To amend the District’s rules and Basis of Review for Environmental Resource Permit Applications within the South Florida Water Management District to: 1) delete obsolete forms and other documents incorporated by reference; 2) correct citations; 3) ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
South Florida Water Management District

Rule No.: RULE TITLE
40E-4.011: Policy and Purpose
40E-4.021: Definitions
40E-4.041: Permits Required
40E-4.0415: Permit Thresholds
40E-4.042: Formal Determination of Wetlands and Other Surface Waters
40E-4.051: Exemptions From Permitting
40E-4.091: Publications, Rules and Interagency Agreements Incorporated by Reference
40E-4.101: Content of Permit Applications
40E-4.201: Forms and Instructions
40E-4.301: Conditions for Issuance of Permits
40E-4.302: Additional Conditions for Issuance of Permits
40E-4.303: Environmental Resource Permit Authorization
40E-4.305: Conceptual Approvals
40E-4.321: Duration of Permits
40E-4.331: Modification of Permits
40E-4.351: Transfer of Permits
40E-4.361: Conversion from Construction Phase to Operation Phase
40E-4.381: General Conditions
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To amend the District’s rules and Basis of Review for Environmental Resource Permit Applications within the South Florida Water Management District to: 1) delete obsolete forms and other documents incorporated by reference; 2) correct citations; 3) add “subparagraph” or “paragraph” before rule references; 4) update rules for consistency with statutory amendments; 5) correct reference to exhibit on Form 1318; 6) update process for submitting forms and other documents to the District; 7) repeal rules that are unnecessary because they are duplicative of rules set forth in the District’s general rules; 8) replace illegible maps in the Florida Administrative Code and renumber Figures for consistency; 9) update rule references from surface water management to environmental resource permitting; 10) delete unnecessary rule titles following rule numbers within text; 11) update rules incorporating materials by reference to conform to the Department of State’s rule regarding materials incorporated by reference; and 12) delete “general” from “standard general permits”; and 13) delete general condition paragraph 40E-4.381(1)(r), F.A.C., as redundant.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Environmental Resource Permitting rules.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 373.043, 373.044, 373.103(8), 373.113, 373.171, 373.406(5), 373.414(9), 373.416, 373.421(2), 373.441, 668.003, 668.004, 668.50, 704.06 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.016, 373.019, 373.086(1), 373.103, 373.117, 373.118, 373.403-.443, 380.23, 403.031, 403.813(2), 668.003, 668.004, 668.50, 704.06 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
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: South Florida Water Management District Clerk, [phone], ext. 2087 or [phone]. 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: Anita R. Bain, Environmental Resource Permitting Division Director, South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, [phone], ext 6866 or [phone], email: [e-mail]. For procedural questions contact Jan Sluth, Paralegal, South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, [phone], ext 6299 or [phone], email: [e-mail]

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