The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has granted us an extension until 12/24 to file Petition for Review of its $3000 fine against the City of St. Augustine (after credit for a pollution prevention project) for dumping 611,294 gallons of sewage in San Sebastian River earlier this year. The fine was originally to have been $90,000 due to a long and sordid history of illegal pollution by our Nation's Oldest City.
This is yet the latest example of environmental racism by the City of St. Augustine, which Dr. King called the most lawless city in America in his June 11, 1964 letter to rabbis during desegregation demonstrations. Where else in the world would they dump 40,000 cubic yards of solid waste in our Old City Reservoir and think they'd get away with it? Where else would they fail to inspect a sewage pipe after reports of sewage pollution and a shrimp trawler hitting the sewage pipe, which never had warning signs to boaters? See www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com
We shall overcome!
Cheers,
Ed Slavin
Clean Up City of St. Augustine, FLoirda
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
904-829-3877
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