The purpose of this rulemaking is to amend the District’s permit processing fee rule to adopt standardized permitting fee categories for Environmental Resource Permits (ERPs). This is being done as part of a statewide ERP rulemaking effort being ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Southwest Florida Water Management District

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

40D-1.607Permit Processing Fee

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rulemaking is to amend the District’s permit processing fee rule to adopt standardized permitting fee categories for Environmental Resource Permits (ERPs). This is being done as part of a statewide ERP rulemaking effort being undertaken by the Department of Environmental Protection in conjunction with the state’s five water management districts, pursuant to Section 373.4131, F.S. Each water management district as well as the DEP will be adopting the same standardized fee categories, for statewide consistency. The effect of this rulemaking will be to have standardized fee categories applicable statewide for various types of activities that require an ERP. Standardized fee categories are also established for confirmation of qualification of exemption, informal or formal determinations of wetland or other surface waters and variances or waivers of permitting rules. Each water management district and DEP will establish its own fees within each fee category, to be based upon existing fees. It is anticipated that the new fee categories will not take effect until the statewide ERP rules take effect, which are proposed to become effective in July 2013.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Environmental Resource Permitting.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 373.044, 373.113, 373.118, 373.149, 373.171 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.109, 373.421(2), 373.4131 FS.

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 SWFWMD Human Resources Director, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida 34604-6899; telephone [phone], ext. 4702 or 1(800)423-1476 (FL only), ext. 4702; TDD (FL only) 1(800)231-6103; or email to [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: Sonya White, 7601 Highway 301 North, Tampa, FL 33637-6759, [phone] (4660) (OGC #2013014)

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