Manatee County v. State, Department of Environmental Regulation

WENTWORTH, Judge.

These consolidated cases involve appeals from two final orders of the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (DER). Case AM-199 is an appeal from an order granting appellee Estech General Chemicals Corporation (Estech) various permits concerning the construction of a phosphate mine. Cases AG-90 and AG-316 are appeals from an order denying appellants an additional hearing under § 120.57, Florida Statutes, which was requested while the hearings on the permit applications were in progress. The latter appeals were continued pending the outcome of the hearings, and all…