Purpose


The District previously published a notice of rule development in the December 9, 2005, Volume 31, Number 49 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly. The purpose of this second notice of rule development is to incorporate by reference an Agreement between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the South Florida Water Management District and Miami-Dade County for delegation of a portion of the Environmental Resource Permitting Program. Miami-Dade County will be delegated authority to review and issue environmental resource permits in uplands and wetlands within the designated boundaries of delegation. Authority for compliance and enforcement of these projects will also be delegated. Projects within the boundaries of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, sovereign submerged lands, and certain other activities will not be delegated to the County and will remain with the Department of Environmental Protection or the South Florida Water Management District.