Vol. 40, No. 34 (02/19/2014)

1. Notices of Development of Proposed Rules and Negotiated Rulemaking

• Department of State
  • Division of Library and Information Services
    • The purpose of this amendment is to modify Library Cooperative Grant, the Library Services and Technology Act ("LSTA") Grant, and Library Construction Grant program rules.

2. Proposed Rules

• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Departmental
    • The purpose and effect of the proposed rule is to remove the unnecessary listing of several licensing categories which were regulated by the former Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers from the schedule for biennial license renewal provided ...
      • Due of Comment: 3/12/2014
• Department of Economic Opportunity
  • Division of Workforce Services
    • To update Reemployment Tax forms and rules, by renaming forms in accordance with statutory changes; removing obsolete forms; replacing references to unemployment with reemployment; replacing references to the Department with DOR; providing the ...
      • Due of Comment: 3/12/2014

3. Notices of Changes, Corrections and Withdrawals

• Department of Health
  • Division of Environmental Health
    • Qualifications for Examination, Speciality Technologists
  • Board of Acupuncture
    • Public Comment

4. Notices of Meetings, Workshops and Public Hearings

• Department of Children and Families
  • Refugee Services
    • The purpose of the Jacksonville Area Refugee Task Force meeting is to increase awareness of the refugee populations, share best practices, spot trends in refugee populations, build collaborations between agencies, help create good communication ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida 4615 Phillips Highway, Classroom #3 Jacksonville, Florida 32207
• Other Agencies and Organizations
  • Inwood Consulting Engineers, Inc.
    • This hearing gives people an opportunity to express their views about the location, conceptual design, social, economic, and environmental effects to SR 33 from Old Combee Road to north of Tomkow Road in Polk County, Florida, a distance of ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Peggy Brown Building, 215 South Lake Avenue, Lakeland, Florida 33801
• Metropolitan Planning Organizations
  • Collier Metropolitan Planning Organization
    • Local Coordinating Board for the Transportation Disadvantaged meeting. The LCB agenda will be posted on the MPO’s web site approximately two weeks prior to the meeting.; Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 2:00 p.m.; Collier County Government Center, ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Collier County Government Center, Information Technology Training Room, 5th Floor, 3299 East Tamiami Trail, Naples, Fla.
• Agency for Health Care Administration
  • Departmental
    • This is a meeting of the Bone Marrow Transplant Advisory Panel to which all interested parties are invited. The purpose is to conduct, at least biennially, a review of scientific evidence to ensure that its recommendations are based on current ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Agency for Health Care Administration, Building #3, Conference Room C, 2727 Mahan Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32308-5407. To participate by conference phone, dial (888) 670-3525/Participant Code: 8604491273.
• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board
    • 1:00 p.m. - Grandfathering Application Committee 4:00 p.m. - Probable Cause Panel (portions may be closed to the public); Wednesday March 12, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.; Doubletree Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, 2080 North Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
      • Hearing Meeting: Doubletree Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, 2080 North Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
    • Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. - Discipline and General Business and Friday, March 14, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. - General Business; Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. and Friday, March 14, 2014 at 8:30 a.m.; Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, 1550 ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, 1550 North Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach, FL 32931-3268, PH: 1-321-799-0003
• Department of Economic Opportunity
  • Division of Workforce Services
    • Deliberation for cases pending before the Commission that are ready for final review and the Chairman's report. No public testimony will be taken.; February 26, 2014, 9:00 a.m.; Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, 101 Rhyne Building, 2740 ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, 101 Rhyne Building, 2740 Centerview Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4151
• Department of Environmental Protection
  • Departmental
    • This is a public meeting of the TMDL Executive Committee, interested stakeholders and general public to discuss the Lower St. Johns River Mainstem Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP). The BMAP is the means for implementation of the adopted Total ...
      • Hearing Meeting: FDEP-Northeast District Office, 8800 Baymeadows Way West, Suite 100, Jacksonville, Florida 32256
• Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Marine Fisheries
    • GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is holding public workshops on a proposal for recreational reef fish data collection that would better define the population of offshore reef fish anglers for ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Bass Pro Shop, 1004 Gulf Center Drive, Ft. Myers, Florida 33913 DATE AND TIME: March 4, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST PLACE: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 Eighth Ave. SE, Karen A. Steidinger Auditorium, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 DATE AND TIME: March 5, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST PLACE: Perry City Council, City Of Perry, 224 S. Jefferson Street, Perry, Florida 32347 DATE AND TIME: March 6, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CST PLACE: Destin Community Center, 101 Stahlman Ave., Destin, Florida 32541 DATE AND TIME: March 11, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT (5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CDT for people located in the Central time zone) PLACE: The public may access this workshop via voice-only phone line. Please RSVP to the Division of Marine Fisheries Management at 850-487-0554 to obtain instructions to join the meeting via the voice-only line. DATE AND TIME: March 12, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CDT PLACE: Escambia County Extension Office, Auditorium, 3740 Stefani Road, Cantonment, Florida 32533-7792
• Department of Elder Affairs
  • Division of Volunteer and Community Services
    • The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the benefits of senior zones. Senior zones raise a driver’s awareness that they are entering an area where they need to exercise additional caution. The zone slows traffic and increases safety for all ...
      • Hearing Meeting: The Pines of Sarasota, Cullers Hall, 1501 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota, FL 34236.
• Department of Children and Families
  • Agency for Persons with Disabilities
    • Recommendations from the January 28, 2014 Housing Workshop will be discussed.; February 26, 2014, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST; Agency for Persons with Disabilities 4030 Esplanade Way, Conference Room 360L Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Please call in ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Agency for Persons with Disabilities 4030 Esplanade Way, Conference Room 360L Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Please call in for audio and follow the instructions below to view the presentation during the call. CALL-IN INFORMATION: 1-888-670-3525, Passcode: 8176055620 This meeting will involve Microsoft Lync for sharing presentations over the internet. If you already have access to Microsoft Lync, please use to the following link to join the meeting and then choose “Don’t join audio”: https://meet.lync.com/apdfl/lori.kohler/NPY4YHBB If you do not already have Microsoft Lync installed, please follow the hotlink below and choose “Meeting Readiness”: http://office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview.aspx?AssetId=HA102621125&lcid=1033&NS=OCO14&Version=14 You will be presented with two options: 1) install Active X or 2) download and install Microsoft Attendee. We recommend you install Microsoft Attendee.
    • Recommendations from the January 28, 2014 Housing Workshop will be discussed.; February 26, 2014, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST; Participants who may have technology limitations or other needs may physically participate in the meeting which will be ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Participants who may have technology limitations or other needs may physically participate in the meeting which will be located at Sunland Center in the Administration Building, Superintendent’s Conference Room. Physical address: Sunland Center, 3700 Williams Drive, Marianna, Florida 32446. Please call in for audio and follow the instructions below to view the presentation during the call. CALL-IN INFORMATION: 1-888-670-3525, Passcode: 9503228462 This meeting will involve Microsoft Lync for sharing presentations over the internet. If you already have access to Microsoft Lync, please use to the following link to join the meeting and then choose “Don’t join audio”: https://meet.lync.com/apdfl/merlin.roulhac/Q0LPZFJH If you do not already have Microsoft Lync installed, please follow the hotlink below and choose “Meeting Readiness”: http://office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview.aspx?AssetId=HA102621125&lcid=1033&NS=OCO14&Version=14 You will be presented with two options: 1) install Active X or 2) download and install Microsoft Attendee. We recommend you install Microsoft Attendee.
