by POLITICO’S Bruce Ritchie March 9, 2017 Gov. Rick Scott may have reversed himself on whether polluters should be required to notify the public after a spill occurs. After a sinkhole opening at a Mosaic Co. fertilizer plant in Polk County last August wasn’t publicly disclosed for a month, Scott ordered the Department of Environmental […]
Senator Seeks to Boost Pollution Notification
by The News Service of Florida January 26, 2017 After an uproar about two high-profile pollution incidents, a key Senate Republican filed a proposal Thursday aimed at better notifying the public when pollution occurs. The bill (SB 532), filed by Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, would require that people or businesses responsible for pollution incidents file […]