMELLED LIKE LITERAL HUMAN FECES
- IT IS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY
UNACCEPTABLE AND ATROCIOUS FOR OUR
COMMUNITY TO BE SUBJECTED TO THIS AND
THE OTHER RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THIS
OPERATION. THERE IS NO WAY TO FULLY
COMMUNICATE THE DEGREE AND INTENSITY OF
THE PUTRID AND RANCID ODORS EMITTED
DAILY FROM THE COMPOSTUSA FACILITY. WHEN
THE WINDS DIRECT THE STENCH YOUR WAY,
THERE IS NO BREAK, NO DEEP BREATHS, NO
PEACE - THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS
FACILITY ARE EXTENSIVE, HARMFUL, AND
UNWAVERING. OUR COMMUNITY, PROPERTIES,
AND FAMILIES HAVE SUFFERED LONG ENOUGH,
SOMETHING MUST CHANGE.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FL 33960
05-02-202510:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES5/2/25: RESIDENT FROM 480 US 27 S CALLED
IN AND ADVISED THE SMELL COMING FROM THE
COMPOST PLANT HAS BEEN TERRIBLE THE PAST
TWO DAYS - MLW
05-02-202510:07 AMUPDATE/NOTES5/2/25: RESIDENT FROM SW CORNER ON TONI
CIRCLE CALLED IN TO SAY THE SMELL IS
AWFUL TODAY AND LAST NIGHT. RESIDENT HAS
FURTHER INFO TO PROVIDE, GAVE HER CE
EMAIL TO PROVIDE ANY UPDATES THEY HAVE.
- MLW
05-02-202509:16 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/02/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!
AS OF 5/2/2025
WIND SE
7AM
LOCATION 1981 AND 1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8,
VENUS

I WAS WORKING OUT IN MY PASTURE EARLY
THIS MORNING AND WAS HAVING TO DEAL WITH
THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE
ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY.
THEN I STARTED WORKING ON MY FENCE LINE
NEAR OLD STATE ROAD 8 AND SEVERAL OF THE
TRUCKS THAT PASSED BY HAD MARKING ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE TRAILER INDICATING
MUNICIPAL WASTE AND ANOTHER HAD MARKINGS
THAT INDICATED MUNICIPAL RESIDUE
WASTE AND THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND
OBJECTIONABLE ODOR COMING FROM THOSE
TRUCKS WAS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.
ALL OF THOSE TRUCKS TURNED LEFT OFF OF
OLD STATE ROAD 8 ONTO HICORIA ROAD AND
HEADED TO THE COMPOST FACILITY.
I HAVE SEEN THOSE TRUCKS MANY TIMES
PULLING INTO THE COMPOST PLANT ONE TRUCK
HAD A BLUE CAB AND
THE OTHER TRUCK HAD A YELLOW CAB. THEY
WERE HAULING THE SEWER SLUDGE WHICH IS
THE CAUSE OF ALL OF
THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE AND OBJECTIONABLE
ODORS WE ARE FORCED TO DEAL WITH.
SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON

05-02-202509:12 AMUPDATE/NOTES05/02/25- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT GOOD
AFTERNOON.  ON FRIDAY 5/2/25 AT
APPROXIMATELY 6:30 AM MY HUSBAND WAS
TRAVELING FROM OUR HOME IN VENUS TO LAKE
PLACID.  WHEN HE TURNED OFF OF SHEPPARD
ROAD ONTO OLD 8 (TRAVELING NORTH) HE
COULD SMELL THE ODOR COMING FROM COMPOST
USA.  SO ALL THE WAY PAST COSTA'S
NURSERY UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE
PAST HICORIA ROAD HE COULD STILL SMELL
THAT ODOR.  THANK YOU FOR DOCUMENTING
THIS. HH
05-02-202508:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES5-2-25 GOOD EVENING,
I LIVE IN VENUS WITH MY FAMILY AND WOULD
LIKE TO VOICE MY COMPLAINT ABOUT COMPOST
USA. I FIND IT SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
HIGHLANDS COUNTY WOULD EVEN ALLOW THIS
BUSINESS IN OUR AREA. VENUS RESIDENTS
LIVE HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE THE COUNTRY
WAY OF LIFE AND SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME
OUTDOORS. THE ODOR FROM COMPOST USA IS
REPULSIVE, AND WE CAN SMELL IT FROM
MILES AWAY. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT
LIFE IS LIKE FOR THE ONES WHO LIVE CLOSE
BY HICORIA ROAD. I’M FORCED TO DRIVE BY
COMPOST USA AT LEAST TWICE A DAY, AND
THE OFFENSIVE SMELL IS COMPLETELY
UNAVOIDABLE EVEN THOUGH I NO LONGER TAKE
HICORIA TO 27. I CAN ONLY HOPE THE WIND
IS BLOWING TOWARDS THE EAST.
THE TRUCKS AND TRAFFIC ARE ALSO AN
ISSUE, AND I WILL NOT TAKE THE CHANCE OF
GETTING THAT "BIO-WASTE" ON MY TIRES OR
UNDERCARRIAGE. IT'S AN UTTER CATASTROPHE
AND COMPLETE DISRESPECT TO OUR RURAL
COMMUNITY. IT SEEMS THIS BUSINESS JUST
DISCREETLY SLIPPED IN, AND THE POWERS
THAT BE WERE ALL THINKING, "VENUS
RESIDENTS ARE QUIET,
NON-CONFRONTATIONAL, AND WILL BE EASY TO
FOOL." I'M SURE THERE WILL BE FUTURE
COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS CONCERNING
COMPOST USA WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT WHAT'S
REALLY IN "BIOSOLIDS". OUR AIR, LAND,
AND WATER ARE BEING POLLUTED EVERY DAY
BY THESE "COMPOST" COMPANIES ALL OVER
AMERICA.
THE OWNERS AND MANAGERS KEEP SAYING THEY
STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT; IT'S TESTED
AND SAFE. THEY STICK WITH THEIR STORY
AND SHOW LAB RESULTS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE
THAT IT'S A WONDERFUL FERTILIZER. THERE
IS NO WAY THEY ARE TESTING FOR
EVERYTHING HARMFUL TO US, AND OBVIOUSLY
EVERY BATCH IS DIFFERENT. PFAS,
PHARMACEUTICALS, AND OTHER MAN-MADE
CHEMICALS ARE NOT MIRACULOUSLY REMOVED
AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE WARNINGS
ABOUT THE DANGERS OF “BIOSOLIDS”. THIS
IS ALL PART OF A BIGGER PLAN THAT’S
COMING AND A MONEY-MAKING SCHEME ANY WAY
YOU LOOK AT IT.
COMPOST USA IS ON A SAND HILL WHERE
THEIR RUNOFF IS LEACHING THROUGH THE
SOIL AND EVENTUALLY MAKING ITS WAY INTO
OUR GROUNDWATER AND FISH EATING CREEK.
WHAT NERVE DOES COMPOST USA HAVE TO EVEN
ASK ABOUT A POSSIBLE EXPANSION? THEIR
EXISTENCE IS DETRIMENTAL TO OUR HEALTH,
AND CLEARLY THEIR TREATMENT PROCESS IS
LESS THAN STELLAR. THE SMELL IS JUST AS
OFFENSIVE AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN EVER
SINCE THEY CAME TO VENUS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP WITH
THIS MATTER.
SUZANNE TATE/BSS
05-02-202507:57 AMUPDATE/NOTES5-1-25 GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 5/1/2025
WIND SE
LOCATION: 1929, 1925, 1981 OLD STATE
ROAD 8, I WAS WORKING AROUND MY
PROPERTIES YESTERDAY FROM AROUND 8:30AM
UNTIL ABOUT 2:30PM. THE SMELL COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY WAS FOUL/OFFENSIVE
AND OBJECTIONABLE. I WAS REPAIRING MY
MAILBOX NEXT TO OLD STATE ROAD 8 AND
SEVERAL TRUCKS GOING TO THIS FACILITY
PASSED BY ME. I KNOW THE OWNER OF THIS
FACILITY LIKES TO TALK A LOT ABOUT
BIOSOLIDS BUT THE SMELL EMANATING FROM
THESE TRUCKS AND THIS FACILITY IS BETTER
DESCRIBED AS SEWER SLUDGE AND IT IS
HORRIBLE. WHEN I MOVED TO THIS LOCATION
WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD I NEVER THOUGHT
THAT 52 YEARS LATER WOULD BE SUBJECT TO
THIS PROBLEM.SINCERELY- W. KERRY
THOMPSON/ BSS
05-01-202501:18 PMUPDATE/NOTES05/01/25 - JAMES REAGAN LEFT A
VOICEMAIL. HE WAS OUTSIDE HIS HOME AT 42
TONI CIRCLE, HE SAID THE SMELL COMING
FROM THE US COMPOST PLANT WAS UNBERIABLE
AND COMPARED IT TO A SEWER SMELL. ELW
04-29-202502:56 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/29/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

