The purposes and effects of the proposed rule amendments are to: (1) require that when a CUP application is requesting authorization to use water to irrigate landscape, golf course, or recreational areas for a project that will require a 40C-4 or 40C-40 environmental resource permit (ERP) that such applicant must also apply concurrently for the ERP; (2) require that such concurrent CUP and ERP applications will be reviewed by the District in a consolidated manner, with the CUP application not being considered complete until the ERP application is also complete, and if either application fails to meet the conditions for issuance then both the CUP and ERP applications will be denied; (3) clarify that at a preapplication conference, the District will also be available to discuss consolidated review of any related ERP application; (4) establish that a CUP application must either be submitted electronically via the District’s website or delivered to the address indicated on the application form and clarify the content and processing of CUP applications; (5) require that when a CUP application requires a concurrent ERP application submittal that the applicant must submit the required ERP application and all appropriate permit processing fees; (6) amend the conditions for issuance in Rule 40C-2.301, F.A.C., to reflect the new requirements regarding consolidated review of CUP and ERP applications (no text is available yet for the proposed change to Rule 40C-2.301); (7) revise the CUP application form to update the contents and include the concurrent application requirements.