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Juan MONTALVO and Chemairspray, Inc., and New Farm, Inc., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, et al., Appellees.
    Nos. 94-1898, 94-1921, and 94-1930.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Dec. 20, 1995.
    Rehearing, Clarification, Certification, and Rehearing En Banc Denied Feb. 26, 1996.
    Theresa A. Dipaola of Ricci, Hubbard & Leopold, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellants — Juan Montalvo and Chemairspray, Inc.
    L. Martin Reeder, Jr. of Steel Hector & Davis, West Palm Beach, for Appellant— New Farm, Inc.
    William S. Josey of Hinshaw & Culbertson, Tampa, for Appellee — Hudson Insurance Company.
    Eric G. Belsky and Ronald L. Kammer of Hinshaw & Culbertson, Miami, for Appel-lee — Protective National Insurance Company-
    John P. Wiederhold and Lawrence I. Bass of Wiederhold, Moses, Bulfin & Rubin, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee — Florida Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company.
    Barry S. Bendetowies and Bradley S. Fischer of Melito & Adolfsen, Fort Lauder-dale, for Appellee — First State Insurance Company.
    Robert A. Mercer of Robert A. Mercer, P.A., Miami; Laurence M. McHeffey and Christine L. Thieman of McElroy, Deutseh & Mulvaney, Morristown, New Jersey, for Ap-pellee — International Surplus Lines Insurance Company.
   PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court’s decision finding no insurance coverage under these various general comprehensive liability policies for a regulatory agency’s action for environmental pollution. We agree that the pollution exclusion clauses in these policies preclude coverage. See Dimmitt Chevrolet, Inc. v. Southeastern Fidelity Ins. Corp., 636 So.2d 700 (Fla.1993); Leek v. Reliance Ins. Co., 486 So.2d 701 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986); Titan Corp. v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co., 22 Cal.App.4th 457, 27 Cal.Rptr.2d 476 (1994).

AFFIRMED.

GUNTHER, C.J., and FARMER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.