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This rule development will cover the amendment, repeal, or development of rules as needed to establish or amend minimum water levels or flows to meet statutory requirements, clean up inadvertent glitches, clarify existing rules, and reduce regulatory burdens. The proposed rules would establish or amend minimum water levels or flows for the springs and waterbodies mentioned above pursuant to the mandate of section 373.042, F.S. Each water level has an associated duration and return interval. The terms herein are already defined in Chapter 40C-8, F.A.C. As with all minimum levels and flows established by the District, if adopted, the minimum levels and flows in this rule amendment would be used as a basis for imposing limitations on withdrawals of groundwater and surface water in the consumptive use permit regulatory process and for reviewing proposed surface water management systems in the environmental resource permit regulatory process.