Florida Springs Council v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, St. Johns Water Management District, et al

FIRST D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2025-1369
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F LORIDA SPRINGS C OUNCIL ,
Appellant,
v.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
E NVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ,
and ST . JOHNS W ATER
M ANAGEMENT DISTRICT and
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA W ATER
M ANAGEMENT DISTRICT ,
Appellees.
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On appeal from the Division of Administrative Hearings.
E. Gary Early, Administrative Law Judge.
April 15, 2026
P ER C URIAM.
A FFIRMED.
R OBERTS, R AY , and TREADWELL , JJ., concur.

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Not 	final 	until 	disposition 	of 	any 	timely 	and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Douglas Harold MacLaughlin, West Palm Beach; Matthew Patrick
Farmer of Farmer & Fitzgerald, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.
Elizabeth Marie Fernandez and Andrew Beau-James Thornquest,
Southwest 	Water 	Management 	District, 	Tampa; 	Thomas 	Ira
Mayton, Deputy General Counsel, and Ricky L. Johnson, Jr.,
Senior 	Assistant 	General 	Counsel, 	St. 	Johns 	River 	Water
Management District, Palatka; Justin George Wolfe, Josiah Dean
Leonard, Jeffrey Brown, and Jay Patrick Reynolds, Department of
Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, for Appellees.