{"id":1694,"date":"2019-08-26T20:35:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T00:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2019-08-26T20:35:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T00:35:28","slug":"environmental-crimes-happening-in-lakeland-florida-why-wouldnt-dep-do-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/08\/26\/environmental-crimes-happening-in-lakeland-florida-why-wouldnt-dep-do-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Crimes happening in Lakeland Florida??? Why wouldn\u2019t DEP do something???"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"196\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/arpec_poster.jpg?resize=450%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/arpec_poster.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/arpec_poster.jpg?resize=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The is an opinion watch the video first then read my opinion\n\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you Bill Scott <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xO1Ql2T7_V8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lakeland-gazette\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UHszoe6QNl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/index.php\/2019\/08\/15\/opinion-is-lakeland-florida-biosolids-central-biosolids-compost-and-odor\/\">Opinion: Is Lakeland Florida Biosolids central? Biosolids, Compost and Odor????<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#8220;Opinion: Is Lakeland Florida Biosolids central? Biosolids, Compost and Odor????&#8221; &#8212; Lakeland Gazette\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/index.php\/2019\/08\/15\/opinion-is-lakeland-florida-biosolids-central-biosolids-compost-and-odor\/embed\/#?secret=UHszoe6QNl\" data-secret=\"UHszoe6QNl\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biosolids<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the middle of 2016, Florida sewer plants\nhave been exporting large shipments their sewage remnants known as biosolids or\nsludge to a faulty in Lakeland called BS Ranch &amp; Farm, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch &amp; Farm Mission Statement from\ntheir&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsranchandfarm.com\/about-us\/\">website<\/a>: \u201cBS Ranch &amp; Farm is a farm in the\nrecycling and composting business. Our goal is to provide the highest quality\nproducts, the most competitive rates, and the most convenient disposal sites.\nWe are driven not only by our sense of responsibility to the earth but also to\nour future generations. By cooperating with local residents, businesses and\ngovernment agencies we hope to promote the health of our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch &amp; Farm is neither a Ranch or a\nFarm it has a permit for industrial wastewater and processes yard waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But thanks to Polk County \u2014 BS Ranch &amp;\nFarm has an LTD agriculture business tax certificate&nbsp;on the\nindustrial-zoned property, account # 145778. Why? They should have an\nIndustrial Waste Water business tax certificate per Polk County. Currently,\nPolk County is investigating this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch &amp; Farm, Inc. and their property\nbutt up to Saddle Creek ecologically sensitive land owned by SWFWMD and Florida\nAudubon Society Inc that runs into Lake Hancock and then discharges into the\nPeace River than runs into the Charlotte County estuary system out to the Gulf\nof Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The practice of importing to Lakeland large\nshipments their sewage remnants aka biosolids or sludge is now under fire by\nlocal citizens as being potentially harmful. And the possibility of endangering\nwildlife, and having an ecological disaster in Lake Handcock and Peace River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in 2014 BS Ranch &amp; Farm, Inc. from\nMarch 24 through at least August 4, 2014, accepted 1.4 million gallons of\nseptage and wastewater biosolids at their located off of Maine Ave in Lakeland\nwithout the authorization of the Florida DEP. William And Brandy Stanton who\nown BS Ranch &amp; Farm, Inc paid a fine of $9,500.00. (<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flakelandgazette.info%2Fnews%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F07%2FBS-Ranch-CO-signed-11-25-15.pdf%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0WhwRZ8L1IAueWh1EUdJrdWi91OwpPBOd5bYupkj0XeRHkuwJPkl982oQ&amp;h=AT0ap0ECSQmvxhRB4zv_UTYtRbBgSMhG1n4Ek96wfGPcuqY6ng3LB89QzDxUOt0V5aV8CQtRAakYLMOb6vKDMh1pQ5X1GoIRwRY30m4OgDrnE_4NWhmdXmHbAixLWHL2ClhsU1Mm3pVgBi0FmsO_dw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contest Order Click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the FDEP District Director SWD Mary\nYeargan&nbsp;issued the polluter BS Ranch &amp; Farm, Inc a permit for\nIndustrial