Purpose


The purpose and effect of the proposed rule amendment will be to (1) amend established minimum water levels for the following lakes in the following counties: Lake Grandin in Putnam County, and Lakes Colby and Shaw and Three Island Lake in Volusia County; (2) add a duration and return interval to the established minimum water levels for Lake Ashby in Volusia County and Lake Gore in Flagler County and delete their listed hydroperiod categories; (3) make minor technical changes by rounding to the nearest decimal place for the minimum average levels for Lake Broward in Putnam County and Lake Sand Hill in Clay County; (4) make minor technical changes by changing the name of the hydroperiod category from “temporarily flooded” to “seasonally flooded” for the frequent high levels for the following lake in the following counties: Bird Pond, McKasel, and Pam in Putnam County, and Mills in Seminole County; (5) make a minor technical change by changing the name of the hydroperiod category from “seasonally flooded” to “temporarily flooded” for Lake Sunset in Lake County; (6) make minor technical changes by changing the name of the hydroperiod category from “typically flooded” to “typically saturated” for the minimum average water level of the following lakes in the following counties: Daugharty and Dias in Volusia County, Disston in Flagler County, and Echo in Putnam County; and (7) revise the formatting of existing subsections 40C-8.031(1)-(2), F.A.C., for clarity.