zxcvbob wrote:
rachael simpson wrote:
Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 8/5/07 1:22 AM, in article ,
" wrote:

In article ,
says...
did y'all hear about this?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/loc...anure,0,881138

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http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=10117

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Florida Man Arrested for Illegally Composting Horse Manure
by: Erin Ryder, News Editor
August 01 2007 Article # 10117

A Loxahatchee Groves, Fla., man has been arrested by authorities with
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection because he had
allegedly collected around 20,000 cubic yards of horse manure, the
South
Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

You wanna have your drinking water supply - well or stream -
downhill from that?

Hell no, but surely you can see the funny side!


my question is: if he's in jail, then who had to clean up the mess?? I
sure wouldn't want that job. Another news report on it said that it
would take at least 10 farm (dump) trucks to haul it off. These
articles said some of the piles were 15 foot high....don't you know
that's a mess to have to load up? AVALANCHE!!! lol


"At least 10 dump trucks" is a lot less than 20000 cubic yards. A
standard dump truck holds 6 cubic yards, and the big ones hold 12. So
maybe he had 100 yards of it.

I would get 2 or 3 yards of horse manure if I could, just for my little
garden. It doesn't stink nearly as bad as pig or chicken.

Bob

Yeah, I get that. I know the numbers don't add up...I deal with horse
manure, and I deal with farm dump trucks. I know what the trucks hold. I
also wonder how he got it to be the reported 15 ft high... Here's
another article, this one reports that it would fill 1,000 trucks (can
we ever believe what is reported these days?! lol):
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Man accused keeping a 15-foot manure pile faces jail
By KELLY WOLFE
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

LOXAHATCHEE GROVES — A Loxahatchee Groves man faces 18 months in jail
and $30,000 in fines for storing 15-feet of manure on his Loxahatchee
property, said the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Wednesday. Walter Duque was arrested and charged with one count of
processing solid waste without a permit, one count of operating a
compost facility without a permit, and one count of illegal siting of a
solid waste facility. Those are each misdeamenors carrying a $10,000
fine and six months in jail.

The DEP received complaints about Duque's manure pile in 2002. Duque was
told to get the required permits from the Palm Beach County Health
Department. But he didn't, said Stephen Webster, a spokesman with the
DEP. DEP agents discovered 20,000 cubic yards of manure of Duque's
property — enough to fill 1,000 dump trucks, Webster said.


DEP requires special permits for composting and storing horse manure.
Those permits require specific nutrient and stormwater management plans
to help protect ground and surface water. Composting facilities are also
inspected regularly by DEP to ensure compliance with all state laws.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/co...svc=7&cxcat=73
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What you reckon the government will do with it once it's cleaned up?
Sell it for profits, trash pile (waste management), or give it to some
big name ag company?