Published on: 10510549. The purpose and effect of this rulemaking is to revise certain District Environmental Resource Permitting application and compliance forms and rule text referencing the forms, to clarify that forms and documents submitted in support of permit applications and for permit compliance requirements may be submitted by a licensed or registered professional such as a professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor or mapper or geologist, when appropriate and in accordance with law. A definition of “licensed or registered professional” is also adopted. The revisions will make the District’s forms consistent with similar Environmental Resource Permit forms adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Amendments to Chapter 40D-1, F.A.C., are also part of this rulemaking package. This rulemaking is one of the initiatives identified by the District as part of its rule review pursuant to Executive Order No. 11-72, to identify rules for amendment or repeal that are unnecessarily burdensome, no longer necessary or duplicative of statutory language.
Published on: 10477375. The purpose and effect of this rulemaking is to revise certain District Environmental Resource Permitting application and compliance forms and rule text referencing such forms, to clarify that such forms and documents submitted in support of permit applications and for permit compliance requirements may be submitted by a licensed or registered professional such as a professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor or mapper and geologist, when appropriate and in accordance with law. A definition of “licensed or registered professional” is also adopted. The revisions will make the District’s forms consistent with similar Environmental Resource Permit forms adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection. Forms being revised are the Joint Application for Environmental Resource Permit/Authorization to Use State Owned Submerged Lands/Federal Dredge and Fill Permit, Statement of Completion and Request for Transfer to Operation Entity, Statement of Inspection for Proper Operation and Maintenance, Environmental Resource Permit Modification Short Form and the General Environmental Resource Permit Application for Modification Related to Outparcel Construction Within Permitted Commercial/Industrial Projects. The General Environmental Resource Permit Application for Modification Related to Outparcel Construction Within Permitted Commercial/Industrial Projects is also being revised to be applicable to outparcels within other permitted projects in addition to commercial and industrial projects and to clarify the fee for such modification applications. This rulemaking is undertaken to remove unnecessary restrictions on professions and to reduce costs to individuals, businesses and governments for environmental resource permits and permit compliance requirements.
Published on: 8732539. The purpose of the proposed revisions is to create a new environmental resource permitting (ERP) exemption for activities that involve less than 4,000 square feet of impervious or semi-impervious surface subject to vehicular traffic in uplands and activities that involve less than 9,000 square feet of total impervious or semi-impervious surface in uplands. Concurrent with these rule revisions, the District is proposing revisions to Rule 40D-400.475, F.A.C. that delete the 4,000 and 9,000 square foot threshold requirements from the permit criteria of this NGP. The revisions also incorporate a new definition for “semi-impervious” to clarify the types of surfaces that will contribute to the new exemption threshold area. The effect of the proposed revisions, if adopted, will allow the regulated public to conduct minor activities that the District has determined have minimal individual or cumulative impacts to the water resources without applying to the District for confirmation that a proposed activity qualifies for either an exemption or NGP and paying the applicable fee.
Published on: 8520206. The purpose of the proposed revisions will create a new environmental resource permitting (ERP) exemption for activities that involve less than 4,000 square feet of impervious or semi-impervious surface subject to vehicular traffic in uplands and activities that involve less than 9,000 square feet of total impervious or semi-impervious surface in uplands. The revisions also incorporate a new definition for “semi-impervious” to clarify the types of surfaces that will contribute to the new exemption threshold area. Concurrent with these rule revisions, the District is proposing revisions to Rule 40D-400.475, F.A.C. that delete the 4,000 and 9,000 square foot threshold requirements from the permit criteria of this NGP. The effect of the proposed revisions, if adopted, will allow the regulated public to conduct minor activities that the District has determined have minimal individual or cumulative impacts to the water resources without applying to the District for confirmation that a proposed activity qualifies for either an exemption or NGP and paying the applicable fee.
Published on: 7502967. The purpose and effect of this rulemaking is to make District rules for individual environmental resource permit application processing consistent with recent statutory amendments relating to the processing of permit applications.