This website https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories will be an open forum, allowing public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel assembled to review the proposed ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Southwest Florida Water Management District

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

40D-8.041Minimum Flows

The Southwest Florida Water Management District announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: The WebBoard (internet-based) will be available for public comment from 9:00 a.m. October 21, 2016, through 5:00 p.m. November 30, 2016, and available for public viewing from October 21, 2016 through June 30, 2017, on the proposed Minimum Flows for the Pithlachascotee River.

PLACE: https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories

For persons without Internet access, WebBoard access during the public comment period is available at the headquarters office of the Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Monday through Friday.

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: This website https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories will be an open forum, allowing public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel assembled to review the proposed Minimum Flows for the Pithlachascotee River, pursuant to Section 373.042, Florida Statutes. Beginning at 9:00 a.m. on October 21, 2016, and continuing through delivery of the Panel’s Final Report to the District at 5:00 p.m. on November 30, 2016, the WebBoard will be open/active. Peer review panelists will post information, pose questions to one another and use the WebBoard for revisions and additions to the proposed Minimum Flows for the Pithlachascotee River. During that time, the public can also provide comment directly on any aspect of the proposed Minimum Flows for the Pithlachascotee River, particularly on relevant scientific or technical data and findings. Interested parties may access electronically stored communications, documents, and other public records associated with the peer review at any time after they are posted between October 21, 2016, and June 30, 2017. In addition to the open forum WebBoard, the peer reviewers will participate in teleconferences on the proposed Minimum Flows for the Pithlachascotee River System, to be held as follows:

DATES AND TIMES: October 31, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.; November 8, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.; November 28, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PLACE: Teleconference: call-in number: 1(888)670-3525, participant code: 1372920332#

NOTE: One or more members of the District’s Governing Board may attend this public meeting/participate in the WebBoard forum.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Southwest Florida Water Management District, Attention: Doug Leeper, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida 34604, [phone] or [e-mail], and will be accessible at https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories. This contact can also be used to obtain WebBoard records.

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: SWFWMD Human Resources Director, [phone], or 1(800)423-1476 (FL only), ext. 4703, or email to [e-mail]. 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).

For more information, you may contact: in writing addressed to the Southwest Florida Water Management District, Attention: Doug Leeper, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida 34604 or by calling Doug Leeper at [phone].