NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 21, 2011, the St. Johns River Water Management District, received a petition for variance from The Harrod Group, Inc., pursuant to Section 120.542, Florida Statutes. Petitioner is seeking a variance from subsection 40C-41.063(5), F.A.C., and Section 11.4.3 of the Applicant’s Handbook: Management and Storage of Surface Waters (December 27, 2010) (A.H.), for Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) Application number 40-095-45929-3. The permit applicant is proposing to construct an 18-lot residential subdivision to be known as River Isle, in Orange County. Subsection 40C-41.063(5), F.A.C., and Section 11.4.3, A.H., require the permit applicant to provide reasonable assurance that the construction, alteration, operation, maintenance, removal or abandonment of a system will not adversely affect the abundance, diversity, food sources or habitat of aquatic or wetland dependent species within the designated Riparian Habitat Protection Zone (RHPZ). Subsection 40C-41.063(5), F.A.C., and Section 11.4.3, A.H., are intended to protect the RHPZ and the functions it provides to aquatic and wetland dependent species from the adverse effects of development. Comments on this petition should be filed with Christopher Mitchell, District Clerk, St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177-2529, within 14 days of publication of this notice. The petition has been assigned F.O.R. Number 2011-08.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Kris Davis, Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177, or by telephone at (386)329-4390.