RE: Geenway Amelia Island

Thank you for the reply.  I am still making an effort to get the dump tested and actually have someone look at it for contaminants.  My concern is that we don’t know what is in the dump and that it just makes sense to identify any contamination in the dump and deal with it in a reasonable fashion. 

 

I understand the dump appears from old aerial maps to fall outside the greenway, but it still may impact groundwater or be an undesirable effect because it is in the same basin.  All the area will go underwater in even a category 1 hurricane.  I’d like to know what contaminants are in an old city dump.  Nothing will please me more than having DEP out to look at the site and find that nothing of concern is there and that all soil and groundwater there is normal.  I just think no documentation on an old dump is terrible!

 

I will forward the information to you if I find out anything new from DEP and will copy this note to them as well.

 

Ed Boner

 

 

 

From: David Miracle [mailto:dmiracle@sjrwmd.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:43 AM
To: Edward Boner
Subject: RE: Geenway Amelia Island

 

Thank you for your comments.  On April 8th the District's Governing Board granted the permit for FDOT to construct a tide barrier at Jasmine Blvd.

 

Last fall FDOT investigated the Egans Creek basin for old dumps or other sources of contamination.  None where found upstream of Jasmine Blvd, where water levels will be affected by the tide barrier.  An old dump was identified at the end of Hickory Street, which is downstream of the barrier.  Since the barrier will not impact water levels downstream of Jasmine, we determined the proposed project would not have an adverse impact on the old dump.  This issue was presented to the Governing Board as part of the package of information they reviewed prior to voting on the project.

 

Dave