[CPEO-BIF] Florida notification law

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senate Committee Passes Pollution Notice Bill Tied To Raytheon



By MARK  DOUGLAS
News Channel 8/Tampa Bay Online (FL)
March 10, 2009


ST. PETERSBURG - A bill requiring broader public notice about pollution, 
sparked by contamination of neighborhoods near the St. Petersburg 
Raytheon plant, passed a key state Senate committee this morning.

The Environmental Committee approved the legislation, which would expand 
notification requirements to people living within 1,000 feet of any 
contaminated area. State law now requires notice to the county 
administrator and people with contamination on their property.

State Sen. Charlie Justice said city residents waited 17 years to learn 
about a groundwater contamination plume affecting two apartment 
complexes, three neighborhoods, community parks and schools, and he 
doesn't want that to happen again.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/10/senate-committee-passes-pollution-notice-bill-tied/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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