Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Apr. 25, 2001
The issue in this case is whether Respondent, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), should grant the application of Respondent, Leland Egland, for an Environmental Resource Permit (ERP), Number 44-01700257-001-ES, to fill an illegally-dredged trench or channel in mangrove wetlands between Florida Bay and what was a land-locked lake, to restore preexisting conditions.Application to restore an illegally dredged channel in the Florida Keys: reasonable assurances were provided that water quality standards would be met and there would be no adverse impact on manatees.
