NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 04, 2010, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, received a petition for variance or waiver under Section 120.542, Florida Statutes, from Lee Pitkiewicz to obtain a variance from or waiver of the provision in Section 403.813(2)(b), Florida Statutes, which prohibits the installation of mooring pilings associated with a private docking facility as an activity exempt from permitting if the dock will create a navigational hazard. The petitioner installed a mooring piling in a manmade canal in Palm City, Martin County, Florida, which has been determined to create a navigational hazard.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Stacey Cowley, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of General Counsel, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, MS #35, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000. Any written comments regarding the petition must be submitted to the Department at the above address no later than fourteen days from the date of publication of this notice.