/tags/piney-point Piney Point en-US WLRN Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:35:34 GMT /environment/2024-07-10/florida-has-settled-a-lawsuit-over-disastrous-phosphate-plant-leak-into-tampa-bay Environmental groups and the state have reached a settlement to end a federal lawsuit over management of the Piney Point site that leaked millions of gallons of wastewater into Tampa Bay in 2021. Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:35:34 GMT /environment/2024-07-10/florida-has-settled-a-lawsuit-over-disastrous-phosphate-plant-leak-into-tampa-bay Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /2023-07-26/piney-point-phosphate-plant-closure One of the ponds atop the phosphogypsum stack at Piney Point is almost empty of water. That should prevent a repeat of the 2021 release of polluted water into nearby Tampa Bay. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:03:10 GMT /2023-07-26/piney-point-phosphate-plant-closure Steve Newborn /environment/2023-06-14/piney-point-pollution-study It’s proof that the plume of dirty water flowed from the former phosphate plant and out into the Gulf of Mexico, the study’s authors say. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:34:43 GMT /environment/2023-06-14/piney-point-pollution-study Max Chesnes | Tampa Bay Times /environment/2023-04-19/a-deep-well-injection-could-herald-the-end-of-spills-from-the-piney-point-phosphate-plant The digging of a deep well at the troubled Piney Point phosphate plant in Manatee County has been completed. Now, workers are injecting 1 million gallons of polluted water deep underground, every day. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-04-19/a-deep-well-injection-could-herald-the-end-of-spills-from-the-piney-point-phosphate-plant Steve Newborn /hurricane-coverage/2022-09-28/pollution-from-florida-mining-a-concern-with-hurricane-ian The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry are at risk for leaks or other contamination when Hurricane Ian comes ashore in the state, environmental groups say. Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:00:00 GMT /hurricane-coverage/2022-09-28/pollution-from-florida-mining-a-concern-with-hurricane-ian Curt Anderson | Associated Press /news/2022-08-16/rainwater-from-piney-point-released-into-tampa-bay More water was released over the weekend from the troubled Piney Point phosphate plant into Tampa Bay. But this time, the water is not expected to impact the bay. Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:40:53 GMT /news/2022-08-16/rainwater-from-piney-point-released-into-tampa-bay Steve Newborn /news/2022-07-28/millions-of-gallons-of-piney-point-stormwater-will-be-released-into-tampa-bay Officials say the water has accumulated during the rainy season and is not contaminated, but environmental groups are not convinced the discharge won't impact the health of the bay. Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:44:16 GMT /news/2022-07-28/millions-of-gallons-of-piney-point-stormwater-will-be-released-into-tampa-bay Cathy Carter /news/2022-04-06/now-that-its-closing-officials-are-looking-to-the-future-of-piney-point A year ago, 215 million gallons of wastewater poured from the troubled Piney Point phosphate plant into Tampa Bay’s waters — a long-feared disaster come true. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:47:41 GMT /news/2022-04-06/now-that-its-closing-officials-are-looking-to-the-future-of-piney-point Bailey LeFever /news/2022-04-01/state-regulators-sign-off-on-plan-to-close-troubled-piney-point The plan calls for the former phosphate plant to be permanently shut down by December 2024. Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:20:35 GMT /news/2022-04-01/state-regulators-sign-off-on-plan-to-close-troubled-piney-point Carl Lisciandrello /news/2022-03-29/a-federal-judge-puts-environmentalists-lawsuit-against-piney-point-on-hold He said the state court system “already has a running start on the closure of Piney Point” and pointed to $100 million that the Legislature approved last year to help clean up the site. Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:04:33 GMT /news/2022-03-29/a-federal-judge-puts-environmentalists-lawsuit-against-piney-point-on-hold Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida