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Jonathan Guenther is among the Briarcliff neighbors worried about potential water contamination from an illegal dump site nearby. In the background are Guenther’s son, at left, and Mark Firing, who is leading a neighborhood fight for ongoing residential water testing.
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Lee County Commissioner David Mulicka, owner of Honc Destruction, is responsible for the dumping at Gator Road near Firing’s house in Briarcliff. Last year, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection ordered Mulicka and the property owner to clean up the toxic mess after inspectors found hazardous materials there, according to state records. Mulicka and the property owner entered into a consent order with the DEP in September requiring them to remove the hazardous materials and other illegal waste, to measure the contamination it caused, and to pay a $41,000 penalty. The 239-acre site, where 179 acres are polluted, is not permitted as a waste-disposal facility.

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