Florida Department of Environmental Protection Accessibility Policy
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) does not discriminate
on the basis of disability in employment or in the admission and access to its
programs, services or activities. DEP is committed to ensuring that its
programs, activities, employment opportunities, and services are available to
all persons, including persons with disabilities.
The DEP Accessibility Coordinator, located in the Division of Recreation and
Parks, has been designated to coordinate and carry out this department's
compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title II of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA). For persons with a disability needing an
accommodation to a DEP program, activity, employment, and/or service, please
contact Terri Messler at 850-245-3076.
To ensure we have enough time to provide appropriate accommodation, it is best
that we receive your request at least 10 working days before the scheduled event
or need for the service.
Web Site Accessibility
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's web designers and
developers make every effort to provide their users with accessible information
in a format which is equally available to all individuals. In designing
and creating it's Web Site, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
implements the accessibility guidelines and principles of Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d).
If you use assistive technology (such as a Braille reader, a screen reader, TTY, etc.) and the format
of any of our Web Site material interferes with your ability to access the information, please use the
Contact Us form and the appropriate
Department of Environmental Protection staff member responsible for the specific web page will contact you to provide further assistance.
To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate your disability type, the
preferred format for return correspondence, the web address of the requested material and your contact
information.
Although a variety of access technologies are available for use with the Internet, we recommend using
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1 or higher to provide you with the highest level of browser
accessibility. The Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) software is included with a "full" install of
IE 5.0 and higher.
We recommend that users download the latest version of
Adobe Reader™
to view PDF files: Version 7.0 and higher of this software is available and provides a number of
features that improve access for users. For further information please visit:
http://access.adobe.com/.
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