Judge Bram Canter recommends that the state Department of Environmental Protection deny Angelo’s Aggregate Materials appeal to receive a permit to build a politically unpopular 30-acre landfill near Dade City. The permit had already been rejected once based on concerns over sinkholes.
Canter’s recommendation is the latest development in a seven-year legal battle which has drawn opponents including environmentalists, local governments, powerful ranchers and the Nestle Waters North America company, which bottles water from nearby Crystal Springs. They say the project threatens to contaminate the nearby Green Swamp and Hillsborough River.