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s � � <br />REDISTRICTING OF DER DISTRICTS - DISCUSSION <br />Representative Dale Patchett approached the Board and <br />talked about the DER swapping boundaries and districts; DER <br />will be transferring portions of the County to the Port St. <br />Lucie office on September 1, 1982. He explained that <br />anything east of I-95 would be handled by Port St. Lucie and <br />the remainder of the workload would be in Orlando. <br />Representative Patchett commented that they had established <br />such a good working relationship in the past with Alex <br />Senkevich of the DER office, and were reluctant for this <br />change to occur. <br />Chairman Scurlock expressed concern about splitting the <br />area and what would be the effect, as the County has had <br />such good service from the present office. <br />Commissioner Lyons commented that he was worried about <br />the business of fragmenting this County. <br />Alex Senkevich stated that the DER made a decision to <br />change the boundaries and districts because they must cut <br />down their expenses - they felt it would be in the best <br />interest to cut at least 15% of travel. He assured the <br />Board that they would still be involved in Indian River <br />County and would issue permits for agricultural interests. <br />The rest of the permitting would be handled by Roy Dukes in <br />the Port St. Lucie office. <br />Roy Dukes approached the Board and stated that in 1974, <br />the DER attempted to align DER Districts with the water <br />districts. He then explained the political boundaries all <br />across the State and the problems of regulating the <br />utilities by two different offices. Mr. Dukes commented <br />that Mr. Senkevich would be working with the pumping <br />stations, all domestic waste, and air pollution; solvent <br />waste would be administered through the Port St. Lucie <br />branch office. <br />AUG 181992 sooK 51 PAGE 97 <br />78 <br />