Purpose


The District is re-initiating rule development to amend its consumptive use permitting and water supply related program rules implemented by the water management districts as part of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's statewide effort (referred to as CUP Consistency or CUPCon). This re-initiation of rule development will cure discrepancies between the versions of rules that were published on December 10, 2013, and acted on by the Governing Board on February 13, 2014, as well as correct some inadvertent text inaccuracies. The one substantive change since the text was adopted by the Governing Board in February 2014 is to correct Table 2-3 of the Applicant's Handbook to reflect the duration for General Permit by Rule for Short-Term Dewatering is up to one year rather than 180 days. This correction is consistent with proposed subsection 40E-2.061(2), F.A.C.