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Police Release Details of Fatal Crash in Piney Township

Explore Clarion 22 Apr 2021

PINEY TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Clarion-based State Police have released the details of a fatal crash that occurred in Piney Township on Monday morning.

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Readers react to the crisis at Piney Point and the threat to environment | Letters ...

Bradenton Herald 21 Apr 2021

Manatee may regret Piney Point deep well In response to the Bradenton Herald’s headline begging tourists to protect Manatee’s environment — “Love It Like You Live Here” —you have to ... .

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Senate pitches money for Piney Point cleanup, Forever Florida

Business Journal 21 Apr 2021

Senate leaders Wednesday offered a plan for using part of new federal stimulus money, including ...

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Manatee County Utilities Considers Expanding Service Area Following Piney Point Breach

CBS Sports 21 Apr 2021

(CW44 News At 10) – Manatee County Government is asking Manatee County Utilities to provide a report on water quality and how much it would cost to expand the area that the company services to include more homes near Piney Point ... He isn’t the only one to notice changes in water near Piney Point.

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Will the Piney Point spill affect tourism this summer?

Tampa Bay Times 21 Apr 2021

When the story went national, Captain Scott Moore began fielding calls. After millions of gallons of wastewater was released from the old Piney Point phosphate plant into Tampa Bay, tourists wanted to know if it was still safe to visit ... Related. Failure at Piney Point ... Aerial drone image from Piney Point on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in Palmetto ... .

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Manatee moves forward with $10 million deep injection well to handle Piney Point waste

Bradenton Herald 20 Apr 2021

As state officials continue to work on closing the hazardous Piney Point site, county officials approved another step to help get rid of its contaminated water. The Board of County ... .

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County administrator believes area around Piney Point ‘is currently safe’

Bradenton Herald 20 Apr 2021

Acting county administrator Scott Hopes gives the BOCC an update on Piney Point ... .

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Tuesday's letters: Piney Point fiasco, high-speed rail, golf course disgrace, more

Sarasota Herald-Tribune 20 Apr 2021

Many questions about Piney Point fiasco. For over 20 years, I worked in the hazardous waste remediation business. I’ve never seen a bigger fiasco than that at Piney Point. Local, state and federal politicians have kicked this can down the road for years (“A plan for Piney Point,” April 13). The blame game has started ... More ... Why? ... Email.

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Manatee County moves forward with disposing of Piney Point wastewater in deep well

Sarasota Herald-Tribune 20 Apr 2021

Manatee County commissioners approved a $9.35 million contract Tuesday for construction of a deep injection well to dispose of wastewater from the closed Piney Point fertilizer plant. The commission selected Youngquist Brothers LLC to construct the Class 1 injection well on county-owned land near the Piney Point property ... Piney Point.

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USF tricked out its red tide tracker to study the Piney Point spill

Business Journal 19 Apr 2021

... its red tide tracking model to now include the waste from the nearby Piney Point phosphate plant.

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OPINION: Everyone’s hands are dirty in Piney Point mess, including Art Roth’s

Sarasota Herald-Tribune 19 Apr 2021

Art Roth appears to be yet another person with dirt on his hands at Piney Point ... He was the point man responsible for a New York company called HRK Holdings LLC to purchase Piney Point for $4.3 million in 2006 ... Piney Point could possibly be the worst scam in Florida historyOPINION ... Unfortunately, it was Piney Point.

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Piney Point mess again exposes Florida’s dirty relationship with phosphate industry | Opinion

Bradenton Herald 19 Apr 2021

Like many people in the general Tampa Bay area who care about the environment and many people from Manatee County who were personally concerned for the safety of their homes ... .

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Scientists tracking environmental impacts from Piney Point wastewater release

Sarasota Herald-Tribune 19 Apr 2021

Wastewater released from the former Piney Point fertilizer plant property has made its way to the uplands, back bays, estuaries and marshes along the eastern shores of Tampa Bay, putting a substantial amount of nitrogen in the water that could have detrimental effects on some of the region’s most sensitive and unique habitats ... Piney Point.

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Failure at Piney Point: Florida let environmental risk fester despite warnings

Tampa Bay Times 18 Apr 2021

Army Corps of Engineers was predicting possible disaster at the old Piney Point phosphate plant in Manatee County if a plan to use the site for dredging went forward ... Forecasting what comes next from Piney Point for Tampa Bay. This month, a leak at Piney Point drove Manatee County to the nervous edge of catastrophe ... Piney Point from 1966-present.

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Piney Point owner points finger at contractors, FDEP in new statement over massive leak

The Miami Herald 17 Apr 2021

In their first official statement since the site threatened environmental catastrophe, the owners behind Piney Point said they aren’t to blame for a leak that led to 200 million gallons ... .