Approval of water use permit modification for public supply activities.

NOTICE OF FINAL AGENCY ACTION BY THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Notice is given that the Districts Final Agency Action is approval of the application for modification of a Water Use Permit to serve public supply activities. The total authorized annual average withdrawal is 884,000 gallons per day and peak month is 1,060,800 average gallons per day. Transferred allocations in the amount of 489,000 gallons per day will be transferred to The City of Lake Wales. The project is located in Polk County, Sections 4, 9 and 16 of Township 29 South, Range 27 East; Sections 4, 6, 8 and 18 of Township 29 South, Range 28 East; and Section 29 of Township 28 South, Range 28 East. The permit applicant is Polk County Utilities whose address is 1011 Jim Keene Blvd., Winter Haven, FL 33880.
The Permit No. is 20008054.009. The files pertaining to the project referred to above is available for inspection Monday through Friday except for legal holidays, 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m., at the Southwest Florida Water Management District, Tampa Service Office located at 7601 Highway 301 North, Tampa, FL.
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
Any person whose substantial interests are affected by the Districts 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 Districts Brooksville address, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-6899 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 Districts 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 Districts action in this matter is not available prior to the filing of a request for hearing.
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