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Riverview, Fla. - Cargill Fertilizer will host an open house and public meeting to address the proposed expansion of the gypsum stack at its Riverview facility on Tues., Feb. 23. The open house will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and the meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. The event will be held in the auditorium of Riverview High School, 11311 Boyette Road. This open house and public meeting is the first of three that will be held to encourage public and appointed and/or elected official's input into the company's permit application for the expanded stack. That application, expected to be submitted in June, is a consolidated permit request to a number of governmental regulatory agencies. The permit will be reviewed through the Department of Environmental Protection's ecosystem management process. Company staff and representatives from governmental permitting agencies will be available to gather public input and address concerns regarding the plan. The gypsum stack expansion is part of an overall Cargill 30-year plan that matches the capacity of the company's fertilizer plant to the life of its phosphate mining operations.
For more information on the public meeting, please call 671-6144.
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April 19, 1999
Cargill Fertilizer to Hold Public Meeting on Gypsum Stack Expansion
RIVERVIEW, Fla. — Cargill Fertilizer will host an open house and public meeting to address the proposed expansion of the gypsum stack at its Riverview facility on Tues., April 20, 1999. The open house will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and the meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. The event will be held in the cafeteria of Progress Village Middle School, 8113 Zinnia Drive, Tampa.
This open house and public meeting is the second of three that will be held to encourage public input into the company’s permit application for the expanded stack. That application, expected to be submitted in June, is a consolidated permit request to a number of governmental regulatory agencies. The permit will be reviewed through the Department of Environmental Protection’s ecosystem management process. Representatives from governmental permitting agencies and company staff will be available to gather public input and address concerns regarding the plan. There will be brief project presentations as well as experts on hand to discuss concerns regarding radiation and air quality issues (dust, odor, emissions and sound).
The gypsum stack expansion is part of an overall Cargill 30-year plan that matches the capacity of the company’s fertilizer plant to the life of its phosphate mining operations.
June 2000
June 2000 - At its regularly scheduled June meeting, the Hillsborough County Commission unanimously approved Cargill's phosphogypsum stack team permit application. The attached editorial demonstrates the strong public support for the project.
