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MANATEE COUNTY v. ESTECH GEN. CHEM. CORP.

Nos. 80-2003, 80-2015.

402 So.2d 1251 (1981)

MANATEE COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. ESTECH GENERAL CHEMICALS CORPORATION, Formerly Swift Agricultural Chemicals Corporation, and Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida, Sitting As the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, Appellees. SARASOTA COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. ESTECH GENERAL CHEMICALS CORPORATION, Formerly Swift Agricultural Chemicals Corporation, and Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida, Sitting As the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.N. Fay, Jr. of Mann & Fay, Chartered, Bradenton, and William L. Earl of Peeples, Earl, Smith, Moore & Blank, Miami, for appellant Manatee County.

Richard E. Nelson and Richard L. Smith of Nelson, Hesse, Cyril, Weber, Smith & Widman, Sarasota, for appellant Sarasota County.

Wade L. Hopping, Gary P. Sams and Richard D. Melson of Hopping, Boyd, Green & Sams, Tallahassee, for appellee Estech General Chemicals Corp.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Nancy G. Linnan, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen. and Charles A. Stampelos, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellees the Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida, sitting as the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission.

Judith S. Kavanaugh, Bradenton, for amicus curiae Hardee County.

GRIMES, Judge.

This case involves the important issue of the proper method for review of a decision of a county zoning authority which concerns a development of regional impact.

Estech General Chemicals Corporation owns a 10,000 acre tract of land in eastern Manatee County within the watershed of the Manatee River. This watershed drains into Lake Manatee which is the primary source of drinking water for all of the urbanized area of Manatee County and for a...

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