Hillsborough staff deems a proposal to build 1,200 homes near a known toxic site as ‘approvable’

Developers want to build homes near a hazardous waste site and former phosphate mine in eastern Hillsborough County, and the local rezoning request seems headed for approval.

The Sydney Phosphate Mine is 3,000 acres spanning both Brandon and Dover. It stopped mining operations in the ‘50s, but was used by the county as a liquid waste dump until 1981.

University Energy Park owns part of the property…

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