Odor Report 3/23/2020

The Daily Sludge Report

March 23, 2020

Zero Days Without A Smell Report

Check back for updates as reports come in-

Please note that odor reports are from a voluntary Facebook group and each odor report represents an unknown number of individuals who are also aware of the smells that are permeating our neighborhoods. Not all odor events are reported due to the pervasive nature of the smell. If we reported every event, we'd get nothing else done due to the intermittent nature of the odors. Now we are concerned that our respiratory irritation could predispose us to Coronavirus. I'm not even sure that they should even be open during this time.* [See the letter from Anuvia regarding this below.]

For starters, I ran into this tonight which was a surprise to me. I feel as if my county has sold us out. We need to get some answers on this and to find out if this is why no one is doing anything. In the meantime, we'll continue to send e-mails that are public record. 

This was a busy day of phone calls and more. It's one in the morning on 3/24/2020 and I didn't get around to making a map. 

Response From Anuvia Sent to Two Members

Edit to members: You are welcome to send your response to 

CLarson@anuvianutrients.com

ARyan@anuvianutrients.com

JDaneils@anuvianutrients.com

My talking points are:

-The lack of modeling in your facility design isn't our fault

-The issue of lung damage caused by pollutants and their relationship to acquisition and severity of Coronavirus was not addressed

-No plan for those who are most affected- the people of Willow Street and neighborhoods closest to the plant

-This problem didn't just show up in January- It smells in the summer too.
-We had smells, yes, before Anuvia came into the picture in 2016. But they weren't the smells that are getting us up in arms now. 

These are not inclusive and I may come back and add some after I talk with the other person who got this e-mail. I am seriously thinking of asking them if the company wants to buy my house at a fair market price if they cannot fix this. I need some time to think.

This Coronavirus situation doesn't have me in a very good mood right now and getting this e-mail from Anuvia isn't helping. 

Dear Redacted and Redacted

I wanted to let you know I received your voicemails from last night and hope that I can help with the issues you described.

First, let me address your question about why we are staying open at this time. The Department of Homeland Security has determined that food production in the United States is a top priority and any part of the supply chain of our nation's food supply is an essential service.

Our fertilizer is used on several million acres of farmland across the country. We want to ensure they can still grow and provide food for our country.

That said, we also want to be good neighbors. In January, we realized we had an issue with "inversion", where a change in temperature pushes air from our stacks down, instead of up. This primarily happens during the winter in Florida when there are significant temperature swings.

Since then, we have been working with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Orange County and consultants to fix the issue. We are still working through these fixes.

While these fixes are being put in place and tested, we will:

1. Closely monitor the wind direction and the wind direction forecast.

2. Rather than risk an inversion, if the wind is forecast to be blowing from our facility to the residences to our north, we will start the process of stopping production at the plant before the inversion could possibly begin.

We ask for understanding.

I hope this email is acceptable to you and provides understanding about Anuvia's roll in our nation's food supply. I have attached the letter discussing this from the Department of Homeland Security.

Regards,

Chris Larson

Head of Operations

Found Online Today

http://www.occompt.com/download/Resolutions%20-%20Bonds/Res_2018-B-02.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3us_KLgtaS4otaqGynNCedX_bdI2Ol31eVY-VA6hhhEP5NAtBO9XPgffQ

Odor Reports

6:33 am the 💩 is a strong one this morning. I’m located off of Lake Street and Earlwood.

6:50 a.m my dog woke me up to go out. Poop smell is an 8 and I am having a coughing fit. Made the dog come in, I can't take it! Lake Ola Drive

I contact Anuvia on a regular basis and they're always nice. They tell me they want to know when it smells. Their phone number for Anuvia is 352- 720-7070.

3:00 pm Chemical/Fertilizer smell at Stoneybrook Publix. It really sucks to breathe this stuff in when there is a pandemic virus that causes pulmonary issues and death. The smell is not getting any better. Two wind direction photos were taken 18 minutes apart. [Wind direction was North]

[Discussion of what it must be like for the people who live on Willow Street]

[Description of smell on Willow Street] Most days it smells like hot poop. During the summer, when its really hot, it's like literal death. It smells like feces and rotting, and it's bad. You ever had an animal get into your roof or walls and die? We have, it was awful. It's like that some days.

The phone number for Anuvia is 352- 720-7070. I'm sure they'd love to get a voicemail from you.

I called. I gave Alex my smell data points, and I gave him my urgent request that it needs to be fixed because Coronavirus is a pulmonary disease and we need healthy lungs to get through this. He said he couldn’ t speak about the health part because he isn’t a doctor and I said that I am. He apologized and I thanked him for his time. He sounds pretty beaten down and I sound like I need to breathe.

Thank you REDACTED. Until Coronavirus entered the picture, I was willing to be patient. I know that they're trying to fix the situation. But, a very big but, community health should be of greater concern. I certainly feel for Alex because he's trying to fix the situation, but I feel for our community more.

I fully agree with you.

12:30pm Lake Ola Drive, S winds, bad poop smell. 4 out of 10. 

I called Ashley Gardner, the contact person for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and left a voice mail at 407-897-2914.

3 pm I just took my dog out and got a whiff of the odor. 

23 March 2020 North side of Lake Ola on Lake Ola Dr. Went outside at 5:30 to be greeted by an extreme smell of human sewage. It is 6:05 now and the smell has not dissipated at all. Is this ever going to end? At least a 6 out of 10. I will be sending out multiple emails later this evening.

I smell it too and I am totally sick of it. I called the mayor's office this morning and talked to one of his assistants. She didn't know anything about it. I'll post her e-mail. shally.wong@ocfl.net. Lake Ola Drive

I just spoke to the mayor's assistant regarding last night's pollution issues. Feel free to e-mail her. E-mail in commentsshally.wong@ocfl.net.

Thanks, I've added her to my email list.

6:10 pm Bad smell on Lake Ola Drive and Earlwood coming from the WSW. I know this is Anuvia and it's 5 on a scale of 1-10.

Yes, I also started to smell bad poop smell at 5:30pm Lake Ola Drive.

Just drove by Shelly's, and oooh she is smelly. Typical poop smell with a hint of fish in there today as I drove on. [Will I ever be able to eat fish again after reading this?] Zellwood 

That whole street is a stinky mess. If it's not one, it's another. Jones Avenue

[Referencing the letter from Anuvia to two members saying that the smell only occurs int eh winter.] If this were true, the smell wouldn't be the absolute worst in the summer... inversion my butt.