NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 23, 2010, the Department of Environmental Protection, received a petition for variance from Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC, requesting a variance from rule provisions addressing slope, zone of fluctuation, greenbelt around water bodies,% cover, use of all indigenous species, and the reclamation schedule under the Mandatory Phosphate Mine Reclamation Rule, Chapter 62C-16, F.A.C. Mosaic seeks this variance to reclaim upland portions of the Payne Creek Mine in Polk County, Florida to their highest and most beneficial use as a golf course and associated infrastructure. The upland portions to be reclaimed are currently subject to the conditions of the Department-issued Conceptual Reclamation Plan, MOS-PC-CP(G). The Petition requested a variance from paragraphs 62C-16.0051(2)(a), (6)(a), (6)(c), (10)(b), (10)(e), and (12)(2)(b), F.A.C. The Petition has been assigned File No.: OGC #10-0922.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Orlando Rivera, Department of Environmental Protection, 113 Collins Building, 2051 East Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, (850)488-8217. Written comments must be received no later than 14 days from date of publication of this notice.