Published on: 12568598. The purpose and effect of the proposed rule amendment will be to allow the submission of electronic applications and supporting material for environmental resource permitting in northwest Florida.
Published on: 11999402. The purpose and effect of the proposed rule amendment will be to allow the submission of electronic applications and supporting material for permits, water quality certification, Coastal Zone Consistency Concurrence, to Request Verification of Qualification for an Exemption, and Permits and Petitions for Formal Determinations to Department and NWFWMD Offices.
Published on: 8912959. Policy and Purpose., Definitions., Permits Required., Exemptions from Permitting., Procedures to Prepare Applications and Notices for Permits and to Request Verification of Qualification for an Exemption., Fees., Submittal of Applications and Notices for Permits and Petitions for Formal Determinations to Department and NWFWMD Offices., Processing of Notices and Applications., Documents Incorporated by Reference., Operation and Maintenance., Modification of Permits., Duration of Permits., Transfer of Ownership or Permit., Suspension and Revocation., Conditions for Issuance of Individual (Including Conceptual Approval) and Standard Stormwater Permits., Additional Conditions for Issuance of an Individual (Including Conceptual Approval) Permit., General and Special Limiting Conditions., Emergency Authorizations and Actions., Environmental Resource Permit Forms.
Published on: 7150178. Chapter 62-346, F.A.C., has been amended to implement Phase 2 of the Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) rules within the Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD, also referred to as the “Panhandle”). These amendments add environmental criteria, including regulation of dredging and filling in, on, or over connected and isolated wetlands and other surface waters to the Phase 1 rules governing stormwater management systems, which became effective on October 1, 2007. As required by Section 373.4145, F.S., the permitting thresholds and requirements are designed to: (1) improve the management and storage of surface waters with minimal impact on property interests in consideration of the rural nature, current development trends, and abundant natural resources within the Panhandle; (2) enable the Department to pursue streamlining of this rule with the federal wetland permitting program; and (3) implement other streamlining measures to the maximum extent possible, such as electronic permitting, field permitting, and informal wetland determinations. The rule also incorporates the provisions specified in Section 373.4145(3), F.S., and “grandfathering” provisions for activities that will continue to be governed under Chapters 62-25 and 62-312, F.A.C. When the Phase 2 rules go into effect, a separate wetland resource permit under Chapter 62-312, F.A.C., which regulates dredging and filling in surface waters of the state, will no longer be required, except for those activities as provided in Section 373.4145(5), F.S.
This rule includes amendments to Applicant’s Handbook Volumes I and II. Volume I contains procedures and general criteria used in Chapter 62-346, F.A.C., and has been amended to include new environmental criteria. Volume II, which addresses the design and performance standards for stormwater management systems, has been amended to address issues that were identified during implementation of the Phase 1 rules. This rulemaking also includes amendments to the “Operating Agreement Concerning Regulation Under Part IV, Chapter 373, F.S., Between Northwest Florida Water Management District and Department of Environmental Protection.”
Published on: 5196404. To receive public comments on revised draft rule amendments to Chapter 62-346, F.A.C., including Applicant’s Handbook Volumes I and II, F.A.C. Amending these rules is required to adopt Phase 2 of Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP) in the Northwest Florida Water Management District area, specifically to improve the management and storage of surface waters, including regulation of dredging and filling in connected and isolated wetlands and other surface waters. These rules have been revised based on comments received during the December 2007 workshops and will be available on the Department’s Internet site at http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/erp/rules/draft_nw.htm. (The file tracking number is OGC 07-1321.); Feb. 26, 2008, (Tues.) 12:00 noon, CT; Place: Gulf Coast Community College, Sarzin Lecture Hall, Language & Literature Bldg., 5230 W. Hwy. 98, Panama City, FL
Date and Time: Feb. 27, 2008, (Wed.) 9:00 a.m. ET
Place: Pensacola Junior College, Hagler Auditorium Lecture Hall, Bldg 2, Rm. 252, 1000 College Blvd., Pensacola, FL
Date and Time: Feb. 29, 2008, (Thurs.) 9:00 a.m. ET
Place: Department of Environmental Protection, Rm. 609, Bob Martinez Center, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL
Published on: 4676678. Section 373.4145, F.S., requires the Department, in coordination with the Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD), to develop rules in a two-phase approach to implement the environmental resource permit (ERP) program under Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S., within the geographic limits of the Northwest Florida Water Management District (the “Panhandle”). In accordance with Section 373.4145(1)(a), F.S., the first phase of that rulemaking (known as the “Phase 1 rules”), which became effective on October 1, 2007, is limited to regulating the construction, operation, alteration, maintenance, abandonment, and removal of stormwater management systems within the Panhandle. The purpose of this Notice is to announce that the Department, in coordination with the NWFWMD, is now ready to initiate rule development on Phase 2 of the ERP rules in the Panhandle in accordance with Section 373.4145(1)(b), F.S.
The Phase 2 rulemaking will involve amendments to Chapter 62-346, F.A.C., to add environmental criteria to the Phase 1 rules, including regulation of dredging and filling in, on, or over connected and isolated wetlands and other surface waters. In accordance with Section 373.4145(1)(b), F.S., these rules must improve the management and storage of surface waters with minimal impact on property interests, and in consideration of the rural nature, current development trends, and abundant natural resources within the NWFWMD relative to the permitting thresholds and requirements. Such rules also:
(1) Must pursue streamlining of the federal and state wetland permitting programs pursuant to Sections 373.4143, F.S., and 373.4144, F.S.;
(2) Implement other streamlining measures to the maximum extent possible, such as electronic permitting, field permitting, and informal wetland determinations;
(3) Incorporate exemptions specified in Section 373.4145(3), F.S.; and
(4) Incorporate provisions for activities that will continue to be governed under Chapters 62-25 and 62-312, F.A.C., in accordance with Section 373.4145(6), F.S.
This rulemaking will include amendments to Applicant’s Handbook Volumes I and II, which are incorporated by reference in Chapter 62-346, F.A.C. Applicant’s Handbook Volume I contains a discussion of the procedures and general criteria used in Chapter 62-346, F.A.C.; it will be amended to add new environmental criteria. Applicant’s Handbook Volume II addresses the design and performance standards for stormwater management systems; it is expected to be amended to address issues that are identified during implementation of the Phase 1 rules. This rulemaking also may include amendments to the “Operating Agreement Concerning Regulation Under Part IV, Chapter 373, F.S., Between Northwest Florida Water Management District and Department of Environmental Protection” and concurrent amendments to Chapter 62-341, F.A.C., to add or amend certain noticed general permits.
In accordance with Section 373.4145(1)(b), F.S., the Phase 2 rules cannot go into effect any earlier than January 1, 2008. When the Phase 2 rules go into effect, the wetland resource permitting program under Chapter 62-312, F.A.C., that regulates dredging and filling in surface waters of the state will no longer be in effect, except for certain activities in accordance with Section 373.4145(6), F.S.