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'Dream team' of local experts sponsors new collaborations to restore the Cobb Watershed – Lake County Record-Bee

The Cobb Watershed Education and Restoration Program (Cobb WERP) is making history in Lake County by facilitating partnerships between private landowners and local Tribal communities to improve creekside land stewardship. During its first year of operation, six events – two community forums and four workshops – were held on properties owned and managed by Mandala Springs Wellness Retreat, the Cobb Water District, and multiple individual landowners, with acreage ranging from less than 0.5 acres to over 100 acres. ....

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Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection Takes Over Federal Wetlands Permit Process in State | Holland & Knight LLP


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed an agreement to delegate to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) the authority to issue wetland permits in the state under Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), effective on Dec. 22, 2020.
Florida joins only two other states, New Jersey and Michigan, that have assumed such authority.
The new FDEP regulations include enforceable deadlines, shorter review periods and shorter comment periods, the combination of which is expected to eventually reduce time and cost for the processing of permits. However, it is important to note that all Clean Water Act requirements (avoidance, minimization, mitigation, etc.) will remain and projects will still have to be approved by other federal agencies. ....

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