ON MY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE, AT
7AM THIS MORNING, BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD
I WAS TRAVELING EAST TOWARDS HIGHWAY 27.
WIND DIRECTION NE. I AGAIN ENCOUNTERED
THE
FOUL/OFFENSIVE/OBJECTIONABLE ODOR AT
PAUL ROAD AND THE ODOR GOT
PROGRESSIVELY WORSE THE CLOSER I GOT TO
THE ENTRANCE TO THIS FACILITY. IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE AS I DROVE PAST THE
FACILITY ON HICORIA ROAD AND THE ODOR
CONTINUED
PAST THE FACILITY ALMOST TO HIGHWAY 27.
ON MY RETURN TO MY HOME, FROM THE VENUS
POST OFFICE, I ENCOUNTERED THE SAME
PROBLEM WITH THIS HORRIBLE ODOR AS I
DROVE WEST ON HICORIA ROAD TOWARDS OLD
STATE
ROAD 8. SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON
04-29-202509:13 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/29/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
AFTERNOON: ON 4/28/25 MY HUSBAND AND I
WERE TRAVELING TO SEBRING FROM OUR HOME
IN VENUS, FLORIDA.  IT WAS APPROXIMATELY
7:45 AM.  WE WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON OLD
8.  APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE BEFORE THE
COMPOST USA SITE LOCATED ON HICORIA
ROAD, WE BEGAN TO SMELL THE ODOR COMING
FROM THAT FACILITY.  IT WAS SO STRONG
THAT DAY.  PLEASE NOTE THIS IS INSIDE
OUR SUV WITH ALL THE WINDOWS CLOSED. 
THE SMELL WAS IN ALMOST THE SAME
LOCATION AS I REPORTED ON FRIDAY APRIL
25TH.  IT MUST LINGER IN THE AIR AT THAT
LOCATION.  THANK YOU. HH
04-28-202502:52 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/29/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -GOOD
MORNING!

AS OF 4/29/2025

ON MY WAY TO LAKE PLACID THIS AFTERNOON
AT 4:15PM, BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD, I WAS
TRAVELING EAST TOWARDS HWY 27.
THE WIND WAS COMING FROM THE ENE. I
BEGAN SMELLING THE
FOUL/OFFENSIVE/OBJECTIONABLE
ODOR EMANATING FROM THIS FACILITY AS I
APPROACHED PAUL ROAD THE ODOR GOT
STRONGER AS I APPROACHED THE
WEST GATE TO THE PROPERTY. THE TERRIBLE
ODOR CONTINUED ALL THE WAY UNTIL PAST
THE EAST GATE OF THE FACILITY.
THIS SMELL SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.
SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON

04-25-202503:51 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/25/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
TODAY 4/25/25 MY HUSBAND WAS HEADED TO
LAKE PLACID. HE WAS TRAVELING FROM NEW
BOOTHEEL RD. IN VENUS TO LAKE PLACID.
TRAVELING NORTH ON OLD 8, AS HE
APPROACHED THE RAILROAD TRACKS, APPROX.
½ MILE BEFORE HICORIA RD., HE COULD
SMELL THE ODOR COMING FROM COMPOST USA.
HE WAS IN OUR SUV WITH ALL THE WINDOWS
CLOSED. ELW
04-25-202503:42 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/25/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT- GOOD
AFTERNOON,

PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF A FORMAL COMPLAINT
ABOUT THE AWFUL ODOR PRODUCED BY
COMPOSTUSA. IT HAS SMELLED IN THE
MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND EVENING EACH OF
THE FOLLOWING DAYS (4/22, 4/23, 4/24,
AND 4/25). THE SMELL HAS BEEN HORRENDOUS
AND HAS PREVENTED MY CHILDREN FROM
PLAYING OUTSIDE AND MADE IT DIFFICULT TO
ACCOMPLISH ANY OUTSIDE CHORES OR
ACTIVITIES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO
THIS MATTER.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FL 33960
04-25-202503:36 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/25/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING MS. WEEKS,



WE HOPE THAT THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU DOING
WELL. MY WIFE AND I VISITED OUR PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 2121 OLD SR 8 IN VENUS,
FLORIDA YESTERDAY, APRIL 24, 2025, TO
AWAIT A DELIVERY. THE WIND WAS BLOWING
FROM THE EAST AND IT CARRIED AN AWFUL
ODOR FROM THE COMPOST PLANT. THE
DELIVERY GUY ARRIVED AND HE SAID WHO
WOULD WANT TO LIVE HERE WITH THAT FOUL
ODOR.



THIS WAS PROOF ENOUGH FOR US THAT IT IS
GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO FIND A
BUYER SHOULD WE DECIDE TO SELL LET
ALONE, LIVE THERE. IT IS FRUSTRATING AND
OBVIOUS THAT THE PLANT SHOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED TO EXPAND. THEY HAVE FAILED TIME
AND TIME AGAIN TO CORRECT THIS APPALLING
BUSINESS PRACTICE AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY
HAVE NO CONSIDERATION FOR THE RESIDENTS
THAT WERE THERE LONG BEFORE THE PLANT
ARRIVED. PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO GET THE
EPA INVOLVED.



SINCERELY,



JORGE CAYON

2121 OLD SR8

VENUS, FLORIDA 33960

CELL: 786—559-1104

EMAIL: JCAYONSR@GMAIL.COM
04-25-202501:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES4-25-25 JAMES REAGAN CALLED
863-441-5598, HE LIVES AT 42 TONY
CIRCLE, VENUS, HOME DURING LUNCH TIME
TODAY,GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, HE SMELLS THE
OFFENSIVE ODOR FROM THE COMPOST PLANT,
WHICH SMELLS LIKE A "TOLIET" AND IS
BURING HIS NOSE. BSS
04-24-202509:07 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/24/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT-
LAST EVENING (4/23) MY HUSBAND SUGGESTED
WE SIT ON THE FRONT PORCH AND ENJOY THE
NICE SPRING WEATHER. HE OPENED THE DOOR
AND STEPPED OUT AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED
AROUND AND SAID, “YOU DON’T WANT TO GO
OUT THERE”. I STEPPED OUT AND THE SMELL
WAS HORRENDOUS. AND OVERWHELMING.
AGAIN THIS MORNING AROUND 9:00 AM WE
LEFT OUR HOUSE TO GO TO SEBRING AND THE
SMELL WAS ALMOST AS AWFUL.
I WANT TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING
TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. IT IS RIDICULOUS
THAT WE AS HOMEOWNERS AND TAXPAYERS HAVE
TO ENDURE SUCH CONDITIONS. PLEASE
CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS CONCERN AND
COMPLAINT.

