This is the third rule development workshop for Water Quality Enhancement Area rulemaking to discuss and receive public input on the development .... July 31, 2024, 1:00 p.m. EDT The Department is providing this public meeting ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

62-330.010Purpose and Implementation

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) announces a workshop to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: July 31, 2024, 1:00 p.m., EDT

PLACE: The Department is providing this public meeting at 2600 Blair Stone Road, Room 609, Tallahassee, FL 32399 as well as virtually via GoToWebinar. To register for the meeting virtually, please visit the following link. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5757620567229549657.

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: This is the third rule development workshop for Water Quality Enhancement Area rulemaking to discuss and receive public input on the development of proposed amendments to Chapter 62-330, Fla. Admin. Code, to establish a water quality credit trading program between water quality enhancement areas permitted under the environmental resource permitting program and governmental entities. Pursuant to Section 373.4134, Florida Statutes, the rulemaking also will set forth associated environmental resource permitting requirements for the water quality enhancement areas and the applicants. Input will be requested on potential future rule development workshop topics. For more information on this rulemaking effort, visit the Water Quality Enhancement Area Rulemaking webpage at https://floridadep.gov/water/engineering-hydrology-geology/content/water-quality-enhancement-area-rulemaking. This workshop is being jointly presented with the rulemaking for the Water Quality Credit Trading Program, which is being separately noticed under Chapter 62-306, F.A.C. Additional information about the rulemaking for Chapter 62-306, F.A.C., is provided in that notice.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Emma Baird, Professional Engineer I, Division of Water Resource Management, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399, [phone], by email at [e-mail], or by visiting the Division of Water Resource Management's Rules in Development webpage at https://floridadep.gov/water/water/content/water-resource-management-rules-development. The agenda will be made available 7 days before the meeting.

Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status. Persons who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or persons who require translation services (free of charge) are asked to contact DEP’s Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Coordinator at [phone] or [e-mail] at least ten (10) days before the meeting. If you have a hearing or speech impairment, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, [phone] (TDD) or [phone] (voice).