Published on: 21914548. The purpose and effect will be to: (1) update the District Funds rule (in 40C-1.004); (2) update the delegation of sovereign submerged lands authority (in 40C-1.135); (3) update the permit fees rule (40C-1.603) by: (a) repealing subsection (9) which references repealed chapter 40C-5, (b) amending existing subsection (17) to update the form for certain local governments to request a reduced application fee, and (c) amending existing subsection (18) to add the Marines to the listed U.S. Department of Defense entities; (4) repeal unnecessary rule on reserving rights for solicitations for professional services (in 40C-1.706); (5) update and clarify rule on variances from water shortage orders and emergency orders (in 40C-1.1004); (6) update rule on emergency petitions for variances (in 40C-1.1005); (7) update rule on point of entry to challenge a District decision (in 40C-1.1007); and (8) update delegation of staff authorized to extend the time for an applicant to respond to a request for additional information (in 40C-1.1008).
Published on: 21861295. The purpose and effect will be to: (1) update the District Funds rule (in 40C-1.004); (2) update the delegation of sovereign submerged lands authority (in 40C-1.135); (3) update the permit fees rule (40C-1.603) by: (a) repealing subsection (9) which references repealed chapter 40C-5, (b) amending existing subsection (17) to update the form for certain local governments to request a reduced application fee, and (c) amending existing subsection (18) to add the Marines to the listed U.S. Department of Defense entities; (4) update and clarify rule on variances from water shortage orders and emergency orders (in 40C-1.1004); (5) update rule on emergency petitions for variances (in 40C-1.1005); (6) update rule on point of entry to challenge a District decision (in 40C-1.1007); and (7) update delegation of staff authorized to extend the time for an applicant to respond to a request for additional information (in 40C-1.1008). The District also plans to repeal rule 40C-1.706 as unnecessary.
Published on: 16811184. The purposes and effects of the proposed rule amendments are to amend the rules of the St. Johns River Water Management District (District) to: (1) update the positions that are delegated authority in 40C-1.135(2), after a recent reorganization that renamed or deleted several positions; (2) ensure consistency with the statewide environmental resource permit (ERP) rules adopted in Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., pursuant to Section 373.4131, F.S. (2012); (3) amend the fees for certain ERPs to more closely approximate the fees before Chapter 62-330, F.A.C. became effective on October 1, 2013; and (4) create a new fee category for renewal of certain expired formal determinations of the landward extent of wetlands and other surface waters. More specifically, the amendments will: (1) revise Rule 40C-1.135(2), F.A.C., by updating the positions that are delegated authority to review and take final agency action on certain applications to use sovereign submerged lands; (2) revise Rule 40C-1.1008, F.A.C., by changing the timeframe for any permit applicant to respond to a request for additional information (RAI) from 120 days down to 90 days to ensure consistency with the statewide ERP timeframe, expand the rule to also cover petitions for variances, waivers, and formal determinations, and create a new procedure for administrative denials; (3) revise Rule 40C-1.603, F.A.C. by creating new fees subcategories in paragraphs 40C-1.603(3)(a)1.a.-b., 40C-1.603(3)(e)2., and 40C-1.603(3)(a)7., and decreasing the fees in sub-sub paragraphs 40C-1.6003(3)(a)1.b., 40C-1.603(3)(a)5.-7. and paragraphs 40C-1.603(3)(d)-(e) so that the fees for those ERPs and ERP modifications would more closely approximate the lower fees that had been charged before Chapter 62-330, F.A.C. became effective on October 1, 2013, clarifying the fees in subparagraphs 40C-1.603(3)(d)1.-3. and 40C-1.603(3)(e)3., creating a new fee category in paragraph 40C-1.603(7)(f) for renewal of certain expired formal determinations, clarifying in subsection 40C-1.603(11) that the permit fee for letter modifications of ERPs issued before October 1, 2013 shall continue to be the fee that applied before Chapter 62-330, F.A.C. became effective on October 1, 2013; and (4) revise Rule 40C-1.612, F.A.C. by clarifying that paragraph 40C-1.612(2)(a) applies to transfers that do not involve a conversion of a construction permit for a 40C-44 system or activity to its operation phase, and changing the timeframes in paragraphs 40C-1.612(5)(a)-(b) for a permittee (who requests a permit transfer) to respond to a request for additional information about the transfer request from 120 days down to 90 days to be consistent with the proposed change to Rule 40C-1.1008, F.A.C.
Published on: 16764236. The purpose and effect of the proposed rule amendment is to update the positions that are delegated authority in 40C-1.135(2), after a recent reorganization that renamed or deleted several positions. The rest of this rulemaking will be merged into the statewide environmental resource permit (ERP) cleanup rulemaking, for which a Notice of Rule Development was published in the FAR on February 12, 2015 (Vol.41/ No.71).
Published on: 14034753. The St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) is developing rules as part of a statewide effort headed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) with the five water management districts (WMDs) to increase consistency in the consumptive use permit (CUP) rules of the WMDs. This rule development will make appropriate rule amendments to SJRWMD’s Chapters 40C-1, 40C-2, 40C-20, and 40C-22, F.A.C., and the Applicant’s Handbook: Consumptive Uses of Water, to address the following goals of DEP and the WMDs for this rulemaking: (1) making the CUP rules less confusing for applicants; (2) treating applicants equitably statewide; (3) providing consistent protection of the environment; (4) streamlining the application and permitting process; and (5) incentivizing behavior that protects water resources, including water conservation. The District published a Notice of Rule Development to begin rulemaking on July 20, 2012.
Note: Members of the District’s Governing Board may attend the scheduled Rule Development Workshops.
A copy of the draft rules will be available at http://floridaswater.com/ruledevelopment/ by Thursday, January 16, 2014.
; January 23, 2014, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon; St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board Room, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177
Published on: 13080855. This is a continuation of the April 9, 2013 public hearing to adopt amendments in chapters 40C-1, 40C-4, 40C-41, 40C-42, and 40C-44, F.A.C., and amend the sections of the St. Johns River Water Management District Applicant’s Handbook (Volume II) that will be incorporated by reference as a result of the proposed amendments.; June 11, 2013, following the Regulatory Committee Meeting that begins as 11:00 a.m.; Governing Board Room, St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177