Opinion
No. 82-1892.
April 5, 1983.
Appeal from the Department of Environmental Regulation.
Milledge Hermelee and Earl G. Gallop, Miami, for appellant.
Sireci, Allen, Kelly Muldoon and Mark Kelly, Key West, Charles G. Stephens, Tallahassee, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.
We agree with the conclusions of the Department of Environmental Regulation that it is not required or authorized by Sec. 163.3194(1), Fla. Stat. (1981) to deny or modify an air pollution permit, issued pursuant to Sec. 403.087, Fla. Stat. (1981) and Florida Administrative Code Rules 17-2 and 17-4, because of alleged non-compliance with local zoning ordinances, land-use restrictions or long-range development plans; and that the issuance of such a permit must be based solely on compliance with applicable pollution control standards and rules. See Sec. 403.087(4), Fla. Stat. (1981). Accordingly, the final order under review is
This provision states that
163.3194 — Legal status of comprehensive plan.
(1) After a comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof has been adopted in conformity with this act, all development undertaken by, and all actions taken in regard to development orders by, governmental agencies in regard to land covered by such plan or element shall be consistent with such plan or element as adopted. All land development regulations enacted or amended shall be consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof. [e.s.]
The appellant's position that an air pollution permit is a "development order" is completely belied by the definition of that term in Sec. 163.3164(5), (6), Fla. Stat. (1981).
As the Department appropriately noted:
The issuance of such a permit by this Department, however, does not relieve the permittee from any duty to comply with applicable local requirements. [e.o.]
Affirmed.