Summary


The amendments to 40C-2.041(3) will clarify the consumptive use permit (CUP) threshold. The amendments to 40C-2.042 will: (1) expand the activities that can be authorized under a free general permit by rule (GPR) by allowing a GPR for certain telescoping wells that would otherwise require a formal CUP, creating a new related notice form, and incorporating by reference State of Florida Well Completion Report Form Number 62-532.900(2); (2) create a new GPR in 40C-2.042(11) for certain aquifer performance tests (APTs) that will not exceed 60 days; (3) create a new GPR in 40C-2.042(12) for certain heating and cooling (HVAC) systems; (4) clarify the GPR in 40C-2.042(1)(m) for closed-loop geothermal wells in light of the new HVAC system GPR; (5) clarify the irrigation zone for new plantings for the irrigation GPR in 40C-2.042(1); (6) reduce the regulatory burden of the dewatering GPR in 40C-2.042(9) by removing requirements from both the Notice to District of Dewatering form (Form 40C-2.900(12)) and the limiting conditions in Appendix I of the Applicant’s Handbook, Consumptive Uses of Water (AH) that is incorporated by reference in 40C-2.101(1)(a), which are no longer needed for water resource protection; and (7) revise the environmental restoration/enhancement GPR in 40C-2.042(10) to reflect changes to the funding source. The amendments to 40C-2.331 will (1) create a new modification by letter (letter mod) to allow combining multiple CUPs into one permit through a letter mod; (2) create a new letter mod to allow adding a withdrawal point from a man-made surface water system; and (3) clarify that relocation of a withdrawal point has to have equal or less designed pumping capacity. The amendment to 40C-2.381(2) will (1) delete a permit limiting condition on water quality that no longer applies to all permittees; (2) create a more focused special condition in Section 5.2, AH, for water quality; and (3) create a special condition in Section 5.2, AH, for water uses that rely on the issuance of an environmental resource permit (ERP) to meet the water quality criterion of 40C-2.301(2)(h). Amendments to 40C-2.101 and 40C-2.900 will streamline the processing of CUP applications by: (1) creating a voluntary form (Form 40C-2.900(15)) and process to facilitate permit transfer to a new owner/controller; (2) create a new form (Form 40C-2.900(14)) and process to allow voluntary cancellation of a CUP; and (3) delete a permit duration limit in Section 1.5.3, AH, on secondary use permits and create a related special condition in Section 5.2, AH, that will streamline the processing of secondary use applications. The amendments to 40C-2.101 and the Applicant’s Handbook (AH) will: (1) create a definition of “reuse utility” in Section 1.1, AH; (2) revise Section 2.2.2.5.1.B, AH, to more closely follow the final version of the CUPcon public supply water conservation language; (3) clarify the CUP thresholds (in 40C-2.041 and Sections 1.4.5.5.1 and 1.4.5.5.3); (4) delete references to “visqueen” in 40C-2.051 and the Applicant’s Handbook; and (5) make conforming changes, corrections, and clarifications throughout.