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403.959  Initial public meeting.--Within 14 days of the determination of application completeness, the ¹Department of Commerce and the Department of Environmental Protection, in cooperation with the local government, shall jointly conduct a public meeting in the county wherein the project is to be located.

(1)  A notice announcing this public meeting shall be published by the ¹Department of Commerce at least 10 days prior to the meeting date. The notice shall be published as specified in s. 403.967(2), except that the newspaper notice shall be one-fourth page in size in a standard size newspaper or one-half page in size in a tabloid size newspaper.

(2)  The purposes of this meeting shall be to:

(a)  Describe for the general public the nature and location of the proposed project based on the completed application.

(b)  Describe for the general public the possible environmental and other potential impacts which may result from the project.

(3)  Describe for the general public procedures available for providing comments and participating in the certification process.

(4)  Record initial public comments regarding the proposed project and its impacts.

History.--s. 1, ch. 93-205; s. 441, ch. 94-356.

¹Note.--Section 20.17, which created the Department of Commerce, was repealed effective December 31, 1996, by s. 3, ch. 96-320.