Judge tells DEP to deny drilling permit

Judge recommends against drilling near the Apalachicola River • Florida Phoenix

Entrance to the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Photo via reserve website) A Tallahassee administrative judge on Monday recommended the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) deny a permit to drill for oil and gas in the Apalachicola River Basin in Northwest Florida. Administrative Law Judge Lawrence P. Stevenson wrote that he might have ruled differently had Clearwater Land and Minerals LLC, the company intendin…

Judge tells DEP to deny drilling permit

On Monday, a Florida administrative law judge issued a recommended order with extensive findings of fact, recommending that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection deny an oil drilling permit for a wildcat well located within the Apalachicola River floodplain.  Apalachicola Riverkeeper filed an administrative action challenging Clearwater Land and Minerals’ oil drilling permit, after the Florida DEP issued a preliminary permit in spri…

Judge says Florida should reject permit to drill for oil near Apalachicola River

The recommended order sided with an environmental group in the closely watched case.

Judge calls for rejecting permit to drill for oil near Florida river

Saying the Florida Department of Environmental Protection did not adequately consider the sensitive nature of the area, an administrative law judge Monday said the state should reject a permit to drill for oil near the Apalachicola River.

Judge recommends against drilling near the Apalachicola River

The issue now goes back to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Judge calls for rejecting drilling permit | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

By Jim Saunders Judge Lawrence P. Stevenson issued a 53-page recommended order that sided with the environmental group Apalachicola Riverkeeper in the closely watched case. Apalachicola Riverkeeper filed a challenge last year after the Department of Environmental Protection issued a draft permit for Louisiana-based Clearwater Land & Minerals Fla. to drill an exploratory well in an unincorporated part of Calhoun County, which is between Tallahass…