The Department of Environmental Protection hereby gives notice:
That on December 7, 2011, the Department issued an order granting a variance to the City of Alachua. The petition was received on October 5, 2011, and the notice of receipt of the petition for variance was published in the Florida Administrative Weekly, on November 4, 2011. The petition requests a variance from the paragraph 62-503.430(9)(a), F.A.C., which requires that construction loans for projects sponsored by local governments be repaid within 20 years. The City of Alachua requested that their loans, No. CS79008P, WW790080 and WW790081, repayment be extended from 20 years to 30 years due to financial hardship. No public comment was received. The Order, OGC #11-1404, granted the Petition for variance from paragraph 62-503.430(9)(a), F.A.C., and extended the loan repayment period from 20 years to 30 years, based on a showing that the City of Alachua demonstrated that a strict application of the rule would result in substantial hardship to the City of Alachua and because the City of Alachua had successfully fulfilled the requirements of the underlying statute by other means.
A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting:
Bhupendra Vora, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Facilities Funding, MS #3505, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, (850)245-8380, bhupendra.vora@dep.state.fl.us.