The Department intends to enter rule development to amend rule 62-41.302(1), F.A.C., to update the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) Area Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook to implement s. 3, ch. 2021-153, Laws of Florida, ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

62-41.302Central Florida Water Initiative Area, Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Department intends to enter rule development to amend rule 62-41.302(1), F.A.C., to update the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) Area Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook to implement s. 3, ch. 2021-153, Laws of Florida, which amends section 373.0465(2)(d), F.S., to require the Department to adopt a drought allocation for supplemental irrigation for agricultural uses and a process for the applicable water management district implementing the rules to annually examine an agricultural user’s 5-year moving average supplemental irrigation water use. The rule will address agricultural users in the “Central Florida Water Initiative Area”, which includes all of Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Seminole Counties, and southern Lake County.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: These rule amendments will apply only to consumptive use permits issued to agricultural users in the CFWI Area, and will address an agricultural user’s annual supplemental irrigation allocation based on a 2-in-10-year rainfall condition, including consumptive use permit conditioning and annual examinations of an agricultural user’s 5-year moving average water use against permitted allocation.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 373.043, 373.0465, 373.171, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.019, 373.036, 373.042, 373.0421, 373.0465, 373.223, 373.229, F.S.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: August 27, 2021, 9:00am, Eastern Time

PLACE: UF/IFAS Extension Osceola County, 1921 Kissimmee Valley Ln, Kissimmee, FL 34744

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: Stefani Weeks, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Mail Station 46, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, 850-245-3139, [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: Stefani Weeks, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Mail Station 46, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone], [e-mail].

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