Summary


Chapter 40D-80, F.A.C. requires reassessment of the Dover Plant City Water Use Caution Area Recovery Strategy if the objectives to establish and achieve the MAL and to reduce cold-protection withdrawals by 20 percent compared to the freeze event that occurred in 2010 were not accomplished by January 2020. A recent staff assessment determined that the MAL has been achieved and that, while there have been reductions in cold-protection quantities used since 2010, the specified 20 percent reduction has not been fully achieved. A reassessment of the Recovery Strategy was completed, with the conclusion that the objective to reduce cold-protection use by 20% based on the 2010 event was impractical and unreasonable. Based on the MAL being achieved and the recommendation to eliminate the objective to reduce the January 2010 cold-protection quantities by 20 percent, a Recovery Strategy is not necessary. This rulemaking will amend Chapter 40D-2 to remove elements of and references to the Recovery Strategy. Rule 40D-80.075 is being repealed contemporaneously with this rulemaking.