Agency Contacts
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Southwest District
is working with the Florida Department of Health, Hillsborough County
Health Department and the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection
Commission to investigate environmental and health concerns in a Plant
City neighborhood.
Each agency is responsible for different aspects of environmental
and public health protection. Need to know more? Contact an agency representative.
Florida Department of Environmental
Protection
Contact: Merritt Mitchell
Phone: 813-744-6100, extension 481
FDEP is responsible for protecting the quality of Florida’s water
resources through state water quality standards and monitoring. The
agency conducts permitting and compliance and enforcement programs for
Florida’s domestic and industrial wastewater facilities, and its drinking
water systems.
Hillsborough
County Health Department
Contact: Cindy Morris
Phone: 813-307-8059
The role of public health is to promote and protect the health and
safety of all Floridians by identifying health risks in the community;
maintaining a safe and healthful environment; detecting , investigating
and preventing the spread of disease; promoting healthy lifestyles;
informing the public on health issues; providing primary care for individuals
with limited access to the private sector, and ensuring that health
care practitioners meet the requirements for providing adequate care.
Hillsborough County Environmental
Protection Commission
Contact: Dr. Richard Garrity
Phone: 813-272-5960
The Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) was created in 1967
by special state legislation to control and regulate activities within
Hillsborough County which have the potential to cause pollution or contamination
of air, water, soil and property, or cause excessive and unnecessary
noise. The EPC has countywide jurisdiction and it posesses delegated
state authority for enforcing Air Program rules and regulations.
Leroy Shelton, General Manager with EPC's Air Monitoring
Program at a press event, August 29 regarding three
additional air monitors in Coronet vicinity.
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