Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Feb. 05, 2019
The issues to be determined in this matter are: (1) whether the five separate orders issued by the Secretary of DEP on June 29, 2018, adopting five basin management action plans (BMAPs) for the Suwannee River, the Volusia Blue Spring, the Silver Springs-Rainbow Spring Group, the Santa Fe River, and the Wekiwa Spring-Rock Springs, comply with the provisions of section 403.067, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act, sections 373.801 through 373.813, Florida Statutes (the Act); and (2) whether Petitioners demonstrated that their substantial interests were affected and, therefore, have standing.The preponderance of the evidence established that the five BMAPs were valid because they were designed to achieve the TMDLs, as required by sections 373.807 and 403.067, and did implement the provisions of those laws.
