Permit application for Bowman Steel's new manufacturing building in Sebring.

Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Florida Water Management District has received Individual Surface Water Management Permit Application Number 922301 from Bowman Steel at 6900 US HWY 27 S, SEBRING, FLORIDA 33876.
Application received: December 18, 2025
Proposed commercial activity: To demolish several existing commercial buildings and impervious area on site; and construct a new 12,600 sf metal manufacturing building and office. The site will also have new impervious area for parking and traffic circulation as well as a new dry retention pond to treat runoff.
Project Name: BOWMAN STEEL SITE RE-DESIGN
Project Size: 2.28 Acres
 
Location:
TRACT "A" OF PARCEL "D", VOGEL-LORBER SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 12, PAGE 42 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE NE CORNER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 35 SOUTH, RANGE 29 EAST, HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA; RUN THENCE NORTH 89 30' WEST ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SECTION 16 A DISTANCE OF 461.20 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 27; RUN SOUTH 5 00' EAST ALONG THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 27 A DISTANCE OF 1,608.33 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; CONTINUE THENCE SOUTH 5 00' EAST ALONG THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 27 A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 89 30' 00" EAST A DISTANCE OF 165.95 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 46' 00" EAST A DISTANCE OF 7.66 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 30' 00" EAST A DISTANCE OF 24.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0046' 00" WEST A DISTANCE OF 7.55 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 8930' 00" EAST A DISTANCE OF 74.50 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF TRACTOR ROAD; THENCE NORTH 0046' 00" EAST AND ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 99.54 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 30' 00" WEST A DISTANCE OF 274.60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
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LOT 4, VOGEL-LORBER SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 12, PAGE 42, PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.
 
The application is available for public inspection Monday through Friday at the Tampa Service Office, 7601 US Highway 301, Tampa, FL 33637-6759. Interested persons may inspect a copy of the application and submit written comments concerning the application. Comments must include the permit application number and be received within 14 days from the date of this notice. If you wish to be notified of intended agency action or an opportunity to request an administrative hearing regarding the application, you must send a written request referencing the permit application number to the Southwest Florida Water Management District, Regulation Performance Management Department, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-6899 or submit your request through the Districts website at www.watermatters.org. The District does not discriminate based on disability. Anyone requiring accommodation under the ADA should contact the Regulation Performance Management Department at (352) 796-7211 or 1 (800)423-1476. TDD only 1 (800)231-6103.
 Feb. 18, 2026