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WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

Daily Archives: April 17, 2023

No phosphate mine waste into recreational lakes, and more transparency –WWALS to Hamilton County BOCC 2023-04-17

You can send your own comments to the addresses in the WWALS letter. If you prefer to telephone, see https://hamiltoncountyfl.com/board-of-county-commissioners/.

The Public Hearing is tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 6 PM, at 207 NE First Street Jasper, Florida 32052.

WWALS letter to Hamilton BOCC 2023-04-17

See also PDF.

[Letter and mine]
Letter and mine

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This entry was posted in Aquifer, creeks, EPA, FDEP, Law, Mining, Phosphate, Quality, Quantity, River, Springs, SRWMD, USACE and tagged Aquifer, Bienville Plantation, conservation, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, FDEP, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Floridan Aquifer, Hamilton County, mining, north Florida, Nutrien, PGSS, phosphate, Phosphogypsum Stack Systems, Planning and Zoning Board, quality, Quantity, SRWMD, SRWT, stormwater, Suwannee River Water Management District, Suwannee River Water Trail, Suwannee Riverkeeper, waste clay, White Springs, White Sulfur Spring, WWALS Watershed Coalition on April 17, 2023 by jsq.

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