Preserving the Residential Character of Boca Teeca

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Environmental Testing Underway

For those neighbors who have expressed concerns about hazardous chemicals in the soil on the Ocean Breeze golf course, this week Lennar's environmental contractor has been on the property drilling for soil and ground water testing, aka, environmental phase 1 & 2 testing.  The Florida dept. of environmental protection (FDEP) has been monitoring this property for the past several years, under the supervision of Bill Ruckert (561-681-6600).  The FDEP had required some soil remediation near the maintenance shed on the south course and their monitoring has been limited to this area of the property.

Considering that golf course conversions are not a new development, it would be expected that large developers such as Lennar are well aware of these risks and there may be a clause in their contract with Wells Fargo that addresses this issue.  Unfortunately, the city of Boca Raton has not follows the actions of broward county in requiring the environmental testing to be a requirement for their development proposals, so the results of these tests may not be as transparent as residents would desire during this process, that is, the property owner is not required to disclose these results to the city or the nearby residents.

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