FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE v. STATE

No. 90-1470.

580 So.2d 846 (1991)

FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE, New Hope Sugar Co., Okeelanta Corp., Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Inc., South Bay Growers, Inc., United States Sugar Corp., and S.D. Sugar Corp., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Governor and Cabinet Sitting As the Siting Board, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence N. Curtin and Samuel J. Morley of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, for appellants Florida Sugar Cane League, New Hope Sugar Co., Okeelanta Corp., Sugar Cane Growers Co op. of Florida, Inc., South Bay Growers, Inc., U.S. Sugar Corp., and S.D. Sugar Corp.

Richard T. Donelan, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, State of Florida, Dept. of Environmental Regulation, Tallahassee, for appellee State of Fla., Governor and Cabinet, Sitting as the Siting Bd.

Carlos Alvarez, Carolyn S. Reapple, David L. Powell, and Richard W. Moore of Hopping, Boyd, Green & Sams, Tallahassee, for Florida Power & Light Co.

James V. Antista, General Counsel, Florida Game and Fresh Water Com'n, Tallahassee, for Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Com'n.

Samuel S. Goren of Josias & Goren, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for South Florida Regional Planning Counsel.

Robert P. Banks, Asst. County Atty., Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, for Palm Beach County.

Jon M. Henning, City Atty., City of Sunrise, Sunrise, for City of Sunrise.

Nancy E. Stroud of Burke, Bosselman & Weaver, Boca Raton, for Town of Davie.

L.P., Silver Lake Partnership, and The William Lyon Co., Donald R. Hall of Gustafson, Stephens, Ferris, Forman & Hall, Ft. Lauderdale, for Hollywood STS Associates.

Noel M. Pfeffer, Deputy General Counsel, Broward County, Ft. Lauderdale, for Broward County.

Andrea L. Moore, Asst. City Atty., City of Coral Springs, Coral Springs, for City of Coral Springs.

Steven L. Josias of Josias & Goren, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for City of Parkland, and Centrust Savings Bank.

Scott Shirley of Oertel, Hoffman, Fernandez & Cole, P.A., Tallahassee, for Coral Ridge Properties, Inc.

Robert E. Ferris, Trustee, pro se.

Irvin Cowan, Savin Groves, Kenneth G. Savage, Robert Povey, Harold Wideman, Sunny Urban Meadows Landowners Ass'n, and Indian Trail Water Control Dist., Donna H. Stinson of Moyle, Flanigan, Katz, FitzGerald & Sheehan, P.A., Tallahassee, for Indian Trail Grove, Ltd.

Leigh A. Williams of Littman, Littman, Williams & Strike, P.A., Stuart, for VBQ, Inc., and Beach Trooks, as Trustee and Individually.

Margaret H. Schreiber, Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A., Orlando, for The Coca-Cola Co.

William J. Payne, Vice President/General Manager, Rinker Materials Corp., West Palm Beach, for Rinker Materials Corp.

Ronnie Hattaway, Talquin Corp., and Ralph C. Nash and Mikatum Groves, Stephen Covert, Palm Beach Gardens, for Via Tropical Fruits, Inc.

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., Patrick M. Casey, Asst. County Atty., Miami, for Metropolitan Dade County.

Frances M. Jauquet, Irene K. Quincey, and John J. Fumero, West Palm Beach, for South Florida Water Management Dist.


WENTWORTH, Senior Judge.

Florida Sugar Cane League and its component members (Sugar) appeal an April 17, 1990 final order of the Governor and Cabinet, acting as a Siting Board and adopting a hearing officer's recommended order to grant Florida Power & Light Company's (FP & L) application for certification of an electrical transmission line corridor under the Transmission Line Siting Act (the act).1 We affirm based on our review...

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