STATE OF FLORIDA

DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

IN RE: )

) LYKES PASCO PACKING COMPANY, )

CONSUMPTIVE USE PERMIT ) CASE NO. 76-1735

APPLICATION NO. 76-00451, )

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER )

MANAGEMENT DISTRICT )

)

RECOMMENDED ORDER

After due and proper notice, an administrative hearing was held on September 21, 1976, before the undersigned Hearing Officer, Division of Administrative Hearings, at the District Headquarters, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, Florida.

APPEARANCES

For Southwest Florida

Water Management District: Jay T. Ahern, Esquire For the Applicant: Mr. Norvell Hunt

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Application No. 76-00451 seeks a consumptive water use permit for an existing use involving 14 withdrawal points. The application seeks a total average annual withdrawal of 20.2584 million gallons per day and a maximum daily withdrawal of 45.8539 million gallons per day. The water will be used for citrus processing.

   
   

2. The Southwest Florida Water Management District's staff recommends issuance of the permit with the following conditions:

   
   

   1. That the applicant shall install totalizing flow meters of the

      propeller-driven type on all withdrawal points covered by this permit.

      
      

   2. That the applicant shall record the pumpage from the above-referenced meters on a weekly basis and submit a record of that pumpage to the district quarterly, beginning on January 15, 1977.

      
      

   3. That the permit shall expire on December 31, 1980.

      
      

      CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

3. The procedural requirements of Chapter 373, Florida Statutes, and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, have been complied with as they pertain to this application.

   
   

4. The intended consumptive use appears to be a reasonable, beneficial use which is consistent with the public interest and will not interfere with any legal use of water existing at the time of the application.

RECOMMENDATION

It is hereby Recommended that a consumptive use permit in the amounts and from the points set forth in the application be granted subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 2 above.

ENTERED this 13th day of October, 1976, in Tallahassee, Florida.

CHRIS H. BENTLEY

Hearing Officer

Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building

1230 Apalachee Parkway

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550

(904) 488-9675

COPIES FURNISHED:

Jay T. Ahern, Esquire Southwest Florida Water Management District Post Office Box 457

Brooksville, Florida 33512

Lykes Pasco Packing Company Post Office Box 97

Dade City, Florida

Docket for Case No: 76-001735

Orders for Case No: 76-001735