NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 27, 2011, the St. Johns River Water Management District, received a petition for variance from the Brevard County Natural Resources Management Office (NRMO). Pursuant to Section 373.414(17), F.S., the NRMO seeks a variance from paragraph 40C-4.302(1)(c), F.A.C., and the associated portions of the Applicant’s Handbook: Management and Storage of Surface Waters, including Sections 10.1.1(c), 12.1.1(d) and 12.2.5(c), with respect to Environmental Resource Permit Application 4-009-89095-5, to construct a regional stormwater management system which will require the installation of a series of culverts to provide a connection between two mosquito impoundments and Newfound Harbor, which are class II surface waters classified by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) Shellfish Environmental Assessment Section, as approved for shellfish harvesting. The petition has been assigned F.O.R. Number 2011-06. Comments on this petition should be filed with Christopher Mitchell, District Clerk, St. Johns River Water Management District, P. O. Box 1429, Palatka, Florida 32178-1429, within 14 days of publication of this notice.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Gail Hankinson, Assistant General Counsel, at the Office of General Counsel, St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177 or by telephone at (386)329-4391.