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Crist is asking governing boards and executivd directors of the districts to continue to includr surface water and consumptive use permits on all boarr meeting and other publicmeeting agendas, despitde a measure in the bill that delegates final agency actio on such permits solely to the executive Florida is broken up into five wated management districts. The Southwest Florida Water Managemenr District, or Swiftmud, coverw Tampa Bay. Others are the Northwesyt Florida WaterManagement District, Suwannee River Managemenf District, St. Johns River Water Management District and the South Florida WatetManagement District.
It was the South Florid agency, which covers all of the southermn Florida region and into the centralo part of the state including parts of Polk andOranged counties, that Crist singled out in a letter to Secretary of State Kurt S. “I want to acknowledge the continued work of the Southn Florida Water Management District in completingvthe U.S. Sugar land acquisition whicjh will preserve the Florida Everglades for generationsto come,” Crist said. “I thank the members of the governing boars as well as the dedicated staff of the district in ensurin ga long-awaited goal of storing, cleaning and movinf water from Lake Okeechobee to Evergladee National Park.
The Everglades remainb a natural treasure and this administration remains committeds to workingwith local, state and federal partners in protectingf the River of Grass.” S.B. 2080 passed the Hous 117-0 on May 1 and passed the Senater 39-0 on April 30.