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Chemours titanium mine expansion, Bradford BOCC 2019-10-17 [Up]

Bradford BOCC voted 3:2 for the Chemours Trail Ridge South titanium mine on SRWMD land: Commissioner Chris Dougherty (District 3) made the motion, Kenny Thompson (District 2) seconded, Frank Durrance (District 5) aye, Danny Riddick (District 4) nay, Ross Chandler (District 1) nay.

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Pictures

Before

[Commissioners and staff]
Commissioners and staff

[Back of room]
Back of room

[Movie: Crowd waiting (41M)]
Movie: Crowd waiting (41M)

Sheriff award

[For water rescue]
For water rescue

Chemours slides

[Trail Ridge Geology]
Trail Ridge Geology

[Mining Process]
Mining Process

[Permits]
Permits

[Hydrostratigraphic Colum]
Hydrostratigraphic Colum

Public Comments

[20191017 190420]
20191017 190420

[20191017 191930]
20191017 191930

[20191017 191934]
20191017 191934

Public Speakers

[Movie: Chemours sued all over U.S. (206M)]
Movie: Chemours sued all over U.S. (206M)

[Movie: CAPM letter part 1 --Parker (530M)]
Movie: CAPM letter part 1 --Parker (530M)

[Movie: CAPM letter part 2 --Carol Burton (599M)]
Movie: CAPM letter part 2 --Carol Burton (599M)

[Movie: For air and water, we're all Bradford County --Kate Gallagher (214M)]
Movie: For air and water, we're all Bradford County --Kate Gallagher (214M)

[Movie: Representative of Chemours employees --Brad Hillard (154M)]
Movie: Representative of Chemours employees --Brad Hillard (154M)

[Movie: Back yard of where they will be dumping their waste water (64M)]
Movie: Back yard of where they will be dumping their waste water (64M)

[Movie: No slide for FDEP Consent Order --Carol Mosley (300M)]
Movie: No slide for FDEP Consent Order --Carol Mosley (300M)

[Movie: Have you done your due diligence? --Danny Wolf (257M)]
Movie: Have you done your due diligence? --Danny Wolf (257M)

[Movie: Not given ample time to review --Mark Lyons (194M)]
Movie: Not given ample time to review --Mark Lyons (194M)

[Movie: Calling Stasia Rudolph (42M)]
Movie: Calling Stasia Rudolph (42M)

[Movie: So many lawsuits against Chemours --Stasia Rudolph (312M)]
Movie: So many lawsuits against Chemours --Stasia Rudolph (312M)

[Movie: Cancers of the liver --Steve Pieczenik (488M)]
Movie: Cancers of the liver --Steve Pieczenik (488M)

[Movie: People out in the hall did not hear --Cathy Steel (761M)]
Movie: People out in the hall did not hear --Cathy Steel (761M)

[Movie: Second generation Florida plant retiree --Michael Lee (678M)]
Movie: Second generation Florida plant retiree --Michael Lee (678M)

[Movie: Not speaking --Chris Town (21M)]
Movie: Not speaking --Chris Town (21M)

[Movie: OSFR statement --Kristin Rubin (545M)]
Movie: OSFR statement --Kristin Rubin (545M)

[Movie: Twin Pines Minerals and water issues --John S. Quarterman (621M)]
Movie: Twin Pines Minerals and water issues --John S. Quarterman (621M)

[Movie: Applause (23M)]
Movie: Applause (23M)

[Movie: Violations flow downstream --Jim Tatum (353M)]
Movie: Violations flow downstream --Jim Tatum (353M)

[Movie: Overcrowded (47M)]
Movie: Overcrowded (47M)

[Movie: Postpone to avoid legal battle (198M)]
Movie: Postpone to avoid legal battle (198M)

[Movie: 36 years a miner --Shane Thornton (307M)]
Movie: 36 years a miner --Shane Thornton (307M)

[Movie: Think of the kids --Benji Bass (525M)]
Movie: Think of the kids --Benji Bass (525M)

[Movie: Another generation of miners --Sam Norman (125M)]
Movie: Another generation of miners --Sam Norman (125M)

[Movie: Calling Amy Stanley (27M)]
Movie: Calling Amy Stanley (27M)

[Movie: Only got notice yesterday --Amy Parker (176M)]
Movie: Only got notice yesterday --Amy Parker (176M)

[Movie: Rights of Nature --Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson (347M)]
Movie: Rights of Nature --Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson (347M)

[Movie: Calling Paul Still (27M)]
Movie: Calling Paul Still (27M)

[Movie: Long list of omissions in application --Paul Still (2679M)]
Movie: Long list of omissions in application --Paul Still (2679M)

Chemours rebuttal

[Movie: Paul Still not expert and SRWMD knows --Chemours (187M)]
Movie: Paul Still not expert and SRWMD knows --Chemours (187M)

Commissioner Discussion

[Movie: Grew up by the mine --Chris Dougherty, Vice-Chairman (1675M)]
Movie: Grew up by the mine --Chris Dougherty, Vice-Chairman (1675M)

Vote

[Movie: For the mine, 3:2 (193M)]
Movie: For the mine, 3:2 (193M)