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Letter to Jason Kirk, District Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District - Mast to Army Corps: Do Not Restart Discharges Monday

Letter

Date: July 5, 2018
Location: Stuart, FL
Issues: Environment

Dear Colonel Kirk:

As you know, recent satellite images of Lake Okeechobee by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that more than 90 percent of the lake is currently covered in algal blooms. Algal blooms discharged recently from Lake Okeechobee have tested positive for toxins. These blooms, therefore, pose a significant threat to human health and safety.

You are charged with protecting human safety, yet are currently scheduled to resume discharges from Lake Okeechobee on Monday, July 9, 2018. Because these blooms present a more imminent and dangerous threat to public health and safety than anything else, I formally request that you not resume discharges on July 9, 2018 and that the Army Corps cease discharges until you can prove definitively that the toxins no longer exist or a greater imminent threat emerges.

Sincerely,

Brian Mast
Member of Congress


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