387 So. 2d 511
Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
1980

FRIENDS OF the EVERGLADES, Tropical Audubon, Inc., and Sierra Club, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND City of Miami, Florida, Appellees.

No. SS-146

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

August 28, 1980

387 So. 2d 511

James R. Brindell, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Randall E. Denker, Tallahassee, for appellee Dept. of Environmental Regulation.

G. Miriam Maer, Miami, and Hugh M. Taylor of Bryant, Miller & Olive, Tallahassee, for appellee City of Miami.

Mark J. Proctor, Jr., Tallahassee, for amicus curiae Bd. of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

ON MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION OF JURISDICTION

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the Department of Environmental Regulation concerning issues arising under Section 258.165, Florida Statutes. The Court has determined that the appeal is premature because review by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund has not been exhausted. See, Peterson v. State Department of Environmental Regulation, 350 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977); Section 5, Chapter 80-66, Laws of Florida; Chapter 17-1.70(2), Florida Administrative Code. Accordingly, this appeal is hereby dismissed without prejudice to any party‘s right to appeal from an adverse decision by the Board of Trustees.

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., ERVIN and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.