The proposed amendments: (1) eliminates several permit types resulting in only individual water use permits and general water use permits by rule; (2) reclassifies specified activities from exempt activities to activities authorized by a general permit by rule; (3) limits when the requirement that contiguous properties be served by a consolidated individual water use permit; (4) incorporates by reference new and revised applications and forms; (5) includes hyperlinks for forms; (6) deletes obsolete forms; (7) incorporates the newly structured and revised Water Use Permit Information Manual Part B; (8) conforming changes to ensure that there are no increased regulatory requirements for those applicants now required to receive an individual permit; (9) conforming changes to reflect changes to chapter 40D-2 and the Water Use Permit Information Manual Part B; (10) revises conditions for issuance; (11) incorporates recent legislative changes; (12) clarifies the permit modification process and the appropriate applications to be used; (13) authorizes the extension of a permit expiration due date to demonstrable conservation savings; (14) provides provisions related to the 10 year compliance report and associated review; (15) incorporates new standard permitting conditions; (16) clarifies that designation of permit use types is only required for withdrawal quantities authorized by an individual permit; (17) creates two new permit use types; (18) conforms rules to the water Resource Implementation Rule on minimum flows and levels; (19) provides for modifications of permits by letter for certain types of projects or activities; (20) deletes obsolete and duplicative provisions; and (21) makes conforming, technical and clarifying changes. In addition, the proposed amendments renames SWFWMD’s “Water Use Permit Information Manual Part B” to the “Water Use Permit Applicant’s Handbook Part B” and contains a consistent order of appearance as well as contain consistent criteria on several topics. The Applicant’s Handbook also includes the following revisions: (1) inclusion of an extension of the permit duration if conservation measures outlined in the Conservation Plan are achieved; (2) conformity of provisions related to changes made in chapters 62-40 and 40D-2; (3) a table of contents; (4) deletion of duplicative provisions; (5) deletion of obsolete provisions; (6) clarification regarding whether conservation credits may be relocated; (7) allowance for new conservation credit calculations at time of permit renewal; (8) terminology and technical revisions.