variance from DiVosta Homes, LP, pursuant to Section 120.542, Florida Statutes. This Petition seeks a comprehensive variance from Rule 40C-41.063 (1)(c)1, F.A.C., and Section 11.1.3 of the Applicant’s Handbook: Management and Storage of Surface ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
St. Johns River Water Management District

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 9, 2006, the St. Johns River Water Management District, received a petition for variance from DiVosta Homes, LP, pursuant to Section 120.542, Florida Statutes. This Petition seeks a comprehensive variance from subparagraph 40C-41.063(1)(c)1., F.A.C., and Section 11.1.3 of the Applicant’s Handbook: Management and Storage of Surface Waters (February 1, 2005) (A.H.), for a conceptual Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) Application 4-009-96251-6, to cover all remaining phases of DiVosta’s Waterstone’s multi-phase planned unit development. The permit applicant is proposing the expansion and completion of the surface water management system for this multi-phase development in the City of Palm Bay, Brevard County, as well as expanding the existing surface water management system, including wet detention ponds that discharge into the Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District canal system. Subparagraph 40C-41.063(1)(c)1., F.A.C., and Section 11.1.3., A.H., prohibits the construction, operation, and maintenance of a surface water management system in the Upper St. Johns River Hydrologic Basin that results in an increase in the amount of water being diverted from the Basin to coastal receiving waters. These rules are intended to protect the water resources of the state by limiting discharges of fresh water to estuarine waters and curtailing interbasin diversion. Comments on this petition should be filed with Robert Nawrocki, District Clerk, St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177-2529, within 14 days of publication of this notice. The petition has been assigned F.O.R. Number 2006-105.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Timothy A. Smith, Senior Assistant General Counsel, at the Office of General Counsel, St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177, or by telephone at [phone].