Review of Environmental Resource Permit Applications, Policy and Purpose, Definitions, Permits Required, Permit Thresholds, Formal Determination of Wetlands and Other Surface Waters, Exemptions From Permitting, Exemptions From Specified Review ...
South Florida Water Management District
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
40E-4.010Review of Environmental Resource Permit Applications
40E-4.011Policy and Purpose
40E-4.021Definitions
40E-4.041Permits Required
40E-4.0415Permit Thresholds
40E-4.042Formal Determination of Wetlands and Other Surface Waters
40E-4.051Exemptions From Permitting
40E-4.0515Exemptions From Specified Review Criteria
40E-4.054Modification of Exempt Projects
40E-4.091Publications, Rules and Interagency Agreements Incorporated by Reference
40E-4.101Content of Permit Applications
40E-4.201Forms and Instructions
40E-4.205Permit Application Processing Fees
40E-4.301Conditions for Issuance of Permits
40E-4.302Additional Conditions for Issuance of Permits
40E-4.303Environmental Resource Permit Authorization
40E-4.305Conceptual Approvals
40E-4.321Duration of Permits
40E-4.331Modification of Permits
40E-4.341District Revocation or Modification of Permits
40E-4.351Transfer of Permits
40E-4.361Conversion from Construction Phase to Operation Phase
40E-4.381General Conditions
40E-4.451Emergency Authorization
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 39, No. 70, April 10, 2013 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
The following language is to be placed immediately below the rule text and above the history notes for each of the rules listed in this notice.
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule will become effective on August 1, 2013, or upon the date that amendments to Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection to implement the statutory mandate in Section 373.4131, F.S. (2012) take effect, whichever is later.
40E-4.091 Publications, Rules and Interagency Agreements Incorporated by Reference.
(1) The following publications, rules and interagency agreements are incorporated by reference herein:
(a) “Basis of Review for Environmental Resource Permit Applicant’s Handbook, Volume II For Use Within the Geographic Limits of Applications within the South Florida Water Management District, May 20, 2012 _______(date)”, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01045__________(hyperlink), which incorporates the following forms or materials by reference:
1.U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, “Rainfall Frequency Atlas of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina for Durations from 30 Minutes to 24 Hours and Return Periods from 1 to 100 years” (1978) http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02697, referenced in Subsection 5.7.2(c) Form No. 0972, Petition for a Formal Wetland and Surface Water Determination, May 20, 2012, http://www.flrules.org/gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01047, (referenced in Section 4.5.1);
2.Florida Department of Transportation “Drainage Manual, Appendix B: IDF-Curves, Precipitation Data, Rainfall Distributions” (August 2001) http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02698, referenced in Subsection 5.7.2(d) Form No. 1019, Mitigation Bank Performance Bond to Demonstrate Construction/Implementation Financial Assurance, December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00069, (referenced in Section 4.4.4.7);
3.U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, “National Engineering Handbook, Part 630, Chapter 10” (2004) http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02699, referenced in Subsection 5.7.6(b) Form No. 1020, Mitigation Bank Irrevocable Letter of Credit to Demonstrate Construction/Implementation Financial Assurance, December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00070, (referenced in Section 4.4.4.7);
4. Form No. 1021, Mitigation Bank Standby Trust Fund Agreement to Demonstrate Construction/Implementation Financial Assurance, December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00071, (referenced in Section 4.4.4.7);
5.Form No. 1022, Mitigation Bank Trust Fund Agreement to Demonstrate Construction/Implementation Financial Assurance, December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00072, (referenced in Section 4.4.4.7);
6.Form No. 1023, Mitigation Bank Trust Fund Agreement to Demonstrate Perpetual Management Financial Assurance, December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00073, (referenced in Section 4.4.4.7);
7.Form No. 1024, Mitigation Bank Standby Trust Fund Agreement to Demonstrate Perpetual Management Financial Assurance, December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00074, (referenced in Section 4.4.4.7);
8.Form No. 1105, Performance Bond, December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00075, (referenced in Section 4.3.7.6);
9.Form No. 1106, Irrevocable Letter of Credit, December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00076, (referenced in Section 4.3.7.6);
10. Form No. 1190, Deed of Conservation Easement (Standard), December 2011 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00078, (referenced in Section 4.3.8);
11. Form No. 1191, Deed of Conservation Easement (Standard Passive Recreational), December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00079, (referenced in Section 4.3.8);
12. Form No. 1192, Deed of Conservation Easement (Standard Riparian), December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00080, (referenced in Section 4.3.8);
13. Form No. 1194, Deed of Conservation Easement (Third Party Standard), December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00081 (referenced in Section 4.3.8);
14. Form No. 1195, Deed of Conservation Easement (Third Party Passive Recreational), December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00082, (referenced in Section 4.3.8);
15. Form No. 1196, Deed of Conservation Easement (Third Party Riparian), December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00083, (referenced in Section 4.3.8);
16. Form No. 1197, Restrictive Covenant (Standard), December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00084, (referenced in Section 4.3.8);
17. Form No. 1318, Deed of Conservation Easement (Local Governments), December 2011, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00085, (referenced in Section 4.3.8);
4.18. Chapter 27, Article XIII, Wellfield Protection Ordinance, Broward County Code of Ordinances, last amended September 28, 1999, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00052, referenced in Section 4.2.2(b)6.b;
5.19. Dade County Wellfield Protection Ordinance contour showing maximum limits (Section 24-43 Protection of Public Potable Water Supply Wells; Chapter 24 Environmental Protection; Code of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida; Codified through Ordinance No. 11-01, enacted January 20, 2011 (Supp. No. 68)), http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00053, referenced in Section 4.2.2(b)6.c.
