Paul and Lori Maurer.; The petition seeks the Department’s opinion regarding whether the Department has authority over mangroves within Sarasota County and whether the Department has delegated authority to administer the Mangrove Trimming and ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Environmental Protection has received the petition for declaratory statement from Paul and Lori Maurer. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of the Mangrove Trimming and Preservation Act, Sections 403.9321-403.9333, F.S., as it applies to the petitioner.

The petition seeks the Department’s opinion regarding whether the Department has authority over mangroves within Sarasota County and whether the Department has delegated authority to administer the Mangrove Trimming and Preservation Act to Sarasota County.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Lea Crandall, Agency Clerk, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS 35, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, by email: [e-mail] or by phone at [phone].

Except for good cause shown, motions to intervene must be filed within 21 days of publication of this notice.