Wastewater #FLA8666202 (<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flakelandgazette.info%2Fnews%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F07%2FFinal-Permit.pdf%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1gH1QTEjWVuTO_aXGjJqHly8L3YkNCYVCZWx4Llkqgl_AI-wDluaGTj7Y&amp;h=AT0uvTdo4nVeu5GfUs_vnctYWu6rEmjddBj4xekhIZHJq4qjRCgNDKI19L-FN17NCAV2ZB5xu07OHsXQvDWJ73oOeADqoYwJL9_0zOiuU3_cchsCI95snNY3kH2JZp4ySzeIrPnrIVpxE9lehuCLdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click Here<\/a>) on March 25,\n2016, but Yeargan never made them clean up this mess of the 1.4 million gallons\nof septage and wastewater biosolids already on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from their permit from DEP- \u201cThe BS\nRanch &amp; Farm facility includes scales, screens, storage areas, mixers,\nloaders, biological treatment beds, support areas, access roads, and water\ncontainment areas. Feedstocks include wood (yard waste), pre-consumer and\npost-consumer vegetative waste, animal manure and animal by-products, food\nscraps, wastewater treatment facility effluent, septage, biosolids, and organic\nsludges. The treatment process produces mulch, compost, fertilizer and soil\namendments. The approximate daily average weights of feed material and products\nare 3,870 tons and 1,088 tons, respectively.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the import monthly tonnage schedule in the\npermit, it makes this the largest facility of its kind in Florida. That\u2019s 1.08\nmillion tons or 999,000 80,000 lbs semi truckloads a year of feedstocks include\nwood (yard waste), pre-consumer and post-consumer vegetative waste, animal\nmanure and animal by-products, food scraps, wastewater treatment facility\neffluent, septage, biosolids, and organic sludges. The treatment process\nproduces mulch, compost, fertilizer and soil amendments. The approximate daily\naverage weights of feed material and products are 3,870 tons and 1,088 tons,\nrespectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which means the likelihood of an ecological\nnightmare at the same time for Saddle Creek and Lake Hancock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the BS Ranch &amp; Farm permit: The\ntreatment beds may be operated both aerobically and anaerobically, with\ndecomposition and stabilization accomplished through lengthy treatment periods\nof more than eight months. Material failing to meet the treatment demonstration\ntesting will be returned to the process for further treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drone video\u2019s show that septic companies\ndumping their trucks at BS Ranch &amp; Farm \u2014 This is not biosolids this is\nstraight human shit on the ground, Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch &amp; Farm, Inc is NOT required to\ntest what is coming into this above-ground earthen bermed facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch &amp; Farm&nbsp;is NOT allowed to\ndischarge any odor or material outside of their grounds but by aerial\nphotography (google earth)\u2014 photos seem to disagree with BS Ranch &amp; Farm\nassessment of breaks in the berms going outside permitted area heading towards\nSaddle Creek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, when it rains where does the excess\nwater go when the ponds have no more freeboard?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other discharges on the property show\ndeforestation over time by dumping something on the property from tankers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Compost&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compost is rightly celebrated as the perfect\nsoil amendment and a great way to recycle yard and garden waste. But not all\ncompost is created equal. In fact, commercial compost based on \u201cbiosolids\u201d or\nsewage sludge can be downright dangerous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, BS Ranch and Farm is being sued by\nthe Florida DEP over the odors coming from the BS Ranch and Farm facility in\nLakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch and Farm &amp; BS Upcycling LLC takes\nBiosolids, Chipped wood, Land clearing, Scalping\u2019s, Brush &amp; Logs and Yard\nDebris (and has a contract with the City of Lakeland to take this yard debris)\nand mixes it all together and make \u201cso-called\u201d Organic Compost. Solids made\nfrom biomaterials, just what the term suggests. One can\u2019t help but think of\nShakespeare, \u201cWhat\u2019s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name\nwould smell as sweet.\u201d Except biosolids don\u2019t smell so sweet. And what\u2019s in\nthis name is otherwise known as shit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Upcycling LLC has no Polk County business\ntax certificate. Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, the spread of sewage sludge\nmade compost on America\u2019s gardens and farmland continues in Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem is you may not even know that the\ncompost you buy contains sludge. Since 2003, the EPA has allowed marketers to\nsubstitute the word \u201ccompost\u201d for sewage sludge (or biosolids) on ingredient\nlists. The fact that some sludge is allowed to cure before it is used or\ntreated to remove a handful of the thousands of contaminants it contains, does\nnot make it safe. More amazing is the fact that some makers of compost that\ninclude sewage use the word \u201corganic\u201d in their marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The struggle to inform the public on the\ndangers of biosolids pits small gardeners and environmental activists against\nsome high-profit industries, handsomely-paid public relations firms and some of\nthe country\u2019s largest municipal governments. It\u2019s a battle between those who\nwant to greenwash the product by depicting sludge as beneficial recycling and\nthose warning that sewage sludge, the basis for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sludgenews.org%2Fabout%2Fsludgenews.aspx%3Fid%3D5%26fbclid%3DIwAR2ljZOUU105Geli-nhBpr6M3dbhsnSdsxxg5ADbehAoPDizysdWcTy3_Js&amp;h=AT2ogPJo1GLy-joFZ2FZAwgv44XYWO1gE-cRGrtuLogA0Lojq6WBWW2inrDOtOsywNbmdR00U_CjcbZBwejYekysvTfpO8Dxtp100ebrqcsrFdZNXfE0wQSf750E16vMO8DBI-_uqGybn81QUPRcdg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several brands of commercial\ncompost<\/a>, is a toxic mix of lead, dioxin, asbestos, concentrated\npesticides, and numerous heavy metals and pathogens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the recycling of sewage sludge\nis&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgreen.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F04%2F16%2Fbiosolids-and-human-health%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2W707bio02fIN-Et_Zzuv0gHI2-pJsNQ-6Jf1ZEI3aY7joJl_GbmLyLIo&amp;h=AT2aqD7ksSdWraxoKUAzsLeU3GtVvtf1_E8rC1Z-xYHUL5MjNWCnBwiBJYwmSFCgl6KkinN_Umom1zDp4tXlusQDbBuHG8GiYe4DwzvcJzksJqCFNnbl0JiJP5s0W3HJyGojf0LQciYeWHaTKLclkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">big business<\/a>. It\u2019s\nestimated that half the sewage sludge generated in the United States ends up on\nfarmland and backyard gardens. In 2007, the infamous Carlyle Group, an\ninvestment consortium known for its armament\u2019s speculation, bought the sludge\nrecycling company Synagro for $772 million. Synagro, the object of a recent CBS\ntelevision broadcast of \u201cUndercover Boss,\u201d is the largest processor of sewage\nsludge in the country. Investors see sludge as a guaranteed growth business.\nMunicipalities, saddled with the responsibility of what to do with all that\nsludge, see composting as a gift from on high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epa.gov%2Fbiosolids%2Fplain-english-guide-epa-part-503-biosolids-rule%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3A1acv8pLB4Ri2WRGRBRTOM6CmeVlGce2XzlYP9OtBGCcOZBuIPH4-Dcc&amp;h=AT0HYb-KQoeF_GEjFT0uZemobGgHBOfjmjAKvtYQrz81FaZC6kTb3IJUVDymtIrbpUK4fszw9nUaed4eym0NwECfBmGT34tKGJMM-rGvjiR8UfVVNfP5EazV3NKW9RoWZ1A-jGAkG4d3ncGGrD7IEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPA 503 regulations<\/a>&nbsp;mandate\nand enforce testing for many of the pathogens, metals, and toxins in class A\nbiosolids with virtually undetectable levels of them. Industrial waste has not\nbeen allowed to be dumped into US sewer systems for over 40 years now and is\nstrictly monitored. The organic chemicals that you allude to in this video are\nalmost completely broken down during the composting or Class A pasteurization\ncycle, Load limits for metals from the so-called bad biosolid compost is in the\nhundreds of years and that is if they are put on each and every year in amounts\nthe average gardener would never use. In fact, our tap water may have as many\nor more toxins in it than the treated biosolids that are class A. There has\nnever been a proven, litigated or medically documented case of PROPERLY TREATED\nbiosolids being used in agriculture, horticulture or home garden use causing\ndeath or harm to humans, soil or food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Part 503 EPA regulations focus on the\nfollowing three parameters as a basis for determining sewage sludge quality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The&nbsp;<strong>presence of\n     pollutants<\/strong>&nbsp;(arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury,\n     molybdenum, nickel, selenium, and zinc)<\/li><li>The&nbsp;<strong>presence of\n     pathogens<\/strong>&nbsp;(e.g., bacteria, viruses, parasites)<\/li><li>The&nbsp;<strong>sewage sludge\u2019s\n     attractiveness to vectors<\/strong>&nbsp;(e.g., rodents, flies, mosquitoes).\n     Sewage sludge quality varies from municipality to municipality with respect\n     to these three parameters.