To develop supplemental water quality criteria for environmental resource permits for new development in the Upper and Lower Kissimmee, Lake Okeechobee, St. Lucie Estuary and Caloosahatchee Estuary basins.

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
South Florida Water Management District

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
40E-4: ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE PERMITS
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To develop supplemental water quality criteria for environmental resource permits for new development in the Upper and Lower Kissimmee, Lake Okeechobee, St. Lucie Estuary and Caloosahatchee Estuary basins.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Environmental Resource Permitting Water Quality criteria in Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Watersheds Basin.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 373.044, 373.113 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.413, 373.416 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: August 22, 2006, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
PLACE: South Florida Water Management District, Okeechobee Service Center, 205 North Parrott Avenue, Suite 201 (second floor of the Bank of America building), Okeechobee, FL 34972
DATE AND TIME: August 24, 2006, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
PLACE: Indian River Community College, 2400 S.E. Salerno Road, Stuart, FL 34997
DATE AND TIME: August 29, 2006, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
PLACE: Lower West Coast Regional Service Center, Large Conference Room, 2301 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, FL. 33901
DATE AND TIME: September 12, 2006, 1:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Osceola County Extension, Osceola Heritage Park, 1921 Kissimmee Valley Lane, Kissimmee, FL 34744-6107
Although Governing Board meetings, hearings and workshops are normally recorded, affected persons are advised that it may be necessary for them to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which any appeal is to be based. Persons with disabilities or handicaps who need assistance may contact the South Florida Water Management District Clerk’s Office, at [phone] at least two business days in advance to make appropriate arrangements.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Damon Meiers, Deputy Director, Environmental Resource Regulation Department, South Florida Water Management District, Post Office Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416 4680, telephone [phone], extension 6876 or [phone], or by email to [e-mail]. For procedural questions please contact Jan Sluth, Paralegal, South Florida Water Management District, Post Office Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416 4680, telephone [phone], extension 6299 or [phone], or by email to [e-mail].
A draft of the rule text will be available on August 15, 2006, on the District's website located at: my.sfwmd.gov/permitting in the right hand column under “rule development” and the District's LOER website located at: http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?id=727 Copies can also be obtained by contacting Jan Sluth, Paralegal at the contact information provided above.