Miscellaneous

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Departmental

NOTICE OF LAND USE AND CERTIFICATION HEARINGS FOR POWER PLANT SITE CERTIFICATION

The Department of Environmental Protection announces a public hearing of the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Power Plant Siting Board, to consider the Administrative Law Judge’s Recommended Orders in the case of Hillsborough County’s proposed construction and operation of a new 600 tons per day mass burn boiler and a 17 MW, steam turbine, electric power generation unit at the County’s existing resource recovery facility (RRF) site. Site Certification Application:

        Hillsborough County

        Hillsborough County Resource Recovery Facility Expansion

        Power Plant Siting Application No. PA 83-19A

        OGC Case No. 05-2692

        DOAH Case No. 05-4347EPP

DATE AND TIME: September 19, 2006, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: Cabinet Hearing Room, Lower Level, State Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida

PURPOSE: The Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Power Plant Siting Board, will consider an Order, to be executed by the Siting Board, pursuant to the Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act, Section 403.501, et seq., Florida Statutes, concerning the Recommended Order dated August 2, 2006, from the Administrative Law Judge, recommending that the project and its site be found consistent with and in compliance with Hillsborough County’s local land use plans and zoning ordinances. The Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Power Plant Siting Board, will also consider an Order, to be executed by the Siting Board, pursuant to the Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act, Section 403.501, et seq., Florida Statutes, concerning the Recommended Order dated August 2, 2006, from the Administrative Law Judge, recommending that Hillsborough County RRF expansion project and its site be granted full and final certification. Persons who have questions about the project or about the hearing may contact: Steven L. Palmer, P.E., the Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS #48, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, (850)245-8002.

For a copy of the agenda please contact: Wayne Hrydziusko, Department of Environmental Protection, Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000, (850)245-2024.

CABINET AIDES BRIEFING: The Cabinet Aides will meet and discuss these items on September 13, 2006, 9:00 a.m., in the same location. The purpose of the briefing is to review and gather information regarding this item for consideration by the Siting Board.