YOU MAY CONTACT ME AT:
JERRY & LOTTIE JO STOKER
34 TONI CIRCLE
VENUS, FL. 33960
(863)840-2101
JOTTILO12643@GMAIL.COM
04-24-202508:59 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/24/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 4/24/25
LOCATION: 1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8, VENUS
1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8, VENUS
1981 OLD STATE ROAD 8, VENUS
WIND: VARIABLE FROM: SE AND ESE


THE FOUL/OFFENSIVE/OBJECTIONABLE ODOR
COMING FROM THIS COMPOST
FACILITY TODAY WAS TERRIBLE. IT MADE IT
VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO WORK IN MY
PASTURE.

SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON
04-23-202504:30 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/23/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME
SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT REGARDING COMPOST
USA, BUT IT WILL SURELY NOT BE MY LAST.
UNTIL RECENTLY, I DID NOT KNOW THIS
PLATFORM EXISTED TO DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS
OF THIS FACILITY ON OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
THIS EMAIL WILL BE RATHER LONG SINCE I
HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING WHEN
THEY WERE CLEARING THE LAND. I WISH I
HAD DOCUMENTED ALL THE DATES, ETC. BUT
AT THIS POINT IT IS BASED UPON MY
RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS AS THEY UNFOLDED.

WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS BEING CLEARED, I
BEGAN CALLING THE HIGHLANDS COUNTY
BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO INQUIRE ABOUT
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE PROPERTY.
THE AREA BEING CLEARED WAS SO LARGE, I
THOUGHT PERHAPS IT WAS GOING TO BE SOME
TYPE OF A HOUSING PROJECT. I CONTINUED
CALLING, BUT WAS NEVER GIVEN AN ANSWER
AS TO WHAT THE PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE.
EVEN THOUGH I ASKED TO HAVE A SUPERVISOR
CALL ME BACK, NO ONE EVER RESPONDED. THE
ONLY THING I WAS TOLD WAS THAT A PERMIT
DIDN'T NEED TO BE PULLED FOR CLEARING,
ONLY BUILDING. OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT THEY WEREN'T
SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
IT WASN'T UNTIL THE SIGNS WENT UP THAT I
KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND THEN IT WAS TOO
LATE. SO THAT WAS AROUND 2022 AND NOW
HERE WE ARE IN 2025 WITH A STINKY
PROBLEM THAT WANTS TO EXPAND AND MAKE IT
AN EVEN STINKIER PROBLEM!!!

WE LIVE APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES AWAY, AS
THE CROW FLIES, FROM THE FACILITY. I
CONSIDER THAT TO BE A PRETTY GOOD
DISTANCE AND YET WE OFTEN GET THAT AWFUL
SMELL. IT'S ESPECIALLY PUNGENT WHEN THE
WINDS ARE FROM THE NE. GRANTED, IT'S NOT
EVERY DAY, LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE
CLOSE BY, BUT IT'S STILL TOO OFTEN.
SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S FOGGY OR THE AIR IS
HEAVY THE SMELL IS EVEN WORSE. THE SMELL
IS HARD TO DESCRIBE, BUT IT'S
UNMISTAKABLE. I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT
BECAUSE IT'S SO BAD. I HAVE A LUNG
DISEASE AND WE MOVED HERE FOR THE PEACE
AND QUIET AND SMELLS OF NATURE, BUT NOT
THIS SMELL. I DO NOT WORK OUTSIDE WHEN
IT SMELLS SO BAD. I TRY TO OPEN UP THE
HOUSE AND TURN OFF THE AIR CONDITIONING
WHEN I CAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE INSIDE ON
THE REALLY BAD DAYS.

ALSO, WE USED TO TAKE HICORIA ROAD ON
OUR WAY TO TOWN, BUT AVOID IT NOW
BECAUSE OF THE SMELL AND THE DEBRIS ON
THE ROAD WHICH GETS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF
YOUR VEHICLE.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THIS FACILITY
NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERMITTED AT THIS
LOCATION AND CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT BE
GIVEN APPROVAL FOR AN EXPANSION. MY
GOODNESS, IN 2022 THEY WERE CLOSED DOWN
IN SANTOS, FLORIDA FOR MANY OF THE SAME
VIOLATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE HERE IN
VENUS. WE SHOULD LEARN FROM PAST
MISTAKES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WASTE IS A PROBLEM,
BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF LAND IN FLORIDA
THAT WOULD BE A BETTER FIT FOR THIS TYPE
OF FACILITY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF
SUBMITTING OUR COMMENTS TO THE COUNTY.
04-23-202504:04 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/23/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
TO WHO IT MAY CONCERN,
I AM OPPOSED TO AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
OF THE FERTILIZER PLANT IN HICORIA, FL.
IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A HOST OF NEGATIVE
IMPACTS SINCE IT HAS RECENTLY OPENED.
CLEARLY THE STINK EMITTING FROM THIS
BUSINESS AFFECTS EVERYONE THAT IS NEAR
IT WHETHER AT HOME, IN A VEHICLE OR JUST
TAKING A SCENIC WALK. THE FOUL ODOR IS
SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS
BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. I CAN NOT KNOW FOR
CERTAIN BUT I GATHER THERE IS SOME
HEALTH RISK FOR RESIDENTS NEARBY,
PROBABLY AIR QUALITY AS WELL AS WATER
QUALITY.
PROPERTY VALUES HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPACTED
FOR RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE PROXIMITY OF
THIS BUSINESS. PEOPLE DEFINITELY WON'T
BUY OR BUILD HOMES NEARBY AND THOSE WHO
HAVE WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY SELLING
BECAUSE THE AIR TO BREATH IS TAINTED
WITH A HORRID STINK AND WHO KNOWS WHAT
ELSE.
NEXT IS THE TRAFFIC ISSUE. I FEEL VERY
STRONGLY ABOUT THE WASTE TRUCKS THAT USE
OLD 8, HEADING SOUTH FROM 70 AND THEN
TURNING LEFT ONTO HICORIA RD. TO DUMP
THEIR WASTE. I WAS ON MY MOTORCYCLE,
HEADING NORTH ON OLD 8 WHEN I CAME
AROUND THE CURVE ON OLD AT HICORIA RD.
AND A HUGE WASTE TRUCK TURNED RIGHT IN
FRONT OF ME. THIS IS A BLIND CORNER AND
A DRIVER COMING SOUTH AND TURNING LEFT
ON HICORIA RD. DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAR
ENOUGH VEIW TO SEE ON COMING TRAFFIC.
THANKFULLY, I WAS DRIVING CAUTIUOSLY AND
WAS ABLE TO PREVENT HITTING THE TRUCK.
KNOWING THIS, REGARDLESS AS TO WEATHER
THEY ARE PERMITTED TO EXPAND OR NOT, I
STRONGLY FEEL THAT THE WASTE TRUCKS
SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO DRIVE ON OLD
8 AND REQUIRED TO ENTER AND EXIT FROM 27
ONLY. IMAGING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE TRUCKS
THAT WILL IMPACT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IF
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO EXPAND. THERE ARE
ALREADY RUTS ALONG THE SEVERAL GRASS
AREAS ON OLD 8 FROM THE LARGE SEMI-TYPE
AND DUMP TRUCKS PASSING ON OLD 8 AND
NEEDINGVTO DRIVE IN THE GRASS. IT WOULD
BE A DANGER FOR ANYONE TO PULL OFF THE
ROAD, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, IN MANY
AREAS.
I AM OPPOSED TO ANY FURTHER EXPANSION OF
THE FERTILIZER PLANT ON HICORIA RD. AND
I FEEL THAT THERE IS MORE THAT THE
COUNTY CAN DO TO HELP CORRECT SOME VERY
SERIOUS ISSUE.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALLOWING
RESIDENTS TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS.
SINCERELY,
TRISH OLSON
VENUS RESIDENT
- ADDED EMAIL ERIKA,
THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING SO QUICKLY.
WHEN WE ARE TRAVELLING ON OLD 8 OR 27,
WE CAN USUALLY SMELL THE PLANT ON EITHER
ROAD, MAYBE 1 MILE TO THE SOUTH AND 1
MILE TO THE NORTH, IT DOES CHANGE AS THE
WIND DIRECTION CHANGES BUT THE SMELL IS
ALWAYS IN THE AIR NEAR HICORIA ROAD.
THANKS,
TRISH OLSON
04-23-202510:26 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/23/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING!

