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Downtown Pensacola’s T.T. Wentworth Museum is one step closer to a new name, after receiving the state’s blessing to change it.
The Florida Historical Commission approved changing the museum’s name to the Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida.
“The board voted to authorize me to reach out to the state Historic Preservation officer, to see if we could get before the Florida Historical Commission to request the name be changed, that happened,” said Rob Overton, who oversees the UWF Historic Trust.
“I drafted the letter, and the Historical Commission met Friday, Feb. 5,” Overton said. “I participated in that meeting; it was an agenda item that they had [under] new business. They stated our request, fielded some questions, a good bit of discussion, and the Historical Commission approved our request.”
Groups voice dissent over lack of hearing for Ritidian danger zone
The danger zone will restrict access to the area for up to 75% of the year. This is something that has really appalled us, said Maria Hernandez. When we heard the news that they were going to deny us an opportunity for a public hearing, our first thought was it s just another injustice on top of numerous other issues that we ve had with this project from the beginning.
The groups plan to protest publicly Feb. 6 at both Adelup and the ITC intersection. The protest will take place across two locations to avoid crowding in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The 45-day public comment phase for the programmatic agreement memo associated with the Marines Corps Realignment projects on Guam has begun, according to the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Comm
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Highlights
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed an agreement to delegate to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) the authority to issue wetland permits in the state under Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), effective on Dec. 22, 2020.
Florida joins only two other states, New Jersey and Michigan, that have assumed such authority.
The new FDEP regulations include enforceable deadlines, shorter review periods and shorter comment periods, the combination of which is expected to eventually reduce time and cost for the processing of permits. However, it is important to note that all Clean Water Act requirements (avoidance, minimization, mitigation, etc.) will remain and projects will still have to be approved by other federal agencies.