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Another alternative considered was to obtain new
permits for the water treatment plants to operate as
hazardous waste treatment facilities.
To continue operating without modification or
obtaining a new permit to operate as a hazardous waste
treatment facility would not meet federal and state
statutory requirements. * * *
ER No. 9956, processed on December 5, 1988, authorized
$93,603 for the purchase and installation of neutralization basin
liners at the Port Everglades plant. A section of the ER labeled
“purpose and necessity” states:
The existing liner is approaching the end of its
serviceable life. These basins are now regulated by
State and Federal law. Any breech [sic] of the liner
must be reported to State regulatory authorities.
Excess reporting of leaks could bring about enforcement
action. The existing liners will not be removed; the
new liner will be placed on top of the existing liners.
ER No. 2286, processed on September 4, 1987, authorized the
expenditure of $70,290 to install a neutralization tank for FPL’s
Riviera fossil plant. ER No. 306834 authorized the purchase and
installation of a pH meter for the neutralization tank at FPL’s
Fort Myers fossil plant. ER No. 8831, processed on September 6,
1985, authorized $19,440 to “Construct in place a concrete block
retention wall around the Water Treatment Plant neutralization
basin” at the Turkey Point fossil plant.35
34 Because of the quality of the copy in the record, neither
the date nor the amount can be determined.
35 Mr. Butts testified that FPL purchased all the property
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