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Florida Wetland Permits Debate Heats Up

Posted by: Brenda Meyer

3 November 2005 - 2:00pm

Environmental groups are warring with Congressmen on making wetland permitting more 'accessible'.

"Forty-seven environmental and civic groups are urging Florida's congressional delegation to oppose efforts to shift wetlands permitting from the Army Corps of Engineers to the state. The groups sent a letter to lawmakers opposing legislation that would consolidate federal and state permitting for dredge and fill activities affecting 10 or more acres of wetlands and other surface waters."

Full Story: 47 groups oppose shift in wetlands permitting
Source: The St. Petersburg Times, November 3, 2005
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