Published on: 23070012. The purpose is to amend Rule 40D-2.302 F.A.C., to establish a reservation for Lake Hancock and Lower Saddle Creek, located in Polk County.
Published on: 23006089. The purpose is to amend Rule 40D-2.302 F.A.C., to establish a reservation for Lake Hancock and Lower Saddle Creek, located in Polk County.
Published on: 22733810. Proposed reservation for Lake Hancock and Lower Saddle Creek, located within Polk County, pursuant to Section 373.223(4), F.S. Note: one or more Governing Board members may attend.; Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Polk’s Discovery Center at Circle B Bar Reserve, 4399 Winter Lake Road, Lakeland, FL 33803.
Published on: 22558240. Beginning on November 15, 2019, and continuing through December 31, 2020, interested parties may view communications and documents posted electronically on the WebBoard. The WebBoard will be active and peer review panelists may post information and pose questions, revisions, additions, or deletions to one another, and the public can provide comment directly on any aspect of the proposed reservation for Lake Hancock and Saddle Creek from 8:00 a.m. on November 15, 2019, through 5:00 p.m. on December 20, 2019.
In addition to the WebBoard, the peer reviewers will participate in an in-person public kickoff meeting.
DATE AND TIME: November 15, 2019, 9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
PLACE: Polk’s Nature Discovery Center, Circle B Bar Reserve, 4399 Winter Lake Road, Lakeland, FL 33863 (9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.)
PLACE: Lake Hancock, Circle B Bar Reserve, 4399 Winter Lake Road, Lakeland, FL 33863 (11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
PLACE: Lunch and drive to P-11 Structure, 2240 U.S. Highway 98 South, Bartow, FL 33830 (12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.) (lunch on your own)
PLACE: P-11 Structure, 2240 U.S. Highway 98 South, Bartow, FL 33830 (1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)
PLACE: Polk County Peace River Canoe Launch at the Peace River, State Road 60 at the Peace River, Bartow, FL 33830 (drive from P-11 Structure to Peace River Canoe Launch, 2:00 p.m. -2:15 p.m., visit from 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.)
Additionally, the peer reviewers will participate in a series of teleconferences on the proposed reservation for Lake Hancock and Saddle Creek, to be held as follows:
DATE AND TIME: November 21, 2019, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Teleconference. Call-in number: 1-786-749-6127; Participant passcode: 504785307#. Skype link: https://meet.lync.com/swfwmd-state/doug.leeper/YC1SPHR1.
DATE AND TIME: December 17, 2019, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Teleconference. Call-in number: 1-786-749-6127; Participant passcode: 158293929#. Skype link: https://meet.lync.com/swfwmd-state/doug.leeper/G25MKRL1.
NOTE: One or more members of the District’s Governing Board may attend these meetings.
; A website (the “WebBoard”) will be used to allow public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel created to conduct a review of the proposed reservation for Lake Hancock and Saddle Creek in Polk County. The WebBoard will be available for public viewing from 8:00 a.m. November 15, 2019 through December 31, 2020, and will be available for public comment from 8:00 a.m. on November 15, 2019, through 5:00 p.m. on December 20, 2019.; https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories
For persons without access to the Internet, access to the WebBoard during the public comment period is available at the headquarters office of the Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Monday through Friday.
Published on: 11746426. The Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) gives notice that it is developing rules as part of a statewide effort headed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and joined by all five water management districts (WMDs), to increase consistency in the consumptive use permitting (CUP), minimum flows and levels (MFLs), and water supply related programs of the WMDs. This rule development is proposed to be coordinated with similar rule development by the other WMDs throughout Florida. This rule development will make appropriate rule amendments to SWFWMD’s Chapters 40D-1, 40D-2, 40D-8, 40D-20, 40D-21, and 40D-22, F.A.C., and the Southwest Florida Water Management District Water Use Permit Information Manual to address the following goals of the 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. Additional information about the statewide CUP consistency initiative is available at DEP’s website at: www.dep.state.fl.us/water/waterpolicy/cupcon.htm.
Published on: 10402782. To amend Rule 40D-2.302, F.A.C., to reserve from use water from Pretty Lake in Hillsborough, County, Florida pursuant to Section 373.0421, Florida Statutes.
Published on: 4661061. The amendment will establish a reservation of water from the Morris Bridge Sink in Hillsborough County, Florida to be used to as necessary to contribute to achieving or maintaining the minimum flows for the Lower Hillsborough River.