25058706 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 25058706
Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing

Department:	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION


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	The Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee (BCSAC) announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME:	Thursday, October 7, 2021, 3:30 p.m. The meeting will end at 6:30 p.m. or will be adjourned earlier upon completion of the Committee’s business.

PLACE:	The department is providing this meeting by webinar. Persons can register to attend the webinar at the following link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2268324791681273356 Registrants will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar.

Subject:	The BCSAC will meet to evaluate and provide recommendations on a pending permit application (DEP file No. 1394), submitted by Trend Exploration LLC, for a project to drill and explore for hydrocarbons at a location near Immokalee, Florida, within the Big Cypress watershed. The BCSAC shall administer its charge pursuant to the laws of the state, and the rules and orders of the Department which apply generally to oil and gas. If site-specific conditions require, the committee may recommend that additional procedures, safeguards, or conditions which are necessary to protect the integrity of the Big Cypress area be required as a condition to the issuance of a permit to drill and produce.


	A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Charmaine Miller at Charmaine.Miller@FloridaDEP.gov or 850-245-8574 or at the following link: http://FloridaDEP.gov/BCSAC A copy of the pending application may be obtained at the following link: https://floridadep.gov/water/oil-gas/content/current-applications Select Permit 1394. For more information, contact the department at BCSAC@FloridaDEP.gov. Written comments and relevant materials will be accepted through October 7, 2021, at the meeting and through its conclusion. To ensure BCSAC members are able to review the documents prior to the meeting, please send written comments as early as possible, on or before the conclusion of the scheduled meeting on October 7, 2021, via email to BCSAC@FloridaDEP.gov or via U.S. mail to: Big Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee c/o Oil and Gas Program Florida Department of Environmental Protection 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3588 Tallahassee, Florida 32399

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:	9/23/2021 Vol. 47/185


REFERENCE MATERIALS:	No reference(s).

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