Published on: 11746717. 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: 11143668. The purpose of this rulemaking is to amend the District’s Water Shortage Plan. The effect will be to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and achieve other streamlining benefits for the regulated public. Each water management district is required, by state law, to have and implement a Water Shortage Plan which guides its responses to drought and other water shortage events. The District’s Water Shortage Plan (Chapter 40D-21, F.A.C.) was first developed in 1984.
Published on: 8494404. The rulemaking is to update the District’s water shortage plan codified in Chapter 40D-21, F.A.C., based on the experience gained since declaration of the current water shortage by the District in January 2007.
Published on: 7893780. The rulemaking is to update the District’s water shortage plan codified in Chapter 40D-21, F.A.C., based on the experience gained since declaration of the current water shortage by the District in January 2007.