The Department is initiating rulemaking to update the Water Quality Credit Trading Rule in Chapter 62-306, F.A.C. Pursuant to Section 403.067, Florida Statutes, Chapter 62-306 was adopted in 2010 to establish the requirements for a pilot water ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

62-306.100              Scope and Intent

62-306.200Definitions

62-306.300General Requirements

62-306.400Eligibility for Generation of Credits

62-306.500Credit Generation and Validation

62-306.600Use of Credits and Credit Adjustments

62-306.700Water Quality Credit Trade Tracking

62-306.800Compliance with Trade Provisions

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Department is initiating rulemaking to update the Water Quality Credit Trading Rule in Chapter 62-306, F.A.C. Pursuant to Section 403.067, Florida Statutes, Chapter 62-306, F.A.C., was adopted in 2010 to establish the requirements for a pilot water quality credit trading (WQCT) program among pollutant sources in the Lower St. Johns River Basin. Chapter 2013-146, Laws of Florida, revised Section 403.067, F.S. to, among other things, eliminate the requirement that WQCT be limited to the Lower St. Johns River Basin and authorize the Department to implement WQCT on an ongoing basis in adopted basin management action plans or other applicable pollution control programs. This rulemaking is intended to amend Chapter 62-306, F.A.C., consistent with the statutory changes, as well as update the rules to reflect knowledge gained during implementation of the pilot program.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Revise Chapter 62-306, F.A.C., consistent with the statutory changes, and update the rules to reflect knowledge gained during implementation of the WQCT pilot program.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 403.067(9) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 403.067(7)-(9) FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AND WILL BE NOTICED IN A FUTURE ISSUE OF THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER NOT LESS THAN 14 DAYS BEFORE THE WORKSHOP.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Eric Shaw, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Standards Development Section, MS 6511, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400, [phone] or email: [e-mail]

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