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Environmentalists file federal lawsuit in Piney Point disaster

The lawsuit asks a federal judge to oversee the clean-up and closure of the old Manatee County fertilizer plant.
 
 
 
An overhead image of the Piney Point phosphogypsum complex in Manatee County in April.
An overhead image of the Piney Point phosphogypsum complex in Manatee County in April. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
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