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Hernando Vetoes Dump Fix

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By MICHAEL D. BATES

Hernando Today

Published: January 21, 2009

BROOKSVILLE - Hernando County commissioners nixed a request from staff to spend $191,175 on a new 12,000-gallon fuel island at the county landfill.

Instead, they will wait to see whether the state eases its requirements to bring underground fuel storage tanks into compliance with new safety standards.

Utilities director Joe Stapf said the fuel station is needed to satisfy the state's deadline to convert to double-walled structures for increased protection from groundwater contamination and that it would accommodate more vehicles and eliminate the need to pay an outside vendor.
Commissioner John Druzbick said his only concern is meeting the state's Dec. 31 deadline of converting underground fuel tanks to double-walled systems.

Resident and former firefighter Wayne Dukes said he doesn't think the expenditure is warranted. "I don't think that we've made that argument that we have to do it today," Dukes said.

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