WATER LEVELS AND RATES OF FLOW, Guidance and Minimum Levels for Lakes

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
Southwest Florida Water Management District

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
40D-8: WATER LEVELS AND RATES OF FLOW
40D-8.624: Guidance and Minimum Levels for Lakes

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed Rule 40D-8.624(13), F.A.C., published in Vol. 32, No. 19, May 12, 2006, issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly, page 2188.

Proposed amendments to 40D-8.624(13) are now as follows:

(13) Levels for lakes established during or after August 7, 2000, are set forth in the following table. After the High Minimum Lake Level and Minimum Lake Level elevation for each lake is a designation indicating the Method used, as described in subsection 40D-8.624(8)(7), F.A.C., to establish the level. Compliance with the High Minimum and Minimum Lake Levels is determined pursuant to paragraphs (6)(b) and (7)(b) above. Guidance Levels established prior to August 7, 2000, are set forth in Table 8-3 in subsection 40D-8.624(14), F.A.C., below.

Corrections are proposed to Table 8-2, subsections (i) and (z) in 40D-8.624(13) to correct the township for Jackson Lake from T-24S to T-34S, and the range for Clinch Lake from R-8E to R-28E, so that those subsections are now proposed as follows:

 

Table 8-2 Minimum and Guidance Levels Established During or After August 7, 2000. Levels are elevations, in feet above the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
Location by County and Basin	Name of Lake and Section, Township and Range Information	Ten-Year Flood Guidance Level	High Guidance Level	High Minimum Lake Level	Minimum Lake Level	Low Guidance Level
(i) In Highlands County Within the Peace River Basin RESERVED	Jackson Lake  S-30 T-34S R-29E	104.1	102.6	102.4 (Cat 3)	101.3 (Cat 3)	100.2
	Letta Lake  S-31 T-33S R-29E	100.5	99.5	99.5 (Cat 3)	98.4 (Cat 3)	97.1
	Little Jackson Lake S-06 T-35S R-29E	104.1	102.6	102.4 (Cat 3)	101.3 (Cat 3)	100.2
	Lotela Lake  S-26 T-33S R-28E	108.5	107.5	106.8 (Cat 3)	105.7 (Cat 3)	105.0
(z) In Polk County Within the Peace River Basin RESERVED	Clinch Lake  S-31 T-31S R- 28E	107.4	105.5	105.5 (Cat 3)	104.4 (Cat 3)	103.1
	Eagle Lake  S-01 T-29S R-25E	131.3	129.6	129.0 (Cat 3)	127.9 (Cat 3)	127.2
	McLeod Lake  S-07 T-29S R-26E	133.3	129.4	129.4 (Cat 3)	128.3 (Cat 3)	127.0
	Wales Lake  S-01 T-30S R-27E	114.1	ND	107.7 (Cat 3)	106.6 (Cat 3)	ND