The Florida Department of Air and Water Pollution Control was the state of Florida's first agency devoted strictly to environmental quality. It was created under the authority of Florida Statute 69-109 during the administration of Governor

Claude Kirk Claude Roy Kirk Jr. (January 7, 1926 – September 28, 2011) was an American businessman, politician, and Marine Corps veteran who served as the List of governors of Florida, 36th governor of Florida from 1967 to 1971. A member of the Republican ...

, in 1969. The agency's name was changed to the Florida Department of Pollution Control in 1971. This agency was merged with part of the

Florida Department of Health The Florida Department of Health is responsible for protecting the public health and safety of the residents and visitors of the state of Florida. It is a cabinet-level agency of the state government, headed by a state surgeon general who report ...

several years later, to form the

Florida Department of Environmental Regulation The Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (DER) was the agency which, from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, handled regulation, management, conservation, compliance and enforcement of a wide range of Natural environment, environmental and ...

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