{"id":2840,"date":"2019-09-24T18:21:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T22:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2019-09-24T18:21:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T22:21:29","slug":"bs-ranch-farm-cited-for-eye-watering-odor-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/09\/24\/bs-ranch-farm-cited-for-eye-watering-odor-again\/","title":{"rendered":"BS Ranch &#038; Farm cited for \u201ceye-watering\u201d odor again\u2026.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RS4132_166160340.jpg?resize=368%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2841\" width=\"368\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RS4132_166160340.jpg?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RS4132_166160340.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RS4132_166160340.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Polk County community is raising a stink over what they\ncall an eye-watering stench again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents and business owners are demanding an organic soil\nfarm be shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s raw sewage. It\u2019s untreated raw sewage,\u201d A neighbor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local business owners want the smell gone too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur employees and the employees of all those businesses\nhave to choose between leaving their business, or suck up and enjoy it,\u201d one\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Polk County Code Enforcement, the smell can be traced back to the B.S. Ranch and Farm<a> <\/a>in Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The owners William and Brandy Stanton have refused to comment to the Lakeland Gazette about any article we have written but they the Stanton\u2019s have threatened us with legal action twice. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What are they trying to hide? We just wonder?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They take in the trash and human waste from Polk and other counties and process it into the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bs ranch and farm septic dumping without filter\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bqQ_m-lJCC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stanton has told other media the company is following their state and county approved permits, and questions if the smell is entirely from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u201cThe neighborhood that we\u2019re in here produces a lot of smells.\u00a0I\u2019m not saying we don\u2019t even have a smell,\u201d Stanton said formally to the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it\u2019s not just neighbors who think&nbsp;otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, B.S. Ranch and Farm has an industrial wastewater permit from Florida DEP but they have NO county business certificate<a> <\/a>to operate that type of business. They have an LTD ag business certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bs ranch and farm plastic\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XiMjsNQc6zY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On five separate visits, the DEP\u00a0found the smell to be a problem. FDEP vs BS Ranch &amp; farm Case # 2019-CA-000141<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 9\/19\/2019, the Polk County code enforcement cited the landowner which the Stanton in a different company for violation of Polk County Ordinance 16-040 Section 2 (6) \u201cobjectionable off-site odors\u201d Case number CMA 2019-1286.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Polk County community is raising a stink over what they call an eye-watering stench again. 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