Updates to the State Wildlife Grants Program Guidelines, to revise Appendix I: Implementation Goals.

 

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

68-1.003Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Grants Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Updates to the State Wildlife Grants Program Guidelines, to revise Appendix I: Implementation Goals.

SUMMARY: The proposed amendment will incorporate newly updated Program Guidelines, dated December 2023, into the rule. Revisions appear in this document to update minor obsolete language pertaining to referenced dates on forms, and to update Appendix I: Implementation Goals. Implementation Goals are evaluated and revised approximately every five years. Other documents will remain the same.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: the nature of the rule and the preliminary analysis conducted to determine whether a SERC was required.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 379.106, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 379.106, F.S.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

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: the ADA Coordinator, at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1[phone] (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Claire Sunquist Blunden, Division of Habitat and Species Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 1875 Orange Ave. East, Tallahassee, FL 32311, [phone]

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

68-1.003 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Grants Program.

(1) through (10). No change.

(11) Florida’s State Wildlife Grants Program grants shall meet all additional program requirements set forth in Florida’s State Wildlife Grants Program Guidelines (dated December 2023 February 2023), which are hereby incorporated by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16308. The following forms are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference: FWC/SWG-1, entitled “Florida State Wildlife Grants Program Budget Form for Commission Principal Investigators,” (dated February 2023), available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-15221; FWC/SWG-2, entitled “Florida State Wildlife Grants Program Budget Form for Non-Commission Principal Investigators,” (dated February 2023), available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-15222; FWC/SWG-3, entitled “Florida State Wildlife Grants Program Application Form,” (dated February 2023), available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-15223; FWC/SWG-4, entitled “Florida State Wildlife Grants Initial Review Form,” (dated October 2020), available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12369; FWC/SWG-5, entitled “Florida State Wildlife Grants Technical Review Form,” (dated October 2020), available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12372; and FWC/SWG-6, entitled “Florida State Wildlife Grants Final Review Form,” (dated October 2020), available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12368. The guidelines and forms are also available from the Commission at 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600.

(12) through (14). No change.

Rulemaking Authority 206.606, 327.04, 327.47, 376.15(d), 379.106 FS. Law Implemented 206.606, 327.47, 328.72, 376.15(d), (e), 379.106 FS. History–New 4-4-04, Amended 3-15-05, Formerly 68A-2.015, Amended 5-22-07, 7-6-08, 1-18-09, 3-21-10, 6-30-10, 5-20-12, 2-9-15, 9-11-16, 9-13-16, 4-23-17, 5-24-18, 2-21-19, 4-18-19, 7-17-19, 9-11-19, 11-28-19, 4-15-20, 4-19-20, 1-6-21, 12-7-21, 1-25-23, 4-13-23,______.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Claire Sunquist Blunden, Division of Habitat and Species Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 1875 Orange Ave. East, Tallahassee, FL 32311, [phone]

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: December 5, 2023

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: October 20, 2023