That Smell in Tangerine, Florida and Nearby Neighborhoods

 

The text of a recent e-mail chain to a Mount Dora city official regarding the odor and the response. Please note that many residents have complained and this is just information from one resident.  December 4, 2020 Dear Mr. Grusaukas, I had to go to CVS in Mount Dora last night at 10:00 p.m.  I was traveling north on 441 and when I got to Stoneybrook Parkway there was a horrible sewage smell, even with the car windows up.  When I got to the top of the hill to the water plant the smell was enough to make you gag!  I continued to smell it all the way to Renningers.   45 minutes later when I was returning home and traveling south on 441 the stench was still there.  I cannot believe the poor residents of Stoneybrook are subjected to this.  What is wrong with the water plant?  I travel to Leesburg all the time and go right past their water plant and it never smells.  Mount Dora’s water plant is also an eyesore!  It is covered in black mold an...

Odors noted in Stoneybrook and Sullivan Ranch. The is a public speaking portion of the Mount Dora City Council meetings. The Council was unaware of the odors at the October meeting as our complaints weren't getting to them. We plan to address the odors coming from the Mt. Dora Wastewater Treatment Plant on 441. I personally made a complaint in September and a city official came to my house but didn't write a report because he "didn't want it put out on the internet." We need to make our complaints heard.  

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For Zellwood, Tangerine, Surrounding Neighborhoods May 16-17, 2020 Posted by Group Members Posted at 8:30 pm Odor Reports Call and write e-mails when you smell the odors.  Don't give up, that is what the offending businesses want us to do. The e-mail list is located at the bottom of the page and the link for online reporting is above.  Join us on Facebook- link below Facebook  and  YouTube We vote and we talk to voters Online Voter Registration Information FDEP Odor Reporting Form Link Orange County Environmental Links  E-mail List For odor reporting to Orange County david.smicherko@FloridaDEP.gov EPDcomplaints@ocfl.net    ashley.gardner@dep.state.fl.us                               mayor@ocfl.net robert.spivey@ocfl.ne t Copy your e-mails to these people phil.kane@dep.state.fl.us  ch...

For Zellwood, Tangerine, Surrounding Neighborhoods May 13, 2020 Christine Moore, May 12, 2020, https://www.facebook.com/OrangeCountyDistrict2/ "Tangerine Residents, Today I spoke with the State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding odors in the air in the Tangerine area. We had a very productive conversation involving the science behind abating odors. Since so many different agencies are responsible for enforcement, this situation is a challenge, but, we are making progress on lasting solutions. My office will be mailing you a letter with more detailed information very shortly."  Prior to this, Commissioner Moore posted this on her page on May 4, 2020. It's great that Tangerine is getting attention but let me point out that we've been at this since February 12th as a group and for months before as individuals fighting the odor problem and we didn't get a mention until May 4th. Many of the group members have spo...

THE COMPLAINT ABOUT OUR GROUP SENT TO A COMMUNITY MEMBER The e-mail below was forwarded to me today and I'm not really that hard to find. To: REDACTED I live in Tangerine, right smack dab in the middle. I haven’t smelled anything in weeks. I spent the last week outside in the sun. I mowed the grass, we cooked out, got in the hot tub.. it was gorgeous. About a month ago I joined this Kitty lady’s Facebook page and started to open a dialog and ask questions. She kicked me out immediately. I don’t know who she is or what her agenda is, but there are folks in Tangerine that she won’t listen to because we don’t agree with her. Maybe I’ll have to start my own Facebook page, website, research, agenda. She claims to be protecting her neighbors but she’s not if she isn’t listening to everyone. She’s turned this into a witch hunt. I’ve known the Shelley family for years. They [have] been handling shit for over 30 years, they didn’t just all of a sudden forget how to do it. It...