Florida Statute 376.21 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE

Chapter 376
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE PREVENTION AND REMOVAL

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F.S. 376.21

376.21 Construction of ss. 376.011-376.21.—Sections 376.011-376.21, being necessary for the general welfare and the public health and safety of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes set forth under ss. 376.011-376.21 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.

History.—s. 21, ch. 70-244; s. 19, ch. 74-336.

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Total Results: 5

Cunningham v. Anchor Hocking Corp.

558 So. 2d 93, 1990 WL 19935

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 1, 1990 | Docket: 1726292

Cited 33 times | Published

legislative purpose of the Act, set forth in Section 376.021(4) and titled "Legislative intent with respect

Curd v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

39 So. 3d 1216, 40 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20172, 2010 A.M.C. 2211, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 341, 71 ERC (BNA) 1005, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 944, 2010 WL 2400384

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 17, 2010 | Docket: 60294850

Cited 19 times | Published

by pollution of coastal waters and lands. See § 376.021, Fla. Stat. (2004) (entitled “Legislative intent

American Waterways Operators, Inc. v. Askew

335 F. Supp. 1241, 3 ERC 1429, 2 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20072, 3 ERC (BNA) 1429, 1971 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10418

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 10, 1971 | Docket: 1333777

Cited 11 times | Published

1962). [38] Id. at 830. [39] Fla.Stat.Ann. § 376.021(3) (a), (4) (a).

Fulford v. Graham

418 So. 2d 1204

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 1, 1982 | Docket: 1686003

Cited 7 times | Published

furtherance of public and private recreation (section 376.021(1) and (2), Fla. Stat. (1981)); or the purpose

Charles L. Lieupo v. Simon's Trucking, Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 19, 2019 | Docket: 16761666

Published

So. 3d at 371-72 (emphasis added); see, e.g., § 376.021, Fla. Stat. (2011) (entitled “Legislative intent