DATE: 4/23/2025
TIME:7:00AM
WIND: NNW

ON MY WAY BACK HOME FROM VISITING SOME
FRIENDS I DROVE BY THIS FACILITY. THE,
FOUL/OFFENSIVE/OBJECTIONABLE ODOR
STARTED AS I TURNED ONTO HICORIA ROAD
FROM HWY 27. THE ODOR WAS EXTREMELY
STRONG AND CONTINUED AS I DROVE WEST ON
HICORIA ROAD AND INTENSIFIED AS I DROVE
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE FACILITY AND
CONTINUED
ALL THE WAY TO PAUL ROAD. SINCERELY- W.
KERRY THOMPSON
04-22-202504:20 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/22/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,

PLEASE NOTE A FORMAL COMPLAINT REGARDING
THE HORRENDOUS SMELLS BEING PRODUCED BY
COMPOSTUSA ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: 4/18,
4/19/, 4/20, AND 4/21. EACH OF THESE
EVENINGS WE WERE OUTSIDE DOING CHORES
WHICH WERE MADE DIFFICULT AND NAUSEATING
BY THE AWFUL SMELL COMING FROM THE
FACILITY. IT WAS ESPECIALLY FRUSTRATING
WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO DO OUR EASTER EGG
HUNT ON SUNDAY EVENING, AND MY CHILDREN
WERE UNABLE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES DUE TO
THE DISGUSTING SMELL. MY FAMILY IS
GROWING WEARY OF HAVING TO BE SUBJECTED
TO THIS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING
SITUATION. WE FEEL TRAPPED AND BURDENED
BY THE PERSISTENT NEGATIVE IMPACTS
CREATED BY COMPOSTUSA. I NEVER KNEW WHAT
A GIFT FRESH, UNTAINTED AIR WAS - UNTIL
THIS FACILITY WAS APPROVED TO OPERATE IN
THE VENUS COMMUNITY. I AM PLEADING WITH
OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO PLEASE ADVOCATE
FOR THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF MY FAMILY -
WE ARE DESPERATE FOR RELIEF AND A BREATH
OF FRESH AIR.
1927 OLD STATE ROAD 8
VENUS, FL 33960
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
ASHLEY E. GREENE
04-21-202504:17 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/21/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - THIS
EVENING A SE BREEZE AGAIN BROUGHT THE
FOUL ODOR FROM COMPOST USA TO PARK LAND
DRIVE, 3 MILES FROM THE COMPOST HEAPS.
WE ARE BEGGING CODE ENFORCEMENT TO MOVE
THIS SCOURGE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO A
MORE SUITABLE PLACE, ONE THAT IS AT
LEAST 10 MILES FROM OUR RESIDENCES. IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK
OUTSIDE OR ENJOY OUR PORCH. THANK YOU
MAF
04-19-202508:47 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/19/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING!
AS OF 4/19/2025
LOCATION: 1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8, VENUS
1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8, VENUS
I'M THE OWNER OF THESE PROPERTIES
FROM: 2:00PM UNTO WELL AFTER SUNSET
WIND DIRECTION: VARIABLE FROM THE EAST
AND FROM THE SOUTH EAST

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY THIS
AFTERNOON WAS UNACCEPTABLE.

SINCERELY- W.KERRY THOMPSON
04-18-202508:45 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/18/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GOOD MORNING!

AS OF 4/18/2025
LOCATIONS: 2107 OLD STATE ROAD 8, VENUS
1981 OLD STATE ROAD VENUS
1925 OLD STATE ROAD 8, VENUS
1929 OLD STATE ROAD 8, VENUS
ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE OWNED BY ME.
FROM 10:00AM UNTIL 6:45PM
WIND DIRECTION: VARIABLE FROM THE EAST
AND FROM THE SOUTH EAST

THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY TODAY MADE IT VERY
DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO
DO MY CHORES ON ALL OF MY PROPERTIES.

FLORIDA STATUTE 62-296.320(2) STATES:
OBJECTIONABLE ODOR PROHIBITED- NO PERSON
SHALL
CAUSE, SUFFER, ALLOW, OR PERMIT THE
DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS WHICH CAUSE OR
CONTRIBUTE TO
AN OBJECTIONABLE ODOR.

SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON
04-17-202502:35 PMUPDATE/NOTES4-17-25 KERRY THOMPSON CALLED, HE SMELT
THE OFFENSIVE ODOR TODAY IN FRONT OF
THIS PROPERTY, WHILE DRIVING WEST AND
PAST THE PROPERTY CONTINUING WEST BUT
PRIOR TO OLD SR 8, THE WIND WAS BLOWING
NE TODAY. BSS
04-17-202508:40 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/17/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
EVENING,

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
REGARDING THE NUISANCE ODORS PRODUCED BY
COMPOSTUSA. WE WERE DOING CHORES AT OUR
HOME TONIGHT AND THE SMELL WAS SO AWFUL
IT MADE US FEEL PHYSICALLY SICK. WE WERE
FORCED INDOORS, ON A BEAUTIFUL EVENING
DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF THIS OPERATION -
LIMITING THE USE OF OUR PROPERTY AND
NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR WELLBEING BY
FORCING US INDOORS.

