FLORIDA — Blue Origin is renewing an agreement with Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to be allowed to dump about 500,000 gallons of industrial wastewater into the Indian River.

This has caused environmentalists to petition the agreement.

What You Need To Know • Half a million gallons of wastewater will go into the Indian River • A Blue Origin spokesperson said this is a renewal of an existing permit • Environmentalists are looking to get 200 signatures • Get more space coverage here ▶

In a public notice , the DEP stated that the permit would allow Blue Origin, which recently had a successful launch of its New Glenn rocket , to dump 500,000 gallons daily of both processed and non-processed wastewater.

The DEP stated “0.49 MGD (million gallons per day) of pr

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