The Mosaic Company aims to inject wastewater contaminated during fertilizer mining and processing deep underground in Polk County, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has already granted the first permits necessary to make the effort a reality.

The Florida DEP, often criticized by environmental advocates for failing to regulate the fertilizer industry and other environmental protection shortfalls, has issued a draft permit that would allow Mosaic Co. to drill a Class V exploratory well in Polk County at its facility in Bartow.

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