The purpose and effect of the proposed rule amendment is to update the positions that are delegated authority in 40C-1.135(2), after a recent reorganization that renamed or deleted several positions. The rest of this rulemaking will be merged into ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

St. Johns River Water Management District

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

40C-1.135Delegations of Authority

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the proposed rule amendment is to update the positions that are delegated authority in 40C-1.135(2), F.A.C., after a recent reorganization that renamed or deleted several positions. The rest of this rulemaking will be merged into the statewide environmental resource permit (ERP) cleanup rulemaking, for which a Notice of Rule Development was published in the FAR on February 12, 2015 (Vol.41/ No.71).

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The proposed rule amendment would update the positions that are delegated authority to review and take final agency action on certain applications to use sovereign submerged lands.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 373.044, 373.113 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.016, 373.103, 373.113, 373.118, 373.4131 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 REGISTER.

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 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: District Clerk, [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: Tom Mayton, Sr. Assistant General Counsel, St. Johns River Water Management District, Office of General Counsel, 4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177, [phone], or [e-mail]

 

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

 

40C-1.135 Delegations of Authority.

(1) No change.

(2) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, pursuant to Rule 18-21.0051, F.A.C., has delegated to the Governing Board the authority to review and take final agency action on certain applications to use sovereign submerged lands. Rule 18-21.0051, F.A.C., also provides that the Governing Board may further delegate review and decision making authority to District staff. Therefore, the Governing Board delegates this authority to the Executive Director, Assistant Executive Director, Director and Assistant Director of the Division of Regulatory Services, Chief of the Bureau of Environmental Resource Regulation, and each Regulatory Coordinator Service Center Director, when an application to use sovereign submerged lands involves an activity which is reviewed pursuant to the general permit procedures of Chapter 62-330, F.A.C.

Rulemaking Authority 120.53(1), 373.044, 373.113 FS. Law Implemented 120.53, 373.016, 373.103, 373.113, 373.118, 373.4131 FS. History–New 8-1-89, Amended 1-4-96, 11-11-03, 10-1-13.,                            .