Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Latest Update: Aug. 06, 1986
At issue in this proceeding is whether Respondent, Department of Environmental Regulation (Department), should enter into a Consent Order, permitting Respondents, Charles R. Moeller and Julia Moeller (Applicants), to construct an 8-slip docking facility in Florida Bay, Upper Matecumbe Key, Monroe County, Florida. At final hearing, Applicants called Julia Moeller as a witness, and Applicants' Exhibits 1-15, 16 A-G, and 17 A-C, were received into evidence. The Department called David Bishof, accepted as an expert in water quality standards, dredge and fill application appraisal, biology and ecology, as a witness, but offered no exhibits. Petitioners called Sharon Tobin, Charles W. Causey, Jean Williams and David Bishof, as witnesses. Petitioners Exhibits 1 and 3 were received into evidence.Developer failed to provide assurances that water quality standards would not be violated as a consequence of construction of 8-slip marina