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Permitting Contact Information
If you have questions or need assistance with permitting or regulatory issues, please contact the District’s permitting offices.
District Headquarters
General Permitting Questions, Water Use Permitting, Well Construction Permitting
81 Water Management Drive
Havana, FL 32333
Phone: (850) 539-5999
Fax: (850) 539-2777
Water Use Permitting: Cindy Fishler
Well Construction Permitting and Water Well Contractor Licensing: Lucinda Scott
Performance and Compliance Improvement (Water Use Permitting)
Phone: (850) 539-2625
Clayton Partlow
Environmental Resource Permitting
Phone: (850) 539-5999
Brandon Winter (Engineering questions)
Dylan Ryals-Hamilton (Environmental questions)
Performance and Compliance Improvement (ERP, Surface Water, Agriculture) Water Resource Representatives
Ross Hutto (Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla)
Phone: (850) 539-2627
Jason Jones (Bay, Gadsden, Jackson, Washington)
Phone: (850) 539-2642
Performance and Compliance Improvement (Wells and Wells Enforcement)
Lyle Hatchett
Phone: (850) 539- 2911
Defuniak Springs Field Office
General Permitting Questions, Well Construction, Dam Safety, Minor Forestry Works, Agricultural Surface Water, Environmental Resource Permitting
700 US Highway 331 South
Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
Wells Program
Phone: (850) 951-4661
Fax: (850) 892-8007
Environmental Resource Permitting / Surface Water Program
Phone: (850) 951-4660
Fax: (850) 892-8007
Well Construction Permitting: Lauri Godair
Environmental Resource Permitting
Dana Palermo or Duc Lee (Engineering Questions)
Dylan Ryals-Hamilton (Environmental Questions)
Aaron Waits or Courtney Triplett (Environmental Questions)
Joel Ealum (ERP Compliance Questions)
Erica Roberts (Administrative Questions)
Megan Byers (Administrative Questions)
Performance and Compliance Improvement (ERP, Surface Water, Agriculture) Water Resource Representatives
Gary Meredith
Phone: (850) 951-4679
Compliance (ERP, Surface Water, and Agriculture)
Ryan Barrow
Phone: (850) 951-4688
Submit a Compliance Report
Submit compliance reports to: compliance@nwfwater.com
E-Permitting Resources
Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP) E-Permitting Application