40E-61.030. Definitions

When used in this chapter:

(1) “Basin Management Action Plan” or “BMAP” means FDEP’s comprehensive set of strategies developed for restoring impaired waters by reducing pollutant loadings to meet the allowable loadings established in a Total Maximum Daily Load.

(2) “Best Management Practice” or “BMP” means a practice or combination of practices determined by the Coordinating Agencies, based on research, field- testing, and expert review, to be the most effective and practicable on- location means, including economic and technological considerations, for improving water quality in agricultural and urban discharges. Best management practices for agricultural discharges shall reflect a balance between water quality improvements and agricultural productivity.

(3) “Caloosahatchee River watershed” means the Caloosahatchee River, its tributaries, its estuary, and the area within which surface water flow is directed or drains, naturally or by constructed works, to the river, its tributaries, or its estuary.

(4) “Coordinating Agencies” means the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the South Florida Water Management District.

(5) “Lake Okeechobee watershed” means Lake Okeechobee, its tributaries, and the area within which surface water flow is directed or drains, naturally or by constructed works, to the lake or its tributaries.

(6) “Nonpoint source discharger” means either a) the person responsible for the nonpoint source discharge, or b) the owner of the property from which the nonpoint source discharge originates.

(7) “Northern Everglades watersheds” means the combined areas of the Lake Okeechobee watershed, Caloosahatchee River watershed, and St. Lucie River watershed.

(8) “Parcel” means total contiguous land area such as a tract or plot under single ownership, typically consistent with county tax identification numbers.

(9) “Pollutant” means, for the purposes of this chapter, a constituent monitored by the District in surface water runoff, contributing to an impaired water body identified in a BMAP.

(10) “St. Lucie River watershed” means the St. Lucie River, its tributaries, its estuary, and the area within

which surface water flow is directed or drains, naturally or by constructed works to the river, its tributaries, or its estuary.

(11) “Total Maximum Daily Load” or “TMDL” means the water quality targets designed to address verified impairments for specific pollutants.

(12) “Water Quality Monitoring Plan” or “WQMP” means an approved plan to implement monitoring to verify that discharges from a nonpoint source discharger complies with the water quality criteria for the parameters addressed by the BMAP.

Rulemaking Authority 373.044, 373.113, 373.4595 FS. Law Implemented 373.4595, 403.067 FS. History–New 4-11-21.