    • Recommendations from the January 28, 2014 Housing Workshop will be discussed.; February 27, 2014, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST; Agency for Persons with Disabilities 111 South Sapodilla Avenue, Suite 204 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Please call in for ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Agency for Persons with Disabilities 111 South Sapodilla Avenue, Suite 204 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Please call in for audio and follow the instructions below to view the presentation during the call. CALL-IN INFORMATION: 1-888-670-3525, Passcode: 6112536035 This meeting will involve Microsoft Lync for sharing presentations over the internet. If you already have access to Microsoft Lync, please use to the following link to join the meeting and then choose “Don’t join audio”: https://meet.lync.com/apdfl/rita.castor/YVKDQCJ8 If you do not already have Microsoft Lync installed, please follow the hotlink below and choose “Meeting Readiness”: http://office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview.aspx?AssetId=HA102621125&lcid=1033&NS=OCO14&Version=14 You will be presented with two options: 1) install Active X or 2) download and install Microsoft Attendee. We recommend you install Microsoft Attendee.
    • Recommendations from the January 28, 2014 Housing Workshop will be discussed.; February 27, 2014, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST; Agency for Persons with Disabilities 4030 Esplanade Way, Conference Room 350A Tallahassee, Florida 32399 CALL-IN ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Agency for Persons with Disabilities 4030 Esplanade Way, Conference Room 350A Tallahassee, Florida 32399 CALL-IN INFORMATION: 1-888-670-3525, Passcode: 5893074134 This meeting will involve Microsoft Lync for sharing presentations over the internet. If you already have access to Microsoft Lync, please use to the following link to join the meeting and then choose “Don’t join audio”: https://meet.lync.com/apdfl/tina.weber/C8GHKHB6 If you do not already have Microsoft Lync installed, please follow the hotlink below and choose “Meeting Readiness”: http://office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview.aspx?AssetId=HA102621125&lcid=1033&NS=OCO14&Version=14 You will be presented with two options: 1) install Active X or 2) download and install Microsoft Attendee. We recommend you install Microsoft Attendee.
• Department of Education
  • State Board of Education
    • Articulation issues regarding secondary and postsecondary education. ; February 26, 2014, 1-3pm; Conference Call Number 888-670-3525, Participant Code 2459544.
      • Hearing Meeting: Conference Call Number 888-670-3525, Participant Code 2459544.
• Department of Elder Affairs
  • Federal Aging Programs
    • The rule revisions address the following areas: educational, experiential, and training requirements for operators and assistant operators, participant eligibility criteria, facility supervision requirements, participant discharge procedures, ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Department of Elder Affairs, 4040 Esplanade Way, room 301, Tallahassee, FL 32399. To participate by webinar, please register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/802378866 at least 5 days prior to the workshop. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required for participation by webinar. If you do not have internet access and are unable to attend in person, you may request assistance with registration to participate by telephone by contacting Ms. Bushnyakova at the phone number contained below. You may also choose to send written comments in advance to Ms. Amanda Samerson, Department of Elder Affairs, Office of General Counsel, 4040 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399; email: samersona@elderaffairs.org.
• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes
    • To conduct general business of the Community Association Living Study Council.; Friday, February 28, 2014, 10:00 a.m. until completion of business; Department of Business and Professional Regulation via teleconference at 1(888)670-3525; conference ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Department of Business and Professional Regulation via teleconference at 1(888)670-3525; conference code: 7501452290, then #
• Other Agencies and Organizations
  • Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
    • Business before the Information Systems Advisory Committee; Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 9:00AM; Conference call (877)336-1831, participant: 9483786#
      • Hearing Meeting: Conference call (877)336-1831, participant: 9483786#

5. Notices of Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Declaratory Stat

• Department of Financial Services
  • Departmental
    • Petitioner Choice Plus LLC; A Response to Petition for Declaratory Statement, Case No. 147680-14-DS, in reference to the Petition for Declaratory Statement has been issued. The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published February ...

6. Notices Regarding Bids, Proposals and Purchasing

• Regional Planning Councils
  • East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
    • Regional Planning Councils, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
• Other Agencies and Organizations
  • City of North Lauderdale
    • Other Agencies and Organizations, City of North Lauderdale
• Department of Management Services
  • Division of Building Construction
    • Department of Management Services, Division of Building Construction
    • Department of Management Services, Division of Building Construction

7. Miscellaneous

• Department of Health
  • Board of Nursing
    • Department of Health, Board of Nursing