The District is proposing to update its rules regarding the C-51 Basin to reflect changes in basin conditions since the rule was originally implemented in 1987. These changes include an update to the extent of the basin boundaries and topographic ...

 

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

South Florida Water Management District

RULE NOS.:              RULE TITLES:

40E-41.223              C-51 Basin Boundary

40E-41.233              Implementation

40E-41.263              Conditions for Issuance of Permits in the C-51 Basin

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The District is proposing to update its rules regarding the C-51 Basin to reflect changes in basin conditions since the rule was originally implemented in 1987. These changes include an update to the extent of the basin boundaries and topographic information within the basin, installation and operation of water control facilities associated with the C-51 West project (STA-1E, the S-319 pump station, the S-155A “Divide” Structure and the S-155 Structure), as well as the resulting changes in the allowable 10-year, 3-day peak discharge rates and the minimum 100-year, 3-day finished floor elevations.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Basin boundaries and topographic information within the basin, 10-year, 3-day design discharge rates, 100-year, 3-day design stages, and elimination of dry retention/detention pretreatment requirement for commercial/industrial projects.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 373.044, 373.113, 373.4131 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.085, 373.086, 373.413, 373.4131, 373.416 FS.

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

DATE AND TIME: May 21, 2015, 9:30 a.m.

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

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 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: South Florida Water Management District Clerk’s Office, toll free: 1(800)432-2045, 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: The Draft rule text will be available on the District’s website 7 days prior to the workshop at www.sfwmd.gov/rules, C-51 Basin Rule, or may be obtained by contacting Jesse Markle, P.E., Section Leader, Okeechobee Service Center, Regulation Division, South Florida Water Management District, 3800 NW 16th Boulevard, Suite A, Okeechobee, FL 34972, Phone: [phone], x3005, Toll Free: 1(800)250-4200, x3005, email: [e-mail], or Susan Roeder Martin, Esq., Office of Counsel, South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, Phone: [phone], Toll Free: 1(800)432-2045, ext. 6251, email: [e-mail]. For procedural questions, contact Jan Sluth, Sr., Paralegal, Office of Counsel, South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, Phone: [phone], Toll Free: 1(800)432-2045, ext. 6299, email: [e-mail].

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