THANK YOU,
ASHLEY GREENE
04-16-202501:33 PMREINSPECTION4-16-2025 CE JD/DR INSPECTED SEVERAL
AREAS WITHIN A 2 MILE RADIUS, FINDING
THAT WITH THE WIND BLOWING NORTH EAST,
ALL LOCATIONS IN THE NORTH EAST
DIRECTION ODOR FROM THE PLANT WAS
DETECTED. JD/DR 2.5 HOUR
04-14-202502:29 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/14/25 CATHY HARRIS CALLED IN TO LET
US KNOW THAT WHEN THE WINDIS BLOWING
FROM THE NE THE ODOR IS STRONGLY
OFFENISIVE AT HER PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
SHE SAYS IT HAS STOPPED HER FROM USING
HICORIA ROAD TO GET TO HWY 27. ELW
04-13-202512:45 PMUPDATE/NOTESAS OF 4/13/2025
ON MY WAY TO LAKE PLACID THIS MORNING,
BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD, AT 10:15AM THERE
WAS A FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING
FROM THIS FACILITY.
THE WIND WAS COMING OUT OF THE NE.
SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON/BSS
04-12-202512:45 PMUPDATE/NOTESAS OF 4/12/2025
ON MY WAY TO SEBRING THIS MORNING, BY
WAY OF HICORIA ROAD, AT 8:15AM THERE WAS
A FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY.
THE WIND WAS COMING OUT OF THE NW.
SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON/BSS
04-10-202510:16 AMUPDATE/NOTES4/9/25: CONCERNED NEIGHBOR CALLED IN
THAT LIVES ROUHGLY 6 MILES AWAY AND IF
THE WIND IS COMING OUT OF THE NORTHEAST
THEY SMELL IS VERY OFFENSIVE. ITS VERY
CLEAR THAT ITS COMING FROM THE COMPOST
PLANT. NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY
CHEMICALS BEING USED AT THE PLANT,
GETTING INTO THE SOIL AND WATER. - MLW
04-09-202504:13 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/09/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - AS OF
4/9/2025
AT 9AM I DROVE TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE
BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD THE STRONG
OFFENSIVE ODOR WAS AGAIN COMING FROM
THIS FACILITY. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE
VENUS
POST OFFICE THE OFFENSIVE ODOR WAS VERY
NOTICEABLE THERE. WHEN I RETURNED HOME
AS I TURNED ON TO HICORIA ROAD THE
OFFENSIVE ODOR CONTINUED FROM HWY 27 ALL
THE WAY DOWN PAST THIS FACILITY.
FLORIDA STATUTE 62-296.320(2) STATES:
OBJECTIONABLE ODOR PROHIBITED- NO PERSON
SHALL
CAUSE,SUFFER, ALLOW, OR PERMIT THE
DISCHARGE OF AIR POLLUTANTS WHICH CAUSE
OR CONTRIBUTE TO AN OBJECTIONABLE ODOR.
SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON
04-08-202504:17 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/08/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

ON MY WAY THIS MORNING, TO THE VENUS
POST OFFICE BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD
I ENCOUNTERED THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE
ODOR COMING FROM THIS FACILITY.
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CURRENTLY ONLY
USING 50 ACRES OF THE 80 ACRES
(REPRESENTING A 60% INCREASE) THEY HAVE
REQUESTED FDEP TO ALLOW THEM TO USE IN
ADDITION TO INCREASING TRUCK TRAFFIC
FROM CURRENTLY 50 TRUCKS PER DAY TO AN
INCREASE TO 150 TRUCKS PER DAY
(REPRESENTING A 200% INCREASE) THE
FACILITY CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR . I DON'T EVEN WANT TO
CONSIDER WHAT THESE INCREASES WILL CAUSE
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR TO BE LIKE
FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA.
SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON
04-08-202508:54 AMUPDATE/NOTES4/4/2025 (NOTES ENTERED TODAY DUE TO
COMPUTER ISSUES IN THE FELID ON 4/4/25)
11AM CEO DROVE DOWN OLD STATE RD 8 AND
SMELL A STRONG OFFENSIVE ODOR WHEN I WAS
NORTHWEST OF THE FACILITY. I THEN PARKED
IN FRONT OF 1981 OLD ST RD 8 AND SAT FOR
SEVERAL MINUTES AND CONTINUED TO SMELL
THE ODOR. THE REFENCED ADDRESS IS
APPROXIMATE 3500 FT NORTHWEST OF THE
FACILITY. DR 1HR
04-07-202511:12 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/07/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - HI
JUST WANTED TO ADVISE THAT EVEN THOUGH
WE ARE 5 MILES AWAY (81 RUSSELL COURT
VENUS, FL ) EVERY NOW AND THEN WE ARE
EXPERIENCING THE HORRIBLE SMELL OF THE
COMPOSTING SITE OFF OF HICORIA ROAD. WE
ARE OPPOSED TO ANY FURTHER EXPANSION
PLANS AND WE ARE ALSO BEEN MADE AWARE OF
VIOLATIONS OF THEIR OPERATIONS. PLEASE
NOTE OUR OPPOSITION.
THX FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SENT FROM MY
IPHONE

BILL FERNANDEZ

04-04-202505:12 PMUPDATE/NOTES4-4-25 KERRY THOMPSON CALLED, WIND
BLOWING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS HIS HOME AND
OFFENSIVE FOUL ODOR TODAY, BSS
04-02-202504:51 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/02/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,

THE SMELL COMING FROM COMPOSTUSA HAS
BEEN HORRID THE LAST TWO DAYS. WE HAVE
TRIED TO BE OUTSIDE NUMEROUS TIMES IN
THE AFTERNOON/EVENING TO EITHER PLAY OR
DO CHORES, AND IT SMELLS TERRIBLE. THE
SMELL ACTUALLY MADE MY DAUGHTER AND I
FEEL PHYSICALLY SICK THIS AFTERNOON,
WHEN WE STAYED OUTSIDE TO TEND TO A FEW
CHORES WHICH HAD TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO AND
DOCUMENTATION OF THIS ISSUE.

REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE

P.S. ERICA, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU
AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO ARE NOTATING OUR
COMPLAINTS AND TAKING THE TIME TO
DOCUMENT THE NUISANCE OF THE ODORS FROM
COMPOSTUSA. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO FEEL
LIKE OUR EXPERIENCES ARE BEING TAKEN
SERIOUSLY AND THAT OUR COUNTY IS SERVING
AND WORKING TO PROTECT ITS RESIDENTS.
04-02-202504:49 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/02/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -
GREETINGS!
I LIVE ON HENRY DR. IN VENUS APPROX. 2.5
MILES FROM COMPOST USA ON HICORIA RD.
AND CAN STILL SMELL THE ODOR
VERY STRONG WHEN THE WIND IS OUT OF THAT
DIRECTION. IT IS VERY UNPLEASANT,
UNBEARABLE AND NOXIOUS. I AM SURE THERE
ARE THINGS THEY CAN DO TO MITIGATE THIS.
LIKE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CHEMICAL
NEUTRALIZERS.
ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN SIGHTINGS OF
BURROWING OWLS AND GOPHER TORTOISES IN
THE AREA THEY WANT TO EXPAND.
BEING VIRTUALLY ACROSS THE ROAD FROM
ARCHBOLD BIO STATION, I FIND THIS
IRONIC.

CAN YOU PLEASE STOP THEM FROM ANY MORE
EXPANSIONS AND SEE TO IT THAT THEY
MITIGATE THE EXTREMELY NOXIOUS ODOR.
PLEASE CONTACT ME IF ANY QUESTIONS
ARISE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP.
SINCERELY,
ANTHONY FEO
04-02-202502:56 PMUPDATE/NOTES4-2-25 AS OF 4/2/2025
GOOD MORNING!
WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE THIS MORNING ABOUT
6:45AM THERE WAS A HEAVY FOG OVER OUR
AREA WHICH WOULD HAVE INCLUDED OLD STATE
ROAD 8 ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 27.THIS
WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE COMPOST FACILITY
ON HICORIA ROAD. THE FOG SEEMED TO TRAP
THE FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODORS COMING FROM
THE COMPOST FACILITY EVEN BEFORE THE
NORMAL WINDS PICKED UP. WHEN THE WINDS,
OUT OF THE ESE, BEGAN TO BLOW THE FOUL
AND
OFFENSIVE ODORS FROM THE COMPOST
FACILITY CONTINUED AND MADE IT VERY
DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO THE WORK I NEEDED
TO DO AROUND MY MODEST SIZE RANCH. THIS
FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODORS CONTINUED FOR
UNTIL ABOUT 7:15PM. SINCERELY- W. KERRY
THOMPSON
04-02-202502:55 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/02/25 EMAILED IN COMPLANT - HI GOOD
AFTERNOON FROM VENUS (THE FIRST TOWN IN
HIGHLANDS COUNTY)!

