The Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) gives notice that it is developing rules as part of a statewide effort headed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the five water management districts (WMDs) to increase consistency in the consumptive use permitting (CUP), minimum flows and levels (MFLs), and water supply related programs of the WMDs. The effect of the amendment is to require SWFWMD to simultaneously adopt a recovery or prevention strategy in certain circumstances in order to allow (1) the orderly provision of adequate water for future and existing reasonable beneficial uses; (2) the phasing or a timetable to avoid abrupt modification of existing permits; and (3) interested parties to more fully understand the effects of a proposed MFL. The amendment also makes conforming changes to incorporate revisions to the Water Use Permit Information Manual Part B and the Environmental Resource Permit Basis of Review.