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 ...

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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, [phone]. Written comments must be received no later than 14 days from date of publication of this notice.