NOTICE OF FINAL AGENCY ACTION BY
THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

Notice is given that the District’s Final Agency Action is approval for a Water Use Permit to serve public supply activities at the South-Central Hillsborough Regional Wellfield. The total authorized withdrawal is 26.8214 million gallons per day average annual, and the peak month quantity is 33.0 million gallons per day. The project is located in Hillsborough County, Section(s) 13, 22, 23, Township 30 South, Range 21 East, and Sections 5, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25, Township 30 South, Range 22 East. The permit applicant is Tampa Bay Water, a Regional Water Supply Authority, 2575 Enterprise Road, Clearwater, FL 33763-1102. The permit number is: 20004352.010.

The file(s) pertaining to the project referred to above is available for inspection Monday through Friday except for legal holidays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Southwest Florida Water Management District, 7601 U.S. Highway 301 North, Tampa, Florida 33637.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

Any person whose substantial interests are affected by the District’s action regarding this matter may request an administrative hearing in accordance with Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes (F.S.), and Chapter 28-106, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), of the Uniform Rules of Procedure. A request for hearing must (1) explain how the substantial interests of each person requesting the hearing will be affected by the Districts action, or proposed action; (2) state all material facts disputed by each person requesting the hearing or state that there are no disputed facts; and (3) otherwise comply with Chapter 28-106, F.A.C. A request for hearing must be filed with and received by the Agency Clerk of the District at the District’s Tampa Address, 7601 US Hwy. 301, Tampa FL 33637-6759 within 21 days of publication of this notice. Failure to file a request for hearing within this time period shall constitute a waiver of any right such person may have to request a hearing under sections 120.569 and 120.57, F.S.

Because the administrative hearing process is designed to formulate final agency action, the filing of a petition means that the District’s final action may be different from the position taken by it in this notice of agency action. Persons whose substantial interests will be affected by any such final decision of the District in this matter have the right to petition to become a party to the proceeding, in accordance with the requirements set forth above.

Mediation pursuant to Section 120.573, F.S., to settle an administrative dispute regarding the District’s action in this matter is not available prior to the filing of a request for hearing.

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