That Smell in Tangerine, Florida and Nearby Neighborhoods

The long story short is that I e-mailed Robert Spivey of Code Enforcement regarding the lack of documents regarding Shelley's Septic Tanks and the fact that we know they were cited. First, I'll attach my e-mail and second, I'll post his reply.  Mark your calendars.

The apology she's referring to is my accidental transposition of 2 letters in her last name. The last thing you should do when asking for help is to misspell someone's name. 

Because we've got nothing yet regarding Shelleys Septic Tanks from Orange County, I made a request for public records with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Of course, I'll post when I get a response.

Good morning, They answer their e-mails quickly at the FDEP. I sent my e-mail out at 11:26 pm yesterday and voila, I got a response at 9:31 am today. So my next move is to make a public records request. I'm going to limit the request to the issues at hand (and not past violations) as I have no idea how much information is out there. Stay tuned.

Shelley's Septic Tanks was supposed to arrange a meeting with the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation  within 3 days of receiving the notice of violation from the FDEP. This letter was sent off a few minutes ago. It's late, I hope Ashley will forgive me for transposing two letters in her last name. Of course, I noticed my error right after I clicked "send." It is what it is. Now I'm on to a similar e-mail to Orange County.

Update: This came in from Nick Cooper this afternoon:  Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. As we looked into your concern with Shelly’s Septic, it was determined that Shelly’s property is located outside of Lake Ola’s drainage basin (see map below). Shelly’s runoff flows south through a retention pond that is owned by Orange County and then continues through a constructed wetland that is owned by St. Johns River Water Management District. From there, water continues to flow south towards Lake Apopka. I'll write a separate post on this topic.  Below you'll find the e-mail I received today from Orange County's Code Enforcement Public Records Coordinator. They found no record of zoning violations. I am scratching my head on this response. As I look out on Lake Ola, I'm reminded of how the water is less clear than in previous years and how the lake seems to be nutrient full. I wonder how long it will be as clear as it is now. I am conv...