Legal Notice

This is notification that the St. Johns River Water Management District (District) has received the Individual Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) permit application(s) listed below:

May & Whitaker Family Partnership Ltd, PO Box 2267, Umatilla, FL 32784-2267 Consumptive Use Permit application #88-6, received April 14, 2026. The applicant proposes to combine existing permits #88-5, 2508-9, 2564-5, 2953-5, and 2978-3 into permit #88-6 with a modification of the allocation to 0.63 millions gallons per day (mgd) of groundwater and surface water for irrigation of agricultural crops and watering of livestock and a maximum daily withdrawal of 36.76 mgd of groundwater and surface water for freeze protection of agricultural crops. The withdrawals used by this project will consist of Surface Water from Lake Yale via 5 active pumps; Groundwater from FAS - Upper Floridan Aquifer via 9 active wells in Lake County, located in Sections:19, 29, and 30, Township: 18 South, Range: 26 East. This project is known as Flowertree Nursery.

The file(s) containing the permit application(s) are available at www.sjrwmd.com/permitting and then click on "Regulatory Permit Search."

The District issues two types of Individual consumptive use permits (CUPs) staff-issued CUPs and Governing Board-issued CUPs. Decisions on Individual CUP application(s) will be made at either a District service center (if staff issued) or at District's Governing Board meeting where permit applications that have not been delegated to District staff will be acted upon. The Governing Board normally meets on the second Tuesday of the month.

Objections, comments, questions, or information regarding an application for an Individual CUP must be made in writing and received by the Office Director, Office of Records and Regulatory Support, P.O. Box 1429, Palatka, FL 32178-1429, or by e-mail at applicationsupport@sjrwmd. com, as soon as possible after the notification of the application receipt. The Permit Application Number or the Project Name should be included in the objection. If the District receives a timely substantial objection, the objector will receive written notice of the District's decision (or intended decision) on the permit application.

A Notice of Decision (or Notice of Intended District Decision) will be provided to persons who timely requested individual notice. A request for individual notice must be received by the Office Director, Office of Records and Regulatory Support, prior to the date of the Notice of Decision (or Notice of Intended District Decisions) is generated. Please note that filing a written objection does not entitle you to a Chapter 120, Florida Statutes, administrative hearing. For more information, call (386) 329-4570.

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9/15/2026