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Posted 12/6/2007 10:42:44 AM


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The Escambia County corrections road prison has a welding program being taught by a guy from George stone. They put together some very fine looking reefs with I beams and propane bottles with tops and bottoms cut out of them. they're in the classic pyramid ahape with bottles and tops and bottoms welded up and down the frame of the pyramid.

 Here's the thing. The DEP( I think) says they can't be used because of what was in the tanks. Does this make sense? They have three of them sitting out in the yard waiting to be haukled off and now they are just junk piles if they can't be used. they would really make some awesome reefs.

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Posted 12/6/2007 4:57:22 PM
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If you can clean the inside of the propane tanks to where it doesn't even make a sheen if water is sprayed over those surfaces then they are permittable, at least in Alabama they would be. Any tanks that held substances that can leech back into the enviroment have to be cleaned and inspected. Also round tanks after cleaning have to be made so as to not roll in the event of a storm {put legs or pipes sticking out so as to stop rolling}. Sounds like to me the person trying to permit them was not aware of the reef protocol.





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Posted 12/6/2007 5:29:48 PM
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Why not ask the man in charge?

rkturpin@co.escambia.fl.us

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Posted 12/7/2007 6:53:42 AM


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I'll try and get a pic of them so ya'll can see what I mean. I would think they could be cleaned pretty good. They're really a very good lookin' reef.

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Posted 12/7/2007 7:21:03 AM
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could you just cut the tanks off?
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Posted 12/7/2007 1:03:30 PM


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Why don't we find reasons to make habitat rather than make reasons why we can't. It makes me sick that one state will pass one thing but another state will not. It is all going in the same FFFF body of water. I sometimes think that Florida has people working against the idea rather for the idea. What about all the years of transmission fluid, oil, diesel, gas, urine, tobacco spit and god knows what else that has been absorbed in the I-10 bridge rubble over the years it got passed. And we pay someone way to much to ride a boat out everyday to make sure that it is put in a certain location.I have figured out that it is all about if it makes someone look good at there job then it will pass.
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Posted 12/7/2007 8:08:16 PM
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I've been using propane tanks out of Destin for years. Most are burned, not much paint left, all are very clean and full of holes. Check out  photo. Sea-r-cy

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Posted 12/7/2007 10:26:40 PM
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That is one fine looking reef!!!!!!!!



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