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17-004388EPP IN RE: FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY; DANIA BEACH ENERGY CENTER PROJECT POWER PLANT SITING APPLICATION NO. PA89-26A2 vs * (2017)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Aug. 03, 2017

The issue to be determined is whether the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Siting Board, should approve the Site Certification Application ("Application") submitted by Florida Power & Light Company ("FPL"), pursuant to the Florida Power Plant Siting Act ("PPSA"), sections 403.501 through 403.518, for the construction and operation of a new electrical power generation facility, Dania Beach Energy Center ("DBEC") at FPL's existing Lauderdale Site in Broward County, Florida; and, if so, the Conditions of Certification that should be imposed.Applicant for electrical power plant site certification demonstrated entitlement to site certification pursuant to section 403.509(3), subject to proposed Conditions of Certification.

16-006889RP ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF FLORIDA, INC.; FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION; FLORIDA RETAIL FEDERATION, INC.; FLORIDA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, INC.; AND NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, INC. vs DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (2016)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Nov. 18, 2016

The issue to be determined in this case is whether proposed Florida Administrative Code Rule 62-4.161 of the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) is an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority.The proposed rule is invalid because the agency failed to follow rulemaking requirements, there is no statutory authority for the rule, it enlarges the law implemented, and it imposes invalid regulatory costs.

13-003397GM MIDBROOK 1ST REALTY CORPORATION vs MARTIN COUNTY (2013)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Sep. 12, 2013

Whether Martin County Comprehensive Plan Amendment 13-5, adopted by Ordinance 938 on August 13, 2013, as amended by Ordinance 957 on July 8, 2014, is “in compliance,” as that term is defined in section 163.3184(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2014).1/Plan Amendment is not "in compliance" where the methodology used to calculate demand and supply of residential housing was neither based on data and analysis nor professionally acceptable.

14-000135GM MIDBROOK 1ST REALTY CORP. vs MARTIN COUNTY (2014)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Jan. 10, 2014

Plan Amendment is not "in compliance" where the methodology used to calculate demand and supply of residential housing was neither based on data and analysis nor professionally acceptable.

15-000300GM MARTIN COUNTY LAND CO. vs MARTIN COUNTY (2015)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Jan. 15, 2015

Whether Martin County Comprehensive Plan Amendment 14-6, adopted by Ordinance No. 965 on December 16, 2014, is "in compliance," as that term is defined in section 163.3184(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2014).1/Petitioner did not prove beyond fair debate that the plan amendment was not "in compliance" as that term is defined in 163.3184(1)(b), Fla. Stat.

06-002871RP FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY vs DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (2006)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Aug. 10, 2006

The issue is whether certain provisions within proposed rule 62-296.470 are an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, as alleged in the Petition for Administrative Determination of Invalidity of Specific Provisions of a Proposed Rule (Petition) filed by Petitioner, Florida Power and Light Company (FPL), on August 16, 2006.The proposed rule is not an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority; the Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared in a correct manner.

20-003305 JACQUELINE M. LANE vs INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY AND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (2020)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Jul. 21, 2020

The issue to be determined in this case is whether the Consent Order issued by Respondent, Department of Environmental Protection (“Department”) on April 28, 2020, OGC File No. 19-1453 (“Consent Order”), is a reasonable exercise of its enforcement authority.The Department's entry of a consent order to ascertain causes of chronic toxicity violations was a reasonable exercise of its enforcement discretion.

Gregory Mark Munson