The South Florida, St. Johns River, and Southwest Florida water management districts are conducting independent scientific peer review of their work to expand the ECFTX Model in support of the 2020 Regional Water Supply Plan for the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) area that includes the southern portion of Lake and all of Orange, Osceola, Polk and Seminole counties. PURSUANT TO SECTION 373.042(5), FLORIDA STATUTES, THE MODEL MAY BE ADOPTED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MAY BE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE MFLs, AND THEREFORE MAY APPLY TO MORE THAN ONE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. This website https://swfwmd.discussion.community/categories will be used to allow public access to and participation in communications among the chairman and members of the independent peer review panel created to conduct a review of the ECFTX Model. Beginning at 9:00 a.m. on September 30, 2016, through 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2017, interested parties may access ongoing communications among the peer review panelists, electronically stored communications and other public records associated with the expansion of the ECFTX Model that are posted to this site. Peer review panelists will post information and pose questions to one another on the WebBoard. The public can provide comment directly at the website at any time between 9:00 a.m. September 30, 2016, through 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2017, on any aspect of the expansion of the ECFTX Model, particularly on relevant scientific or technical data and findings. Communications and documents posted are preserved and can be accessed at any time after they occur or are posted. The peer review panelists will continue to use the WebBoard for revisions and additions to the expanded ECFTX Model from September 30, 2016, through delivery of the Panel’s Final Report to the District on December 31, 2017. In addition to the open forum WebBoard, the peer reviewers will participate in teleconferences on the expanded ECFTX Model, to be noticed in FAR when scheduled. NOTE: One or more members of the District’s Governing Board may attend this teleconference.