The Piney Point gypsum stack probably should have been closed years ago.\n<\/p>\n
The fact that, unlike many of the other Florida waste stacks, it is near the Gulf of Mexico, a major state highway and a number of residences and public facilities, is kind of a no-brainer.\n<\/p>\n
Gov. Ron DeSantis inherited this debacle from previous administrations who, like him to some extent, generally had a permissive attitude toward environmental regulation and made the calculation that fixing the problem would be more expensive than the state budget could sustain, perhaps.\n<\/p>\n
In 2006 they turned the problem over to the private sector after the previous private sector owner declared bankruptcy and left the state holding the bag.\n<\/p>\n
It is now 15 years later. The Florida Legislature is in session.\n<\/p>\n
It will be interesting to see whether either Gov. DeSantis or legislators take the initiative to figure out a path to solve this environmental fiasco once and for all.\n<\/p>\n
There has been so much effort to restore our rivers and bays to let things revert to the bald old days.\n<\/p>\n
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