This website http://www.sfwmd.gov/sfer/ will be used to allow public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel created to conduct a review of the 2007 South Florida ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
South Florida Water Management District

The South Florida Water Management District announces a meeting to conduct the public review of the 2007 South Florida Environmental Report to which all persons are invited to view and in which all members of the public are encouraged to participate. The review will be conducted through the use of an internet accessible website.

DATES: The WebBoard will be available for public viewing from September 1, 2006 through September 29, 2006 and also available for public comment from September 1, 2006, through September 29, 2006 on the 2007 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I.

The draft Florida Forever Work Plan 2007 Annual Update (Volume II, Chapter 6, of the 2007 South Florida Environmental Report) will be available for public review and comment from October 19, 2006 through December 12, 2006, preceding the District Governing Board review on November 8 and 9, 2006 and approval on December 13 and 14, 2006.

PLACE: http://www.sfwmd.gov/sfer/ For persons without access to the Internet, access to the website is available at the offices of the South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, Florida

DATE AND TIME: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: This website http://www.sfwmd.gov/sfer/ will be used to allow public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel created to conduct a review of the 2007 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I, pursuant to Section 373.4592(4)(d), F.S.

Beginning on September 1, 2006 through September 29, 2006, interested parties may access ongoing communications among the peer review panelists, electronically stored communications and other public records associated with the 2007 Report that are posted to this site. Peer review panelists will post information at the website from Monday through Friday during normal working hours, Eastern Daylight Time. The public can provide comment directly at the website at any time between September 1, 2006 and September 29, 2006 on any aspect of the Report, particularly on relevant scientific or technical data and findings. Communications and documents posted are preserved and can be accessed at anytime after they occur or are posted. The peer review panelists will continue to use the WebBoard for revisions and additions to the Report from September 29, 2006 through delivery of the final Report on October 20, 2006.

Peer review and public workshops on the 2007 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I will be held as follows:

DATES AND TIMES: September 26, 2006, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; September 27, 2006, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; September 28, 2006, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon (panel working session)

PLACE: South Florida Water Management District, Building B-1, Auditorium, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406

Adoption of the Florida Forever Work Plan 2007 Annual Update (Volume II, Chapter 6 of the 2007 South Florida Environmental Report) will be held as follows:

GOVERNING BOARD PUBLIC MEETING

DATES AND TIME: November 8-9, 2006, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: Ocean Reef Club, 35 Ocean Reef Drive, Key Largo, Florida 33037

DATES AND TIME: December 13-14, 2006, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: South Florida Water Management District, Building B-1, Auditorium, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406

For information regarding this review, please write: South Florida Water Management District, P. O. Box 24680, West Palm Beach, Florida 33416-4680 or call Garth Redfield, [phone]. For assistance in obtaining computer access to this review, please write to the South Florida Water Management District, P. O. Box 24680, West Palm Beach, Florida 33416-4680 or call Trudy Stein, [phone].

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this review is asked to advise the agency when access to the WebBoard is needed by contacting: Garth Redfield, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency by calling [phone].