NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 27, 2007, the St. Johns River Water Management District, received a petition for Variance from FBC of Brevard, Inc. in relation to Environmental Resource Permit Application 4-009-95312-3 for a proposed multi-family, two-slip dock in Brevard County. Pursuant to Section 373.414(17), F.S., the petitioner is seeking a variance from paragraph 40C-4.302(1)(c), F.A.C., and Sections 10.1.1(c), 12.1.1(d), and 12.2.5(c) of the Applicant's Handbook: Management and Storage of Surface Waters. These rules are designed to protect Class III and shellfish harvesting waters and require permit applicants to comply with the additional criteria when the proposed work is located in such waters. The petitioner seeks the variance to construct a multi-family, two-slip dock including an access pier, two finger piers and a terminal platform. The work is proposed to occur directly in the Banana River, which in this area is a Class III water classified by the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services as conditionally restricted for shellfish harvesting. Comments on this petition should be filed with Robert Nawrocki, District Clerk, St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177–2529, within fourteen (14) days of publication of this notice. The petition has been assigned File of Record Number 2007-21.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Mary Ellen Winkler, Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177-2529, or by telephone at (386) 312-2340.