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 As you know, Tangerine, Zellwood, and the surrounding neighborhoods have been plagued by some horrible smells in the last few years. There are a number of stinky business that has caused us to band together. We report the smell incidents in our Facebook group and send e-mails to our state and local officials when they occur.

We welcome all of our neighborhood friends being held hostage by "That Smell." Some days it's so bad that we can't go out in our yards and, on the worst days, our dogs don't want to go out to "do their business." We used to complain to each other and then we realized that it was getting worse and we had to step up our game. 

 Possible culprits for the smell include Anuvia and Shelley's Septic Tanks in Zellwood, Mid-Florida Materials in Plymouth aka the materials dump, and the Monterey Mushroom Farm in Zellwood. There are other possible culprits including the industrial container recycling company and the Mount Dora water reclamation station.  Added 2/23/2020 The mulching facility on 441 between downtown Zellwood and Zellwood Station. It used to the 84 Lumber's truss building location.  

 We still love our area despite the smell and are willing to fight to get it back to the way it should be. We should be able to go outside whenever we want and breath clean air all of the time. Below is the copy and paste list of the e-mail addresses. We used to make phone calls but ending e-mails creates a trail. If you choose to call instead, please follow up with an e-mail to create a record. 

EPDcomplaints@ocfl.net
maria.repass@ocfl.net
mayor@ocfl.net
elizabeth.roby@ocfl.net
phil.kane@dep.state.fl.us
chris.testerman@ocfl.net
district2@ocfl.net
daniel.vanegas@ocfl.net
jon.weiss@ocfl.net
ashley.gardner@dep.state.fl.us
robert.spivey@ocfl.net
maurice.barker@dep.state.fl.us
david.jones2@ocfl.net
bradley.campbell@OCFL.NET
jennifer.moreau@ocfl.net
joel.prinsell@ocfl.net
erin.hartigan@ocfl.net
Thank you and welcome to the jungle of smells.


Posted here are links to the group blog at https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com for new members. They are listed in order so you can follow our journey. Of course, we’ve done so much more than this. The links are listed in the order posted.
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/tangerine-stinks.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/redacted-wed-2122020-1105-am-you-repass.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/blog-post.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/blog-post_12.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/letter-to-fdep-regarding-shelleys-and.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/copy-and-paste-e-mail-list-for.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/information-links-for-biosolids.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/request-for-fdep-violation-records-and.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/re-shelleys-septic-tanks-warning-letter.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/re-shelleys-septic-tanks-and-well-water.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/public-records-request-to-fdep-for.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/ashley-gardners-response-to-public.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/were-making-waves.html
https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/anuvia-and-apopkas-wastewater-system.html

https://tangerinestinks.blogspot.com/2020/02/i-sent-e-mail-to-everyone-on-our-list.html?fbclid=IwAR2sS8z-Yjm2RNDZ9r_eXyQ33KKXBn4AzGtF7oljQpcksEfMY5CrCeSPavg

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