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Director: Deborah Getzoff
Southwest District
13051 N. Telecom Parkway
Temple Terrace, Fl. 33637
Phone: (813) 632-7600
Fax (813) 632-7665

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Jurisdiction: Citrus, Desoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota & Sumter.

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DEP CHOOSES RESTORATION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE ESTUARY

-- Agencies finalize plan to restore estuarine habitats in Tampa Bay --

Tampa – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), together with the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announce the wetland restoration and oyster reef creation projects chosen to help restore, preserve and improve the estuarine habitats near the mouth of Alafia River and adjacent areas of Tampa Bay.

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FRESHWATER Restoration Implementation Plan For the Alafia River Spill

The purposes of this Draft Final Freshwater Restoration Implementation Plan (Draft FRIP) are to design, coordinate, and implement one or more projects that restore, rehabilitate, replace, and/or acquire the equivalent of natural resources injured by the discharge of acidic process water from the Mulberry Phosphates fertilizer facility in Mulberry, Florida, on December 7, 1997, and compensate for the discharge of excess nutrients to the fresh and estuarine water columns from that spill.

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Last updated: October 13, 2008