To amend the processing fees in Rule 62-4.050, F.A.C., for environmental resource permit (ERP) activities regulated under Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S. These amendments are associated with adoption of the “Statewide Environmental Resource Permit” (...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
62-4.050Procedures to Obtain Permits and Other Authorizations; Applications
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To amend the processing fees in Rule 62-4.050, F.A.C., for environmental resource permit (ERP) activities regulated under Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S. These amendments are associated with adoption of the “Statewide Environmental Resource Permit” (ERP) rule, Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., authorized by Section 373.4131, F.S. The processing fees apply statewide when the Department is responsible for the review and agency action on an ERP activity; separate rulemaking to amend processing fees will be, or has been, noticed by the water management districts when they are responsible for the review and agency action on an ERP activity in accordance with the Operating Agreements incorporated by reference between the agencies in Chapters 62-113 and 62-346, F.A.C.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Amended processing fees for applications, notices, and petitions for environmental resource permits, mitigation bank permits, formal determinations of the landward extent of wetlands and other surface waters, requests for verification of exemptions and general permits, modifications, and variances.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 373.026, 373.043, 373.109, 373.4131, 373.414, 373.418, 373.421, 403.061, 403.087, 403.704(30), 403.805 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.109, 373.309, 373.409, 373.413, 373.4135, 373.414(9), (11), (12)(a), (13), (14), (15), (16), 373.4145, 373.418, 373.421, 403.061, 403.087, 403.0877, 403.088, 403.0885, 403.722, 403.861(7) FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: January 30, 2013, 10:00 a.m. (EST)
PLACE: This workshop will be broadcast via webinar. Parties can register to attend the webinar via their personal computers with audio by telephone (regular long distance telephone charges will apply) or by speakers connected to their computer (no telephone charges will apply). Webinar registration is via https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/252553730. Alternatively, persons may view the webinar at the following location where staff will be present to accept comments: Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martinez Bldg., Rm. 609, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399. This workshop is in conjunction with the workshop for the Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., Applicant’s Handbook, Volume II, for Northwest Florida Water Management District published in Notice of Workshop this same date.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Mary VanTassel at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Alice Heathcock, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Submerged Lands and Environmental Resources Program, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 2500, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400, [phone]; [e-mail]. Further information and updates on this rule also may be obtained from the Department’s Web Site at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/rules_dr.htm#erp and http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/swerp/index.htm. (OGC No. 12-1507)
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.