Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Aug. 08, 2008
The issues are whether Respondent, Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Mosaic), has provided reasonable assurances that the proposed mining and reclamation of the South Fort Meade Mine in Hardee County can be conducted in a manner that comports with the applicable statutes and rules such that the proposed Environmental Resource Permit (ERP), Conceptual Reclamation Plan (CRP), variance from minimum standards for dissolved oxygen, and variance from littoral zone percentage provisions for the Project should be issued by Respondent, Department of Environmental Protection (Department).Applications for ERP, CRP, and two variances approved where Mosiac gave reasonable assurances that all relevant statutes and rules were satisfied.