This website https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories will be used to allow public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel created to conduct a review of 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 (a website) will be available for public viewing from November 4, 2016 through June 30, 2017, and will be available for public comment from 9:00 a.m. on November 4, 2016, through 5:00 p.m. on December 12, 2016, on the proposed Minimum Flows for the Crystal River/Kings Bay System.

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

For persons without access to the Internet, access to the WebBoard 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 used to allow public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel created to conduct a review of the proposed Minimum Flows for the Crystal River/Kings Bay Springs System, pursuant to Section 373.042, Florida Statutes. Beginning on November 4, 2016, and continuing through at least June 30, 2017, interested parties may view electronically stored communications and other public records associated with the communications among the peer review panelists for the proposed Minimum Flow for the Crystal River/Kings Bay System that are posted to the WebBoard. The WebBoard will be active and peer review panelists will post information and pose questions to one another and the public can provide comment directly on any aspect of the proposed Minimum Flows for the Crystal River/Kings Bay System, particularly on relevant scientific or technical data and findings, at any time between 9:00 a.m. on November 4, 2016, through 5:00 p.m. on December 12, 2016. Communications and documents posted are preserved and can be accessed at any time after they occur or are posted. The peer review panelists will use the WebBoard for revisions and additions to the proposed Minimum Flows for the Crystal River/Kings Bay Springs System from November 4, 2016, through delivery of the Panel’s Final Report to the District at 5:00p.m. on December 12, 2016. In addition to the open forum WebBoard, the peer reviewers will participate in teleconferences on the proposed Minimum Flows for the Crystal River/Kings Bay System, to be held as follows:

DATE AND TIME: November 21, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

DATE AND TIME: December 5, 2016, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 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 these teleconferences.

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.

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], ext. 4703; 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). 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], for assistance in obtaining WebBoard access to this review. A2016064-2.