Flushing Pipeline Bid Sparks Split in Florida Panel
Destin panel debates funding a flushing mechanism for Old Pass Lagoon as agencies push study and cheaper options. Some vote to table while others urge action to move a $82,000 study and a 1986 funding request to the Legislature, amid calls for further ecological data and alternatives.
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Old Pass Lagoon
Destin Harbor
Choctawhatchee Bay
Northwest Florida
Nwfwmd
Bill McCartney
State Department of Environmental Regulation
Department of Natural Resources
Florida Marine Fisheries Commission
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
DEA
Bob Kriegel
Elton Gissendanner
DNR
Old Pass
Gissendanner
FMFC
Hamilton Kenner
Kenner
Subcommittee
Malcolm Patterson
McCartney
Lagoon Quality Discussed in Old Pass Pollution Meeting
Local and state officials met to address Old Pass Lagoon water quality focusing on four main pollution sources. They produced over twenty recommendations, including stricter litter laws by January and hiring a harbor master by June 1986, with sewer and monitoring plans for septic tanks and stormwater runoff.
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Old Pass Lagoon
Destin Harbor
Choctawhatchee Bay
Florida Marine Patrol
Department of Environmental Regulation
Okaloosa County
Destin
Northwest Florida Water Management District
Planning Group Asks DER About Wright Parkway Bridge Stand
Okaloosa County Commissioner and MPO chair Larry Anchors says DER letters hint at withdrawing the Wright Parkway bridge, while DER officials note the project remains controversial and urge exploring alternatives. The Wright span and Hollywood Boulevard bridge compete for primary status to connect Okaloosa Island with the mainland amid coastal regulation debates.
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State Department of Environmental Regulation
Wright Parkway
Okaloosa County
Larry Anchors
Anchors
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa Island
DER
Michael Batts
Barrier Islands
MPO
Batts
DEA
Lynn Griffin
Wright
Hollywood
Griffin
Santa Rosa Sound
Choctawhatchee Bay
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