Purpose


To incorporate by reference an Agreement between the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Miami-Dade County (MDC) for delegation of a portion of the Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) program under Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S., to MDC. The delegation will include the authority for MDC to review and take agency action on applications for permits and petitions for variances of certain water quality provisions, compliance, enforcement, and formal determinations of wetlands and other surface waters within the designated boundaries of delegation. Activities located within the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project boundaries, activities in, on or over state-owned submerged lands, and certain other activities will not be delegated and will remain the responsibility of the DEP. A Notice of Development of Rulemaking was originally published on August 17, 2007, in the Florida Administrative Weekly. A public rule development workshop on this delegation was held on October 9, 2007. Because it has been over one year ago, DEP is re-publishing this Notice of Development of Rulemaking.