Development of a new proposed environmental resource Noticed General Permit (NGP) for the West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) to dredge public navigation channels and canals within the traffic sheds and secondary channel systems in Lee ...

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-341.494: Noticed General Permit for Maintenance of Public Navigation Channel and Canal Infrastructure by the West Coast Inland Navigation District within Lee County.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Development of a new proposed environmental resource Noticed General Permit (NGP) for the West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) to dredge public navigation channels and canals within the traffic sheds and secondary channel systems in Lee County. The concept for this new NGP in Lee County is based on detailed studies of the WCIND of existing traffic patterns, boat drafts and numbers, and a determination of the dredging needed to maintain existing boating use in a manner that minimizes adverse environmental impacts by following existing channels and previously dredged areas to the maximum extent practicable.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Adopt a new Noticed General Permit for the WCIND.
OGC No. 07-0200 (formerly Docket No. 05-01R).
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 373.026(7), 373.043, 373.118(1), 373.406(5), 373.414(9), 373.418, 403.805(1), 403.814(1) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 253.002, 253.77(4), 373.118(1), 373.406(5), 373.413, 373.414(9), 373.416, 373.426, 403.813(2)(f), 403.813(3), 403.814(1) FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Monday, May 7, 2007, 4:00 p.m., EDT
PLACE: Joseph P. D’Alessandro Office Complex (formerly State Regional Service Center), Rm. 165C & D, 2295 Victoria Avenue, Fort Myers, Florida
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: Alice Heathcock 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(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Alice Heathcock, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Submerged Lands and Environmental Resources, MS 2500, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL. 32399-2400, telephone [phone], or e-mail: [e-mail]. Further information and updates on this proposed rule also may be obtained from the Department’s website at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/erp/rules/rulestat.htm.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.