NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 20, 2010, the Department of Environmental Protection, received a petition for variance or waiver under Section 120.542, F.S., from Donald Culbertson to obtain a variance from or waiver of Sections 120.542, 120.569, 120.57, 120.160(2), 373.414(1), 373.414(8), 380.23, 403.9323(2), 403.9325(4), 403.9328(2), 403.9328(2)(a), and 704.06, Florida Statutes and Section 307 of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, as those provisions apply to the trimming of mangroves. The petitioner applied for a permit to trim mangroves within a Department conservation easement on his property in Clearwater, Florida, and the contiguous sovereign submerged lands within the Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Ronald W. Hoenstine III, 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.