In 2012 through mid-2014, the St. Johns River Water Management District (District), along with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and other water management districts, engaged in statewide rulemaking to increase consistency in the consumptive use permit (CUP) programs. That rulemaking was commonly referred to as the “CUPcon” rulemaking. The purpose and effect of the new proposed amendments to rules in Chapter 40C-2, F.A.C., will be to: (1) clean up “glitches” inadvertently created during the CUPcon rulemaking; (2) clarify existing rules; (3) create additional streamlining; and (4) reduce regulatory burdens while protecting water resources.