[CPEO-BIF] New Florida law requires notice of contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tallevast-inspired contamination notification bill signed

BRADENTON HERALD STAFF REPORT
May 24, 2005

Gov. Jeb Bush signed into law today a measure that will require the
state Department of Environmental Protection to notify property owners
within 30 days if contamination has spread onto their property.

The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Bill Galvano of Bradenton, was
inspired by complaints from the Tallevast community.

Residents there did not find out about contaminants in their groundwater
until four years after the DEP first received the information. The
contamination came from the former Loral American Beryllium Co., whose
property was subsequently purchased by Lockheed Martin.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/11726247.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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