DEP announces a public hearing of the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Electrical Power Plant Siting Board (Siting Board), to consider and act upon the Administrative Law Judge’s Recommended Order concerning the proposed certification of the ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Siting Coordination Office announces a hearing to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: May 13, 2014, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: Florida State Capitol Building, 400 South Monroe Street, Lower Level, Cabinet Hearing Room, Tallahassee, Florida

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: DEP announces a public hearing of the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Electrical Power Plant Siting Board (Siting Board), to consider and act upon the Administrative Law Judge’s Recommended Order concerning the proposed certification of the Florida Power & Light Company Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 Project, Site Certification Application No. PA03-45A3, DOAH Case No. 09-3575EPP, and DEP Office of General Counsel Case Number 09-3107, pursuant to the Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act, Sections 403.501-403.518, Florida Statutes. The Cabinet Aides will meet on May 7, 2014 at 9:00 a.m., in the same location to review and gather information regarding this item for consideration by the Siting Board.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: either: The Governor and Cabinet website at http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/cabinet/mart.html or DEP’s Office of Cabinet Affairs, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32399 3000, [phone].

The agenda should be available approximately one week before the Cabinet Meeting. Any person wishing to speak at the Siting Board hearing should contact DEP’s Office of Cabinet Affairs at [phone] by noon on May 12, 2014.

Pursuant to Section 403.509, Florida Statutes, the issues that may be raised before the Siting Board shall be limited to those matters raised in the certification proceeding before the administrative law judge or in the recommended order.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Ann Seiler, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 5500, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

For more information, you may contact: Cindy Mulkey, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, M.S. 5500, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, [phone].