Oil drilling

The citizen group Apalachicola Riverkeeper has challenged the Department of Environmental Protection to prevent drilling in the floodplain.

A renewed effort to explore for oil drilling in an environmentally sensitive area of Calhoun County in North Florida is now under legal threat.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of intent to approve the application by Clearwater Land & Minerals LLC to drill for oil in the Apalachicola River basin.

The proposed site is surrounded by the Apalachicola River, the Chipola River, and Dead Lakes. The Kleinfelder company wants to use a well that’s already there to drill through the Floridan aquifer in search of oil.

Another drilling firm still has permits to explore in neighboring Calhoun County.

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