Some nonstate entities also make use of EDR in environmental conflicts that do not involve the state directly. The FCRC is designated by statute as responsible for promoting the use of ADR for state land-use, environmental, and other policy issues. The FCRC seeks to be a catalyst, stimulating the interest in ADR and enhancing the ability of parties and practitioners to resolve disputes. The Mediation Institute at the University of Southern Florida also deals with some health-oriented environmental disputes. The Tallahassee Neighborhood Justice Center provides EDR services in cases involving land-use disputes.
Individual agencies use facilitators.
Much of the enforcement affairs personnel are trained in the use of dispute resolution. Mediation has been used successfully to solve disputes through the FCRC, in circuit court enforcement cases and in some permitting disputes. The DEP started on the EDR pilot program in 1990. 9 Participants in the study also indicated a high degree of satisfaction with EDR procedures. Following the agency's pilot program, the DEP institutes mediation in approximately thirty to fifty enforcement actions annually.