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per the Clean Water Act Section 405(d), EPA\nmust review the biosolids standards every two years. As part of this review,\nEPA works to identify pollutants in biosolids. Based on EPA\u2019s biennial reviews\nand three national sewage sludge surveys,&nbsp;<strong>EPA identified over 350\npollutants in sewage sludge, including metals; dioxins and dioxin-like\ncompounds; inorganic ions; certain organics (e.g., polycyclic aromatic\nhydrocarbons, semivolatiles); polybrominated diphenyl ethers (flame retardants);\npharmaceuticals; steroids and hormones; and per- and polyfluoroalkyl\nsubstances.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Odor<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The smell is so bad some days, the neighbor\u2019s\ngag inside their own offices and home nearby, why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch &amp; Farm&nbsp;Odor Statement from\ntheir&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsranchandfarm.com\/odor-control\/\">website<\/a>: \u201cHere at BS Ranch and Farm we take\npride in our Quality Soil and hard work and dedication that it takes to produce\nthis nutrient-rich product. We understand that from time to time, like most Ag\nindustry farms and ranches, our customers and neighbors have issues that they\nwould like addressed with the proper personnel. Below you will find; our Odor\nControl Officers contact information, our Standard Operating Procedures for\nOdor (SOP Odor), an Odor Complaint Form, as well as a map of the surrounding\nareas and the various odor-producing sites.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EPA states, \u201cBiosolids may have their own\ndistinctive odor depending on the type of treatment it has been through. Some\nbiosolids may have only a slight musty, ammonia odor. Others have a stronger\nodor that may be offensive to some people. Much of the odor is caused by\ncompounds containing sulfur and ammonia, both of which are plant nutrients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch &amp; Farm permit states that NO\nodor, Biosolid or water of any sort shall leave the property from the permitted\nareas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida DEP is currently suing BS Ranch &amp;\nFarm for the odors coming off their site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BS Ranch &amp; Farm&nbsp;states in the above\nstatement that, \u201clike most Ag industry farms and ranches\u201d, but BS Ranch &amp;\nFarm is neither a Ranch or a Farm it has a permit for industrial wastewater and\nprocesses yard waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>So, what is the City\nof Lakeland and Polk County going to do about this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The views and opinions\nexpressed in this online newspaper are those of the authors and do not\nnecessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency,\norganization, employer, company or this newspaper \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Lakeland Gazette<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Assumptions made in\nthe analysis are not reflective of the position of any entity other than the\nauthor(s) \u2013 and, since we are critically-thinking human beings, these views are\nalways subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Lakeland Gazette\nand its staff are not to be held responsible for the misuse, reuse, recycled\nand cited and\/or uncited copies of content within this opinion or this\nnewspaper by others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Our opinion articles\nappearing here differ from most news pieces in that they advocate a particular\npoint of view, policy or other non-objective opinion. They may contain\nassertions that are controversial or non-factual and they usually don\u2019t seek to\nbe as unbiased and objective as true newspaper stories should \u2013 and must.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sometimes, an entire\nnewspaper will collectively print and endorse an editorial written by a staff\nmember or a few staff members. For example, conservatives tend to deride\nthe,&nbsp;<strong>New York Times<\/strong>&nbsp;because its editorials tend to espouse\n\u201cliberal\/progressive\u201d points of view. Conversely progressives make similar\nclaims about the&nbsp;<strong>Wall Street Journal<\/strong>.&nbsp;However, the pure news\ncontent of both papers seeks to be objective.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Other times, the&nbsp;<strong>Lakeland\nGazette<\/strong>&nbsp;will print editorial pieces written by a single individual who\nis credited with its authorship. In the latter case, the views of the author\nshould not be construed to represent the views of the&nbsp;<strong>Lakeland Gazette<\/strong>&nbsp;as\na whole. Today, you can find editorials all over the Internet on various blogs\nand websites.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The is an opinion watch the video first then read my opinion \u2026. 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