The South Florida, St. Johns River, and Southwest Florida water management districts are conducting independent scientific peer review of their work to expand the East Central Florida Transient Groundwater Model in support of the 2020 Regional Water ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Southwest Florida Water Management District

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

40D-8.041Minimum Flows

40D-8.624Guidance and Minimum Levels for Lakes

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

DATE AND TIME: November 29, 2016, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

DATE AND TIME: December 6, 2016, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

DATE AND TIME: December 13, 2016, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PLACE: Teleconference: call-in number: 1(888)670-3525, participant code: 7169306632 #

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The South Florida, St. Johns River, and Southwest Florida water management districts are conducting independent scientific peer review of their work to expand the East Central Florida Transient Groundwater Model in support of the 2020 Regional Water Supply Plan for the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) area, including the southern portion of Lake and all of Orange, Osceola, Polk and Seminole counties. PURSUANT TO SECTION 373.042(5), FLORIDA STATUTES, THE MODEL MAY BE ADOPTED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MAY BE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE MFLS, AND THEREFORE MAY APPLY TO MORE THAN ONE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. Information to be reviewed, supporting documents, and review comments and documents produced by the peer review panel, as well as comments from stakeholders, will be accessible at http://cfwiwater.com/ by clicking on Steering committee and technical teams and then Hydrologic analysis under Working groups. The focus of these teleconferences/workshops is to discuss review of the Conceptual Model Document and plan for upcoming meetings. These teleconferences/workshops are the fifth, sixth, and seventh such events for the ECFTX model whereby peer reviewers are working together with the goal of collectively developing a single peer-review report. The District invites stakeholders to participate on November 29, December 6, and December 13, 2016, to discuss peer review panel and stakeholder comments received during the workshops. The minutes from each will be available for review, at the website above, within one week following the date of the teleconference.

NOTE: One or more members of the District’s Governing Board may attend this meeting.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Mark Barcelo, SWFWMD, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-6899, [phone] or [e-mail], or by clicking on “Meetings and Events” on the CFWI website at http://cfwiwater.com/.

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], 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: Mark Barcelo, SWFWMD, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-6899, [phone], [e-mail].