STUART, Fla. — A new ruling from the Environmental Protection Agency is giving Florida a power it hasn't granted to any state in more than 25 years.
The state of Florida will now have permitting authority under the Clean Water Act.
"It's a huge decision, monumental in that the federal government is saying, 'Yes, you can oversee our program,'" said state Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Stuart. "It gives us an opportunity as the state of Florida to really have some great direction where we really want our permitting to go."