Purpose


The Department proposes to amend Chapter 62-113, F.A.C., to provide for a partial delegation of Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) program responsibilities for permitting, compliance, and enforcement under Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S., from the Department to the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) of Hillsborough County. The purpose of the delegation is to provide for streamlined review and agency action on state and local permits for activities involving such things as construction of docks, seawalls, and single-family residences in wetlands and other surface waters within Hillsborough County. The delegation will be in accordance with the criteria established by Chapter 373.441, F.S., and Chapter 62-344, F.A.C. The EPC has an existing memorandum of understanding with the Southwest Florida Water Management District to perform compliance and enforcement of ERP activities authorized by the SWFWMD within the county. A previous notice of development of this rule was published in the Florida Administrative Weekly on November 16, 2007.