UPDATE: TUESDAY MAY 23RD. Tom Keister called to say the up to date 2005 elevation map was ready. I asked about the elevation of the May 19th load, and he said he believed it was 119ft .

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I thought they would bury the asbestos at the bottom of the mountain, but instead it was at the top of the mountain, in a shallow grave. The next day (Friday) I called the landfill and asked to get the elevation of the this particular asbestos site, compared to the maximum height of the heap, but everyone who may know, i.e., Nancy Paul, and D.J. Newsome, and Tom Keister were out to management meetings. Maybe they will be available next week.
DEP relaxes rules so asbestos can now be buried with other class III trash next to Apalachee Parkway and neighboring homes.
Photography by Mona Lisa Abbott
Photos taken 5/19/05
(850) 222-5552
amonalisa@earthlink.net,mona@monalisaphoto.com
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 THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
May 19, 2005

Went to watch the first burial of asbestos at the Leon County Landfill under the new and improved (LOL) DEP rules. This new rule allows the asbestos to be buried with the other trash, and though it said it was to be bagged and tagged, I saw no tags, and it was in many separate wrapped pieces, mostly piping pieces. It was at the top of the heap, though they had dug a shallow grave, and had piles of trash on two sides, as well as a couple of truckloads of clay and sand mixture which they dumped on top of it, after the 5 workers in face mask respirators unloaded it from a big green roll off (truck bed).

The load was supposedly being disposed of by a company called Ellis, but one of the men was wearing a Lang emblem on his shirt. The lead man of the asbestos workers said they were based out of Tampa and traveled all over Florida. This particular load was from the Agriculture building on Connor Blvd. and it was approx. 30 cubic yards of  boiler room type piping and related materials.
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This truckbed is called a roll off. you can see it was just rolled off the truck bed for easlier unloading.We are at the top of the heap here, and the hole that has been dug for the asbestos waste is a couple of feet deep. I'm surprised at how shallow it is.
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Notice the trash and compost mixture piled up by the asbestos gravesite. This will help to cover the asbestos.
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A lot of dust was being kicked up by the traffic.
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This is the Logo on the side of the vehicle that brought the workers to unload the asbestos shipment.
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There was a lot of waiting involved.
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Finally they are starting to unload.
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I finally called Norm and asked him the schedule for the water truck. he said a couple of times a day. I said its awfully dusty out here now. He said he'd tell the right people who would come with the water sprayer.
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Tom Keister, the Hazardous Waste director sits on the asbestos while waiting for the job to be finished.
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I wonder what this electronics truck just dumped over on the other side of the heap. Mr. Keister had to check on some paint that was being dumped over there earlier.
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The catapillar machine is now burying the bagged asbestos pieces.
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Mr. Reyes talks with Mr. Keister and passes out cool water for the workers.
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The asbestos workers now pose for a parting shot.
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Clay and sand mixture will cover the asbestos.
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Mr. Keister said more sand would be brought in to bury it further, but we didn't want to stick around with that stinchy smell and heat.


Later in the day Pat Plocek (ck spell) the new Tallahassee Park Director returned my call. I'd asked him on Monday to check on the date when the Landfill park ball fields irrigation would be finished, and also when the city would be installing the meter so the irrigation could be checked, completed and the stakes removed. I also mentioned the weeds were going to seed around the place and asked to get a date on the mowing. He told me the meter was scheduled to be installed on Tuesday May 23 and they would be checking the irrigation after that. I asked him if he thought that they would be checking the irrigation on Wednesday (since its after Tuesday) He said he didn't know. I told him I needed some dates for these things because we were already 8 months behind schedule, and someone needs to be held accountable. He said he's the one to be held accountable and he'd come out himself on Monday or the first of the week to check on things. I suggested they put penalty clauses for late performance on contracts. He said they would then have to put bonus clauses in for early performance. I said that seemed pretty ridiculous.
Other Leon County Landfill site visits from most recent to earliest:
http://monalisaphoto.com/somethingstinks

5-19-05
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill12/

6/16/04
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill11

APRIL 2004  Panoramic of the big heap
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill9

4/5/04 At dawn
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill8

3/20/04  First time the big nasty
heap was ever covered completely
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill7

2/26/04 Mona's spy work
Stripe suited workers at landfill
 Images taken from outside the landfill premises over the fence
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill6/

2/15/04 Glenn Abbotts Tree shots - Showing the poor care
the early planted trees received
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill5/

January 31, 2004 - What an ugly
mountain of trash and garbage
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill4/

1/26/04 Garbage looking material dumped with the plant compost materials
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill3/

Mona's First Asbestos Being Buried Viewing
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill2/

Mona's first discovery of what was happening
a few hundered feet from our home
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/landfill/

Garbage blog from March 30 to present
http://tapple.org/~monalisa/garbageblog.htm

JANUARY 16 ----> MARCH 30TH BLOG NOTES
http://monalisaphoto.com/archivegarbageblog.htm

SOMETHINGSTINKS! Our Lake Heritage Neighborhood Local News Venue
http://www.tapple.org/~monalisa/somethingstinks/