The Small Community Wastewater Facilities Grants Program is governed by chapter 62-505, F.A.C., and awards grants to assist financially disadvantaged small communities with their needs for adequate sewer facilities. The purpose of this notice is to ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

62-505.200Definitions

62-505.300General Program Information

62-505.350Grant Funding

62-505.600Priority List Information

62-505.700Planning, Design, Construction, and Procurement Requirements

62-505.750Environmental Review

62-505.800Audit Required

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Small Community Wastewater Facilities Grants Program is governed by chapter 62-505, F.A.C., and awards grants to assist financially disadvantaged small communities with their needs for adequate sewer facilities. The purpose of this notice is to incorporate recent changes to section 403.1838, Florida Statutes, and to make the rule consistent with Chapter 62-503, F.A.C (Clean Water State Revolving Fund).

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: 403.1838, Florida Statutes, increases the eligibility criteria for grant funding for population from 7,500 to 10,000. The rule will be revised to make this change and otherwise simplify the rule.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 403.1835 F.S., 403.1838 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 403.1838 FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: April 5, 2016, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: Conference rooms A & B of the Douglas Building at 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399

Webinar access to the workshop is available via: https://meet.lync.com/floridadep/thomas.montgomery/745N928Q. The webinar has a limitation on the number of participants, so please consider sharing access with other participants, if possible. Audio of the workshop is available by calling 1(888)670-3525. Please enter 2872804152 then #.

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: Thomas Montgomery at [phone] or email at [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).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Thomas Montgomery at [phone] or email at [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.