On January 24, 2022, Gunster Shareholder Eric Olsen will speak on Florida's 404 Permitting Program at the Tallahassee Area Association of Environmental Professionals (TAAEP) Luncheon Seminar.
It has been just over a year since the US Environmental Protection Agency approved the state's assumption of portions of the federal dredge and fill permitting program under section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Eric Olsen will provide an update on all of the developments with this new state permitting program.
The TAAEP is an affiliate of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals (FAEP), which is an interdisciplinary association of environmental professionals in Florida. The FAEP offers a forum in which the state-of-the-art environmental planning, research, and management is advanced, and the Tallahassee Chapter exists to further this mission in the Tallahassee region.
Inside and outside of Florida, Eric T. Olsen assists myriad business and individual clients on environmental law and regulatory matters. A Florida native, for nearly three decades Eric has focused his practice on wetland regulation, mitigation banking, stormwater regulation, consumptive use or water use permitting, water supply and underground injection control.
Beginning as a St. Johns River Water Management District in-house attorney, Eric worked with other water management districts to develop the Environmental Resource Permitting program, statutes and rules governing wetland mitigation banks, and rules and policies affecting water supply and water use. He was also involved in evaluating permit applications and resolving enforcement issues. This background allows him to offer his clients an agency-experienced understanding of how agency staff evaluate regulatory issues which helps clients resolve those issues.
