More Leaks Appear At Piney Point Ami Sun Palmetto – three more leaks from an unknown source have emerged in one of the gypsum stacks holding contaminated water at the closed piney point phosphate plant. the florida department of environmental protection (fdep) reports that the leaks, discovered on jan. 5, are “low volume,” seeping less than three gallons of water per minute. Piney point’s court appointed receiver also has authorized the use of a new system to maximize water evaporation from the wastewater storage pond in the leaking stack to lower water levels. fdep reported on jan. 5 that three leaks in the stack were seeping less than three gallons of water per minute combined.
Work Continues To Locate Fix Piney Point Leaks Ami Sun On march 31, 2022, dep issued an order approving the conceptual closure plan for the former piney point facility that was prepared at the direction of the site’s court appointed receiver. the plan addresses the environmental protection requirements for the closure work. this includes the strategy for continued water management at the site. Fdep officials are looking closely at engineering plans for closing piney point while leaks continue to be repaired at the site. as another leak is under repair at piney point, state officials evaluate engineering plans to eventually close the plant. Piney point includes hazardous phosphogypsum stacks, a byproduct of phosphate production, which took place at the site from 1966 to 1999. associated wastewater is stored at the site. the lawsuit alleged violations of the clean water act and a law known as the resource conservation and recovery act. the department denied the alleged violations. A leak at the reservoir at piney point, an old phosphate plant in manatee county, fla., as shown in an aerial photo on saturday, has prompted evacuations, environmental concerns and threats of a.
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