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A couple of Tribune articles to dig on during our festive holidays, when few people will be paying attention.

State Wants City's Past Dug Up:

"In an April 14 letter to the city, DEP identified nine of the city's historical landfills as priorities with 'the potential to pose the greatest risks to public health and safety.'
Among them are three former landfills near public schools - Pizzo Elementary, Roland Park Middle School, Lockhart Elementary and Young Middle Magnet School - where previous tests revealed elevated levels of methane and other volatile contaminants.
Other sites include Rogers Park Golf Course, parks such"

Schools Delay Notification Of Risk:

"On Nov. 7, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection sent a letter to the Hillsborough County School District informing officials that higher-than-acceptable levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic contaminants had been discovered in soil and groundwater tests taken at the sites through the years.
The letter said state law requires the to district notify teachers, parents and guardians whose children attend the four schools and that more extensive testing was needed.
But the notification letters were never mailed."

Today is Dec. 21.

"In a response to DEP's demands, the school district's attorney, George Gramling III, requested an extension to notify teachers, parents and guardians until April 30".

"The district also disputes some of DEP's information on the old dumps, arguing that there is no record of contamination at the Young, Lockhart and Roland Park schools and that Pizzo has been monitored for methane gas emissions since it opened in 1998.
Gramling said the district plans to hire a consultant to review test results."

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