jST ro Southwest Florida

% Water Manieageentt District
E S T. P. O. BOX 457 BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA 33512
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DERRILL McATEER, Chairman, Brooksville JOHN A. ANDERSON, St. Petersburg DAVID HIPP, Williston
4. EDWARD MEDARD, Secretary, Tampa HERMAN BEVILLE, Bushnell PAUL F. HUBBARD, Oklawaha
AGEM$ A. M. PICKARD, Treasurer, Lakeland S. C. BEXLEY, JR., Land O'Lakes BOYCE A. WILLIAMS, Leesburg
Dale Twachtmann, Executive Director


October 24, 1969


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Mr. L. M. Blain
Post Office Box 1363
Tampa, Florida 33602

Subject: Legal responsibility of contractors, subcontractors,
lessors and lessees

Dear Mr. Blain:

Enclosed is a copy of a letter which we received and which has brought
up yet another problem. If a contractor subcontracts a job to a driller
and through the actions of this driller the resource is damaged or en-
dangered, does the District take legal action just against the driller or
against the driller and the original contractor?

Also, if a company leases equipment to a drilling firm on a full-time
basis, does the lessor have any legal responsibility to the District or
is the entire responsibility incumbent upon the lessee?

We would appreciate your sending us some guidelines for this type of
problem. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,





For the Chief Hydrologist
(Mrs.) S. Melodie Oleson
Hydrogeologist


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Building a modem Ark The "Four River Basins, Florida" project