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BCC AGENDA <br />February 12, 2019 <br />ITEM 14.A.2 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Members of the Board of County Commissioners <br />DATE: February 6, 2019 <br />SUBJECT: Blue Cypress Lake and Biosolids <br />FROM: Commissioner Bob Solari <br />The FDEP Biosolids TAC has met and FDEP has come up with a number <br />of items that they will address, which should to some degree reduce the <br />damage done to Florida waters by Class B biosolids. <br />It was clear that FDEP views biosolids as a statewide issue that needs to <br />be addressed, but after attending three of the four TAC sessions, it did not <br />seem to me that there was any sense of urgency. While they looked at the <br />problem generally, the TAC committee spent very little time discussing the <br />problem at Blue Cypress Lake and rarely asked the type of follow-up <br />questions that would be expected if this was considered a matter of real <br />concern. <br />One take away that I had was. that the majority of TAC members seemed <br />basically content with the status quo. They might support small changes at <br />the margin but did not at all consider the biosolids issue as one of <br />significance for water quality in Florida. <br />I believe the view of this Board and the vast majority of the people of the <br />State of Florida is much different than that of the Biosolids TAC members. <br />We view what is happening at Blue Cypress Lake as a water quality issue <br />of great concern. Small changes at the margin will not in a meaningful way <br />address the issue. Given that damage that is being done to the headwaters <br />147 <br />