I MOVED TO VENUS IN 2015 AND TRULY LOVED
THE PLACE BUT MUCH HAS CHANGED AS IT
RELATES TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. WE NEED
YOUR HELP TO PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE
COMPOST USA BUSINESS, THEIR PRACTICES,
AND PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE OF EXPANSIONS
THAT WOULD FURTHER DEGRADE THE QUALITY
OF LIFE HERE.
COMPOSTUSA HAS AFFECTED OUR QUALITY OF
LIFE IN THAT WE CAN NO LONGER ENJOY
BEING OUTSIDE. THE STENCH THIS WASTE
DUMP IS SPEWING OUT REQUIRES US TO CLOSE
THE WINDOWS OR GAG. I HAVE TO STAY
INSIDE AND PUT ON THE AC INSTEAD OF
ENJOYING FRESH OUTSIDE AIR.

THE FACILITY ALSO HAS MANY TRUCKS THAT
CARRY MUNICIPAL WASTE. I HAVE DRIVEN
BEHIND THE TRUCKS MARKED WITH THAT
DESIGNATION. TRUCKS ARE BEING OVERLOADED
AND DROP DEBRIS ALL OVER THE ROAD. I
HAVE HAD THEM PULL RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF
ME AS I WAS DRIVING ON HICORIA AND ITS
DAMAGING TO MY VEHICLE/TIRES. I GOT A
FLAT TIRE FROM DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND
NOW TRY TO AVOID HICORIA RD.

TRUCKS ALSO UNABLE TO SAFELY MAKE THE
TURN FROM HICORIA RD. ONTO SR8 WITHOUT
USING BOTH LANES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
INTERSECTION NOW WITH THE 18 WHEELER’S
TRYING TO MANIPULATE THAT TURN ON THE
CURVE. I HAVE HAD 2 SITUATIONS WHERE A
COLLISION WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
DISCUSS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR
REPRESENTING US!
SINCERELY,
DIANE FEO
04-02-202502:11 PMUPDATE/NOTES04/02/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - TO WHOM
THIS MAY CONCERN:
I AM WRITING TO VOICE MY CONTINUED
OPPOSITION TO THE EXPANSION OF THIS
PLANT.
I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE BEEN IN VIOLATION
OF THEIR PERMIT FOR OVER 9 MONTHS, AND
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. THEY HAVE BEEN IN
THIS BUSINESS, WITH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS,
FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND SHOULD BE
ABLE TO BETTER MANAGE IT.
WHAT I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND AS WELL
IS THAT COMPOST, IN PRINCIPLE, IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A 'CLEAN' ORGANIC
PRODUCT, AND IF YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT IT
SHOULDN'T SMELL BAD. I REALLY FEEL SO
BADLY FOR THE HOMEOWNERS ADJACENT TO
THAT AREA. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO DEAL WITH THAT SMELL 24/7.
THERE ALSO ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF ROADS
IN AND OUT OF VENUS, AND HICORIA, WHERE
THE PLANT IS, IS ONE OF THEM. IT USUALLY
PRETTY UNPLEASANT TO DRIVE BY THERE.
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN USING A STREET
CLEANER TO TRY AND MITIGATE THE TRACKING
OUT OF THE PLANT. MAKES ME WONDER WHAT
EXACTLY THEY'RE TRYING TO WASH AWAY!
ALL IN ALL, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN 'GOOD
NEIGHBORS', AND THIS PROJECT HAS HAD
MANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY.
IF ANYTHING, IT SHOULD HAVE GONE IN ON
THE EAST SIDE OF 27, WHERE THERE ARE
MANY FEWER RESIDENTS/HOMES. I'VE
RESEARCHED IT, AND THEIR OTHER LOCATIONS
ARE ALSO IN MOSTLY-INDUSTRIAL AREAS,
WHERE THEY IMPACT FEWER HOMEOWNERS. I
DON'T KNOW HOW THIS GOT APPROVED IN THE
FIRST PLACE!!
I URGE YOU TO PUT MORE PRIORITY ON
BRINGING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR
PERMIT, AND CERTAINLY TO NOT ALLOW ANY
FUTURE EXPANSION UNTIL THEY DO SO.
THANK YOU,
LISA GREENE
04-02-202501:07 PMUPDATE/NOTES4-2-25 EMAIL RECEIVED: IT IS WEDNESDAY
APRIL 2 AT 7:20 PM, AND WE ARE SMELLING
COMPOST USA IN A STRONG SE BREEZE. AT
OUR HOME ON PARK LAND DRIVE. THIS IS A
STRONG ODOR.THANK YOU MAF, DR MARY ANNE
FLEAGLE
REV DR EDWARD FLEAGLE/ BSS
04-02-202510:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES04/02/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
MORNING,



I WISH TO ENTER THIS COMPLAINT INTO THE
RECORD FOR CASE CE25020283. MY WIFE AND
I DROVE OUT TO OUR PROPERTY LOCATED ON
OLD SR 8 THIS PAST WEEKEND AND AS SOON
AS HE TURNED THE CORNER OFF HICORIA ROAD
AND HEADED NORTH ONTO OLD SR 8 WE WERE
STRUCK WITH THE FAMILIAR FOUL ODOR THAT
WAS UNDOUBTEDLY COMING FROM THE COMPOST
PLANT. WE WERE GOING TO DO SOME WORK AT
THE PROPERTY AND WE HAD TO CANCEL IT
AFTER MAKING A 2-HOUR DRIVE TO THE
PROPERTY. THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD
TIME THAT THIS HAPPENS TO US. THEY
CANNOT SEEM TO GET IT RIGHT AND
SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN. PERHAPS THE
INSPECTORS SHOULD GO OUT WHEN THE WIND
IS COMING FROM THE EAST. WHAT IF THEY OR
THE EXECUTIVES OF THE PLANT LIVED THERE.
I BET THINGS WOULD CHANGE PRETTY QUICK.
THIS IS AWFUL FOR THE FULL TIME
RESIDENTS AND POTENTIAL FUTURE
RESIDENTS- JORGE CAYON
03-31-202502:16 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/31/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!
AS OF 3/29/2025- THE OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THIS FACILITY, WITH THE WIND
COMING FROM THE SE MADE IT UNDESIRABLE
FOR ME TO WORK IN MY YARD OR ENJOY BEING
OUTSIDE FOR ALMOST ALL DAY.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY RESPECT AND
APPRECIATION FOR THE CEO FOLLOWING UP ON
3/28/25 WITH REGARDS TO RECENT POSTS
FROM TONI CIRCLE AND PARK LAND AS TO THE
OFFENSIVE ODORS COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY. SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-29-202508:10 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/29/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON,
COMPOSTUSA HAS SMELLED NONSTOP FOR OVER
24 HOURS - RUINING EVERY ATTEMPT TO WE
HAVE MADE TO BE OUTSIDE - MY ENTIRE
FAMILY IS FRUSTRATED AND DISGRUNTLED. MY
DAUGHTER JUST SHARED THAT THE SMELL
RUINS OUR OUTDOORS SPACE, MAKING IT FEEL
GROSS AND UNSAFE.
REGARDS,
ASHLEY GREENE
03-28-202504:45 PMUPDATE/NOTES3/28/2025 WINDS REPORTED TODAY OUT OF
THE EAST AT APPROX 15 MPH. CEO SMELLED
ODOR VERY STRONG IN THE AREA OF TONI
CIRCLE APPROX 1 MILE TO THE WEST), DROVE
FURTHER WEST TO ANOTHER LOCATION THAT
HAS REPORTED THE ODOR ON PARK LAND RD
(APPROX 3.8 MILES TO THE WEST) AND WAS
STILL ABLE TO SMELL THE ODOR WHEN THE
WIND WAS BLOWING - NOT AS STRONG, BUT
WAS DEFINATELY STILL UNPLEASANT. 2 HRS
SE
03-28-202503:34 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/28/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - GOOD
AFTERNOON!

