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		<title>Personnel note: Peebles &#038; Smith becomes Peebles, Smith &#038; Matthews with hire of Ryan Matthews</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Peebles &#38; Smith is now Peebles Smith &#38; Matthews. The firm announced Monday that Ryan Matthews, who most recently served as the interim secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, has joined as a principal. Peebles and Smith is a well-regarded boutique lobbying firm whose list of clients heavily tilted toward local government clients. On the roster include  the cities of Cape Coral, Gainesville, Kissimmee, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa and Winter Park. Few Capitol insiders are considered as expert on municipal issues&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sources: Noah Valenstein set to become next DEP head</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 11:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Noah Valenstein, Gov. Rick Scott&#8216;s former environmental policy coordinator, has the inside track to become the next secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, sources tell FloridaPolitics.com. Valenstein, now the executive director of the Suwannee River Water Management District, is the top pick over interim secretary Ryan Matthews. Scott and the Cabinet in February OK’d Matthews to serve as interim department head to fill in for departing secretary Jon Steverson. He quit in January to join the legal-lobbying firm of Foley &#38; Lardner. Valenstein attended an August 2014 meeting in&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DEP responds to House records request, defends payment of legal bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state&#8217;s Department of Environmental Protection on Friday night released its response to the House of Representatives&#8217; request for documentation of the legal billing in a longstanding river water use fight against Georgia. Interim DEP Secretary Ryan Matthews also sent a letter, saying his agency had &#8220;denied more than $3 million in expenses and hourly charges submitted by outside counsel.&#8221; A cursory review of the records shows not only invoices for legal fees but also, for example, a $272,000 contract between DEP&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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