(b) 50 C.F.R., section 17.12, April 8, 2004, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00044; and Rules 68A-27.003, December 16, 2003, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00092, 68A-27.004, May 15, 2008, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00444, and 68A-27.005, F.A.C., November 8, 2007, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00093.
(b)(c) Operating Agreement Concerning Regulation Under Part IV, Chapter 373, F.S., between South Florida Water Management District and Department of Environmental Protection, July 1, 2007, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00055.
(c)(d) State water quality standards set forth in Chapters 62-4 (5/9/2013) April 21, 2009, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02692, 62-302, (12/20/2012) August 5, 2010, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02693, 62-520, (7/12/2009) July 12, 2009, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02694, 62-522, July 12, 2009, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00037, and 62-550, F.A.C., (2/16/2012) September 18, 2007, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02695. The state water quality standards are also defined and incorporated in Section 2.1.19 of the Applicant’s Handbook, Volume II.
(d)(e) Chapter 62-312, Part IV, F.A.C., “Additional Criteria for Dredging and Filling Within Outstanding Florida Waters in Monroe County,” (2/16/2012) March 15, 2007, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02696.
(f) 40 C.F.R., section 264.143(f), for the purpose of providing financial responsibility and corporate guarantee requirements, July 14, 2006, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00057.
(g) Chapter 62-340, F.A.C., as ratified by Section 373.4211, F.S., for the purpose of delineating wetlands and other surface waters, July 1, 1994, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00040.
(h) 30 C.F.R., section 800.23 self-bonding provisions, January 14, 1988 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00056.
(e)(i) Delegation Agreement among the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the South Florida Water Management District, and Broward County, (dated May 22, 2001), http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00054.
(2) No change.
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule will become effective on July 1, 2013, or upon the date that amendments to Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection to implement the statutory mandate in Section 373.4131, F.S. (2012) take effect, whichever is later.
Rulemaking Authority 373.044, 373.103(8), 373.113, 373.171, 373.413, 373.4131, 373.441, 668.003, 668.004, 668.50, 704.06 FS. Law Implemented 373.413, 373.4131, 373.4135, 373.4137, 373.414, 373.4142, 373.416, 373.418, 373.421, 373.426, 373.441, 668.003, 668.004, 668.50, 695.26, 704.06 FS. History–New 9-3-81, Amended 1-31-82, 12-1-82, Formerly 16K-4.035(1), Amended 5-1-86, 7-1-86, 3-24-87, 4-14-87, 4-21-88, 11-21-89, 11-15-92, 1-23-94, 4-20-94, 10-3-95, 1-7-97, 12-3-98, 5-28-00, 8-16-00, 1-17-01, 7-19-01, 6-26-02, 6-26-02, 4-6-03, 4-14-03, 9-16-03, 12-7-04, 2-12-06, 10-1-06, 11-20-06, 1-23-07, 7-1-07, 7-22-07, 11-11-09, 7-1-10, 7-4-10, 12-15-11, 5-20-12,_________.
NOTE: Changes to the “Environmental Resource Permit Applicant’s Handbook, Volume II For Use Within the Geographic Limits of the South Florida Water Management District – _____(date)______,” incorporated by reference in proposed paragraph 40E-4.091(1)(a), F.A.C., may be viewed at http://www.sfwmd.gov/rules.