THIS MORNING WHILE I WAS WORKING ON MY
FENCE NEAR OLD STATE ROAD 8 THE WIND
WAS COMING FROM THE EAST AND THE FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THE
COMPOSTUSA FACILITY WAS UNBEARABLE.
KERRY THOMPSON
03-27-202502:51 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/27/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT I'M
WRITING CONCERNING THE FOUL ODORS THAT
EMANATE FROM COMPOST USA. WHILE THERE
HAS BEEN A VERY SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN
THE LAST YEAR, THE DAYS THAT THE ODORS
ARE PRESENT ARE UNBEARABLE.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SIT OUTDOORS OR TO
LEAVE WINDOWS OPEN. MY CONCERN IS THAT
IT WILL EVENTUALLY ATTACH ITSELF TO
FURNITURE AND WALLS.

THE FLIES, VULTURES AND TRAFFIC ARE ALSO
A MAJOR CONCERN, AND IF THEY EXPAND THE
IMPACTS WILL ONLY GET WORSE.

SINCERELY,

SYLVIE PELCHAT
22 TONI CIRCLE
VENUS, FL 33960
03-27-202512:49 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/27/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -GOOD
MORNING!

ON MY WAY THIS MORNING TO THE VENUS POST
OFFICE, BY WAY OF HICORIA ROAD, I
ENCOUNTERED THE CONTINUING FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM THIS
FACILITY.
KERRY THOMPSON -
03-27-202509:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/26/25 - EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -HELLO,
I AM WRITING ABOUT MY CONCERN FOR THE
COMPOST PLANT.  THE SMELL EACH MORNING
IS HORRENDOUS AND I ASK THAT IT NOT BE
ALLOWED TO EXPAND AS THE ROADS IN VENUS
CANNOT HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.  I HOPE THAT
YOU HEAR THE PLEAS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
VENUS COMMUNITY AND KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
THE SITUATION THERE.  THANK YOU!
JULIE WHITMIRE<4WHITMIRE@GMAIL.COM>

03-27-202509:01 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/27/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -GOOD
MORNING,I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER
COMPLAINT REGARDING THE REPULSIVE ODORS
PRODUCED BY COMPOSTUSA. THE SMELLS
EMITTED FROM THE FACILITY HAVE CAUSED MY
CHILDREN TO GROAN THE MOMENT THEY WALK
OUTSIDE TO HOP IN OUR CAR TO HEAD TO
SCHOOL. IT HAS ALSO FORCED US TO HEAD
INDOORS, RATHER THAN SPEND TIME OUTSIDE
ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL SPRING WEATHER.
THE FACT IS THIS OPERATION SMELLS
RANCID, IT HAS ALWAYS SMELLED OFFENSIVE
AND IT IS PROHIBITING THE USE OF OUR
PROPERTIES AS WELL AS NEGATIVELY
IMPACTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE BY EITHER
PREVENTING US FROM BEING ABLE TO BE
OUTSIDE OR FORCING US TO BE SUBJECTED TO
HORRENDOUS SMELLS WHILE WE TRY TO
ACCOMPLISH OUR OUTDOOR CHORES. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS
MATTER.
REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE

03-26-202510:55 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/25/25 EMAILED COMPLAINT - THIS PAST
SATURDAY (YESTERDAY 3/22/25) MY HUSBAND
AND I WENT OUTSIDE TO OUR OUTSIDE
KITCHEN TO SIT IN THE SCREENED IN AREA
AND ENJOY THE NICE EVENING WEATHER.
THERE WAS A NICE BREEZE BUT THE SMELL
FROM THE COMPOST PLANT WAS SO ODOROUS
THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK INSIDE. THIS IS
NOT
THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. LAST
TUESDAY THE UPS MAN BROUGHT US A
PACKAGE. WHEN HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK HE
SAID, WHEW WHAT IS THAT SMELL. IS THERE
SOMETHING DEAD AROUND HERE. I DON’T CARE
WHAT THE MANAGER OF THAT PLACE SAYS. THE
SMELL IS AS BAD AS IT HAS EVER BEEN. IF
I WANTED TO SELL MY HOME, I COULDN’T
BECAUSE ANYONE THAT CAME TO LOOK AT IT
WOULD SMELL THAT PLANT AND THEN GO AWAY.
I HOPE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT HAD TO COME
SIT ON MY PORCH AND SMELL WHAT I HAVE TO
SMELL.
03-26-202510:35 AMUPDATE/NOTES3/21/2025- EMAILED COMPLAINT
ON MAY WAY TO THE VENUS POST OFFICE AT
ABOUT 10:15AM I WAS SHOCKED TO SMELL THE
FOUL ODOR THAT WAS OFFENSIVE TO THE
SENSES COMING FROM THIS FACILITY. THAT
EVENING AT ABOUT 7:45PM I WENT OUTSIDE
WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN TO LIGHT SOME
SPARKLERS AND THE SMELL WAS SO STRONG
AND OFFENSIVE WE HAD TO GO BACK INSIDE
.SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-25-202510:57 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/25/25 EMAILED COMPLAINT - I WOULD
LIKE TO REPORT THE STRONG ODOR COMING
FROM COMPOST USA. I WORK IN VENUS AT OLE
SOUTH AUTO SALVAGE. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SMELL. IT MAKES IT
DIFFERENT TO DO THEIR OUTSIDE WORK. YOU
HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!!
THANK YOU CYNDI THOMPSON
03-25-202510:34 AMUPDATE/NOTES3/22/2025 -EMAILED IN COMPLAINT
ON HICORIA ROAD TODAY AT ABOUT 10:30AM
THERE WAS A FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THE COMPOSTUSA FACILTY, THE
WIND WAS COMING FROM THE NE. SINCERELY-
W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-24-202505:28 PMUPDATE/NOTES3-24-25 NORMA REYNOLDS CALLED,
863-465-9196, SAID THE SMELL WAS VERY
VERY OFFENSIVE ON SATURDAY AND HAD TO GO
BACK INSIDE HER HOUSE, BSS
03-23-202505:12 PMUPDATE/NOTES3-23-25 EMAIL RECEIVED THE SMELL,
SOMEWHAT DIMINISHED BUT STILL OFFENSIVE,
STILL CAN BE SENSED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE
BREEZE BLOWS FROM THE SOUTHEAST. YOU MAY
RECALL, OUR COUNTY HAS A PREVAILING
EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND.MY
HUSBAND AND I BOTH COME FROM RURAL
FAMILIES. I AM A NATIVE SOUTH FLORIDIAN,
AND WE RAISED/TRAINED HORSES. THERE IS
QUITE A DIFFERENCE IN THE ODOR OF A FEW
HORSE PILES AND THE ODOR OF 80 ACRES OF
ROTTING GARBAGE. DR MARY ANNE FLEAGLE
AND REV DR EDWARD FLEAGLE, BSS
03-23-202504:18 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/23/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - MS
SINGLEY AND MS DAMMANN,

GREETINGS, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO READ OUR EMAIL.
PLEASE ADD OUR NAMES TO THE COMPLAINTS
ABOUT COMPOST USA PLANT ON HICORIA ROAD.

WE LIVE EXACTLY 2.35 MILES WEST OF THE
ARCHBOLD BUILDINGS, ON PARK LAND DRIVE,
2 MILES SOUTH OF SR70.

