COMANCO Field Blog - Filed under 'phosphate'

October 22, 2010

10th Annual BBQ Social for the FPCCE

Thank you to all of our great business partners that helped sponsor last night’s Florida Phosphate Committee of Continuous Existence’s (FPCCE) 10^th Annual BBQ Social. The Lakeland Center was packed with business people involved in the phosphate industry as everyone came together to mingle and discuss the future of this vital Florida community. COMANCO was the #2 ticket seller for the FPCEE BBQ with the help of A-1 Florida Sod, Agru America, Carlton Fields, CETCO, Conrad Yelvington Distributors, Ferrera Tooling, GSE, Hertz, Miller Mechanical, NORTRAX, Ovasco, Reed Transport Service, SSI Petroleum, Stingray Chevrolet, Tampa Bay Lightning and Wallace, Welch & Willingham.

Attendees warmly welcomed several candidates running for office. In order of appearance:

Congressman Adam Putnam, Candidate for FL Commissioner of Agriculture
Senate President Jeff Atwater, Candidate for FL Chief Financial Officer
Representative Dennis Ross, Candidate for U.S. Congress (CD 12)
Rick Scott, Candidate for Florida Governor

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October 20, 2010

Safety is our first priority - Stauffer Chemical Co Cleanup

“Safety is our first priority” is COMANCO’s safety motto, and it’s especially true during our work at the Stauffer Chemical Company Superfund Cleanup in Tarpon Spring, FL. As seen above, our crews are taking the extra safety measure of stretching for a few minutes before starting work in the morning. This is a new technique for us and superintendent Jorge Barrantes reports it’s been very successful.

A lot of the industrial work we do is about creating safe places for disposal/storage of waste created as a by-product of necessary industries such as phosphate. At the Stauffer Chemical site we are helping protect the beautiful waters of the Anclote River, a popular recreational water body.

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September 10, 2010

Stauffer Chemical site closure near Tarpon Springs protects Florida waterways

COMANCO is on-site in Tarpon Springs with Envirocon as part of the closure of an old Stauffer Chemical elemental phosphorus plant. Stauffer, in cooperation with the FL DEP, has been working on the remediation, clean-up and closure of this plant which is located along the Anclote River. COMANCO is installing a bridging layer over unstable soils as well as installing a 40 mil geosynthetic cap over the remediated elemental phosphorus, for a total of 2.2 million sq ft installed. We are proud to be part of this environmentally responsible clean-up effort helping keep Florida’s waters pristine.

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August 18, 2010

Lake Josie Closure Project as of Aug 18 2010

COMANCO is on-site at USAC’s Lake Josie Closure Project in Ft Meade, FL. The old pond is being covered over in geosynthetic liner. In foreground of picture the already-sodded adjoining area is some of COMANCO’s older work at this same site.

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May 10, 2010

Mosaic Nichols

Start of the drains installations at Mosaic Nichols RR Ditch Remediation project.

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May 10, 2010

COMANCO attends FL SME Annual Scholarship BBQ

Several dozen COMANCO employees came out to support the Florida SME’s annual scholarship fundraising bbq this past Saturday in Lakeland. The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) hosts the event to fundraise for its Academic Scholarships, which are awarded to deserving high school seniors, based on need, who study technical related curriculums at Florida’s Universities. COMANCO is proud to support this community fundraising and thanks all the other participating companies for helping develop the next generation of mining & metallurgy experts.