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Decision Delayed on Dade City Landfill

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By KEVIN WIATROWSKI | The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 12, 2009

DADE CITY - State environmental officials will wait another month to issue a decision on a controversial landfill proposed for eastern Pasco County.

The state Department of Environmental Protection was prepared to issue an opinion today on the proposal by Largo-based Angelo's Aggregate Materials but opted to hold off until Feb. 12. Agency officials want more time to review counter-arguments, said Pam Vazquez, spokeswoman for the DEP's Tampa office.

"We continue to get additional engineering and technical data – mostly from the opposition – up to this point," Vazquez said.

Angelo's wants to build a 995-acre landfill on property it owns near Enterprise and Singletary roads, south of Dade City. The first phase of the landfill would cover about 65 acres. The company owns a construction debris landfill nearby.

DEP recently received an analysis of Angelo's proposal commissioned by Tampa law firm Bricklemeyer, Smolker and Bolvis that was critical of several elements of the landfill's design.

The Jan. 9 report, which was labeled "private and confidential," was released to the media this morning by a public relations firm.

"We want to make certain that everyone know we're taking in all information," Vazquez said. "We haven't made a decision."

Reporter Kevin Wiatrowski can be reached at (813) 948-4201.

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