IN JANUARY 2024, I WOKE UP AND WENT OUT
TO THE EAST SIDE OF MY HOUSE WHERE I WAS
MET BY THE NAUSEATING SMELL OF RAW
SEWAGE (SO I THOUGHT).
THE STENCH TURNED OUT TO BE COMPOST USA,
WHICH HAD BEGUN BRINGING IN FOOD WASTE
FROM UPSTATE. WE CONTINUED TO BE PLAGUED
BY THE SMELL UNTIL THE PLANT STOPPED
DUMPING FOOD WASTE.

THE SMELL, SOMEWHAT DIMINISHED BUT STILL
OFFENSIVE, STILL CAN BE SENSED,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BREEZE BLOWS FROM
THE SOUTHEAST. YOU MAY RECALL, OUR
COUNTY HAS A PREVAILING EASTERLY TO
SOUTHEASTERLY WIND.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH COME FROM RURAL
FAMILIES. I AM A NATIVE SOUTH FLORIDIAN,
AND WE RAISED/TRAINED HORSES. THERE IS
QUITE A DIFFERENCE IN THE ODOR OF A FEW
HORSE PILES AND THE ODOR OF 80 ACRES OF
ROTTING GARBAGE.

IT WAS A GREAT MISTAKE TO ALLOW THIS
COMPANY TO BUILD A COMPOST HEAP CLOSER
THAN 10 MILES FROM HUMAN HABITATION, AND
ADJACENT TO THE DRAINAGE AREA TO
FISHEATING CREEK, ALSO THE ARCHBOLD
BIOLOGICAL STATION. CORRECT ME IF I AM
WRONG, BUT WILL THE RESIDENTS OF THE
PROPOSED MANUFACTURED HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCARBOROUGH GROVE ON
SR70 ENJOY THIS STINK?

RECENTLY, COMPOST USA ASKED FOR
PERMISSION TO BUILD OUT ANOTHER 80 ACRES
FOR THEIR BUSINESS. I URGE YOU TO
RECONSIDER THIS BUSINESS EXPANSION. I
WOULD FERVENTLY HOPE YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE
THE COUNTY TO CLOSE THEM DOWN ENTIRELY.

HIGHLANDS COUNTY HAS PRISTINE WILDERNESS
AREAS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE OUR PUBLIC
SERVANTS ARE RUSHING TO MAKE OUR COUNTY
ANOTHER URBAN NIGHTMARE. ONCE IT IS
GONE, THERE IS NO TURNING BACK.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY SOUTH OF SR70
SHOULD BE EXAMINED CAREFULLY IN THE
LIGHT OF QUICKLY DEGRADING SOIL, WATER
AND AIR QUALITY.

AGAIN, MANY THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO CONSIDER OUR CONCERNS.

DR MARY ANNE FLEAGLE
REV DR EDWARD FLEAGLE
212 PARK LAND DRIVE
LAKE PLACID, FL 33852
9103587235
03-20-202504:45 PMMAKE VIOLATIONMAKEVIO RECORDED DROARTY
03-20-202504:43 PMINITIAL INSPECTION3/20 POSTED NOV25020283A TO COMPOSTUSA
OF HIGHLANDS LLC FOR 5.6-3 AND GAVE
UNTIL 5/12/25 TO COMPLY. 3/20 POSTED NOH
FOR THE 6/4/25 PUBLIC HEARING. 3/21
MAILED CERT/REG. 3/27 POSTED TO CE
BOARD. WHEN DRIVING TO THE PROPERTY CEO
SMELLED AN OFFENSIVE SMELL WHILE DRIVING
TO HICORIA RD ON US 27 SOUTH. AFTER WC
WAS POSTED TO THE GATE OF THE FACILITY
CEO THEN RETUNED ON US 27 NORTH AND
COULD STILL SMELL THE ODOR WHILE PASSING
WOBBLE RD WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 3,000
FT AWAY FROM THE FACILITY. DR 1.5 HRS
03-17-202509:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES3/17/2025- EMAILED IN COMPLAINT FROM
KERRY THOMPSON. THIS FACILITY HAS AGAIN
BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING AN
EXTREMELY FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR FOR
MOST OF THE DAY.
03-15-202504:54 PMUPDATE/NOTES3/15/2025- EMAILED COMPLAINT FROM KERRY
THOMPSON. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS
FACILITY IS GENERATING A HIGHLY FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE DAY
AND INTO THE EVENING.
03-14-202512:46 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/14/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT
GOOD AFTERNOON,
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
ABOUT THE HORRIBLE ODORS COMING FROM THE
COMPOST PLANT. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT HAS
PREVENTED THE USE OF THE OUTSIDE AREA OF
OUR HOME ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION OVER
THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
THANK YOU.
REGARDS,
ASHLEY E. GREENE


03-14-202509:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES03/14/25 EMAILED OIN COMPLAINT - THERE
IS A FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR COMING FROM
THIS PROPERTY TODAY. SEVERAL OF
MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ASKED ME WHAT IS BEING
DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE A
GOOD ANSWER FOR THEM, ONLY THAT CUSA IS
AGAIN BEING GIVEN MORE TIME TO COMPLY
WITH FDEP AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SINCERELY, W. KERRY THOMPSON.
03-13-202509:03 AMUPDATE/NOTES3-13-25 KEN KECK CALLED OF 34 KECK RD,
NICE MARCH DAY, UNABLE TO KEEP HIS
WINDOWS OPEN, HAD TO CLOSE THEM DUE TO
OFFENSE FOUL ODOR FROM COMPOST PLANT AS
THE WIND BLOWING ON SOUTH SIDE IS
FILLING HIS HOUSE WITH OFFENSE ODOR. BSS
03-12-202504:21 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/12/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT - THIS
FACILITY IS AGAIN GENERATING A FOUL AND
OFFENSIVE ODOR ESPECIALLY STRONG ON
HICORIA ROAD AND ALL THE WAY TO THE
VENUS POST OFFICE. 
ELW
03-11-202504:34 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/11/25 EMAILED IN COMPLAINT -THIS
FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PRODUCING A FOUL AND OFFENSIVE ODOR AT
THEIR LOCATION ON HICORIA ROAD. TODAY
3/11/2025 IT IS ESPECIALLY STRONG AND
OFFENSIVE.THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED
GOING BACK TO OCTOBER OF 2023.
SINCERELY- W. KERRY THOMPSON
03-07-202502:08 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/07/25 EMAILED COMPLAINT -I WANT TO
ADVISE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT I DROVE BY
THE ABOVE REFERENCED FACILITY THIS
MORNING AT 9:15AM AND THERE WAS A FOUL
AND OFFENSIVE TO THE SENSES ODOR COMING
FROM THE PLANT. IN ADDITION, I DID
OBSERVE THE BEGINNING OF A POT
HOLE WHICH IS ABOUT 12-18 INCHES IN
DIAMETER FORMING ON THE EAST BOUND LANE
OF HICORIA ROAD, IN FRONT OF THIS
FACILITY, WHICH HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN
CAUSED BY THE HEAVY AND NUMEROUS TRUCKS
LEAVING THIS FACILITY. I WOULD LIKE THIS
INFORMATION ADDED TO THE CASE NUMBER
REFERENCED ABOVE. SINCERELY -W. KERRY
THOMPSON
03-06-202504:20 PMLETTER SENTNOT NEEDED

03-06-202501:56 PMUPDATE/NOTES03/06/25 KERRY THOMPSON CALLED IN TO
REPORT A STRONG AND OFFENSIVE ODOR
COMING FROM THE COMPOST PLANT TODAY.
03-06-202509:01 AMLETTER SENTNOT NEEDED
02-28-202502:13 PMCREATE COMPLAINTCOMPLAINT RECORDED BY ELWEEKS
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