The issue to be determined is whether Application No. 090107-1 for Environmental Resource Permit No. 56-03461-P and the Sovereignty Submerged Lands Public Easement for the Crosstown Parkway Extension should be issued as proposed in the notice issued by the South Florida Water Management District.The City of Port St. Lucie was entitled to issuance of an Environmental Resource Permit and Sovereignty Lands Easement for the Crosstown Parkway Extension over the North Fork of the St. Lucie River Aquatic Preserve.
The issues to be determined in this case are whether Respondent Thomas Rosati is entitled to the Noticed General Permit and the Letter of Consent to use sovereignty submerged Lands issued by the Department of Environmental Protection ("Department"), which authorize the replacement of an existing private dock with a new private dock in the St. Lucie River in Martin County, Florida.Petition for hearing was timely to challenge the Letter of Consent because newspaper notice only mentioned the Noticed General Permit. Letter of Consent did not comply with the rules of the Board of Trustees because dock impairs navigation in the area.
