Agency Clerk
The Agency Clerk is responsible for keeping records all official legal documents received by the Department of Environmental Protection including petitions and orders.
Lea Crandall, Agency
Clerk
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Air and Waste
The Air and Waste section of the Office of General Counsel is permitting and program counsel to Division of Air Resource Management, Siting Coordination Office, Florida Energy Office and the Division of Waste Management.
Chris McGuire, Acting Deputy
General Counsel
Lisa Brown, Administrative
Assistant
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Enforcement
The Enforcement section of the Office of General Counsel represents the Department of Environmental Protection in all administrative or judicial enforcement actions. In addition to handling enforcement litigation, the attorneys in this section participate in enforcement settlement negotiations, review and drafting of consent orders and notices of violation, assist in training department enforcement staff and provide general legal advice.
Jack Chisolm, Deputy General Counsel
Mary Wilson, Administrative
Assistant
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Executive
The Executive section of the Office of General Counsel provides contracts and personnel counsel, financial and bankruptcy counsel and administrative law counsel. The section also serves as the Environmental Regulation Commission Liaison, the Agency Clerk and the Department economist.
Tom Beason, General
Counsel
Kay Buchanan, Administrative
Assistant
Larry Morgan, Chief
Deputy General Counsel
Bevin Reardon, Administrative
Assistant
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Public Lands
The Public Lands section of the Office of General Counsel is counsel to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, the Divisions of State Lands, Recreation and Parks, Law Enforcement, Office of Greenways and Trails and the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas. The attorneys handle contract review, closings and closing audits for state land acquisitions. They also review leases, easements and other land use agreements for submerged lands and state owned uplands.
Sandra
Stockwell,
Deputy General Counsel
Yolonda Richardson,
Administrative Assistant
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Water
The Water section of the Office of General Counsel is permitting and program counsel to the submerged lands, wastewater, mine reclamation, watershed management, underground injection, drinking water, groundwater, industrial waste and coastal systems programs within the Division of Water Resource Management. The section also includes the Everglades team, which is counsel in the phosphorus criteria rulemaking, the continuing proceedings under the federal Everglades settlement agreement and in the implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.
Betsy Hewitt,
Deputy General Counsel
Shayna Holton,
Administrative Assistant
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