Minor technical corrections are proposed throughout the rule and Applicant’s Handbook Volumes to correct numbering and cross-references, and correct and clarify text. More substantive amendments proposed at the time of this notice are summarized below. The need for additional amendments or further alteration of the amendments summarized below may occur as rulemaking progresses. Proposed rule amendments include, but are not limited to the following: New exemptions in Rule 62-330.051, F.A.C., for: pile-supported, non-covered boat lifts; seagrass and coral restoration activities undertaken by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; communication tower sites; electrical distribution substations; and water intake lawn irrigation waterlines and closed-loop air conditioning cooling lines. Two existing general permits are proposed to be converted to exemptions—one involving certain geotechnical investigations, and the other involving upland, dry borrow pits of less than five acres in size. The exemption in paragraph 62-330.051(14)(f), F.A.C., for temporary utility work has been amended to limit the work to a whole and complete project that can be completed within 24 hours. At the request of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, the conceptual approval permit for urban infill and redevelopment (Rule 62-330.055, F.A.C.) is proposed to be amended to comport its duration and renewal provisions with Section 373.4131(1)(b), F.S. The process for authorizing work in wetlands and other surface waters under that general permit also is proposed to be clarified. Rule 62-330.075, F.A.C., is proposed to be amended to streamline issuance of a consolidated permit and sovereignty submerged lands authorization when there is no heightened public concern. Updated and new application, noticing, conservation, and financial responsibility forms are proposed to be incorporated by reference in Rule 62-330.301, F.A.C. Several rules are proposed to be amended to reduce costs and burdens on applicants and permittees, including adding more provisions for electronic submittals, reducing requirements for submitting multiple copies of documents, removing some signing requirements, streamlining some permit transfer and conversion requirements, and allowing the filing of an NPDES Stormwater Construction Notice of Intent to serve as notice of construction commencement in lieu of the permittee submitting Form 62-330.350(1). A new Rule 62-330.351, F.A.C., is proposed to provide general conditions applicable to all conceptual approval permits. The general permit for fences in Rule 62-330.437, F.A.C., is proposed to be revised to better address potential conflicts with associated sovereignty submerged lands authorizations. The general permit for bridges in Rule 62-330.443, F.A.C., is proposed to be amended to minimize potential adverse shading impacts to aquatic resources. The general permit for airport airside activities in Rule 62-330.449, F.A.C., is proposed to be revised to also apply to military airfields. At the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the general permits in Rules 62-330.453 and 62-330.457, F.A.C., are proposed to be amended to require utility lines be located a minimum of 14 feet below federal navigation channels. The general permit in Rule 62-330.475, F.A.C., is proposed to be amended to clarify that the pile supported structures in (1)(a) and (b) must not be for residential dwelling purposes, and to restore language prohibiting work in coral, attached macro-marine algae, and seagrass communities (that language was inadvertently omitted when the SWERP rules were adopted). The general permit for marine bivalve discharges in Rule 62-330.602, F.A.C., is proposed to be repealed because the authority for regulating such discharges now is with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The restoration of prop scars and blow holes is proposed to be added to the general permit for governmental environmental and enhancement activities in Rule 62-330.631, F.A.C. Substantive proposed amendments to the Applicant’s Handbook Volume I (General and Environmental) include, but are not limited to revising: section 1.3.2.1 to better inform applicants of associated NPDES stormwater construction general permit and dewatering permit requirements; section 2.0(a) to revise ten existing definitions, and add a new definition (of “vessel”); section 3.1.4(f)5 to clarify that new activities that are not regulated under subsection 62-330.020(2), F.A.C., cannot, when combined with existing systems, cause adverse secondary or cumulative impacts to water resources; section 3.2.3(b)7 to add guidance pertaining to maintenance dredging of older, historic canals that never received a previous permit from the state or the USACE; sections 4.2.3(d) and (e) to clarify ownership responsibilities for mitigation sites and corporate registration requirements; section 5.4 to conform with statutory noticing requirements; section 6.1.5 to add explanation of the term “authorized construction or alteration has been begun,” as it is used in subsection 62-330.056(9), F.A.C; section 6.2.1 to clarify certain activities that qualify as minor modifications; section 6.3.2.1 to clarify permit transfer requirements; section 7.2.5 to provide a reduced fee to renew a formal determination, and extend the duration for requesting such a renewal; new section 8.2.7 to reflect the addition of criteria for discharges of stormwater into mine pits, including incorporating by reference a new Appendix I to provide criteria for treatment of stormwater discharges into mine pits; section 10.2.2.2 to recognize amendments to paragraph 62-330.051(16)(c), F.A.C., which expands from 0.5 acre to one acre the exemption for construction, alteration, maintenance, or removal of wholly-owned, artificial waters; section 10.2.7(a) to recognize that certain buffers may require planting or removal of exotic and nuisance vegetation to ensure the buffers prevent adverse secondary impacts in the manner they are intended to provide; and new section 12.3.2 and revisions to section 12.3.4 to reflect that certain entities who have been proposed by an applicant to be operation and maintenance entities must provide a written agreement to do so, and clarify when demonstration of their capability to operate and maintain a system must be provided. Only minor technical corrections are proposed to Applicant’s Handbook Volume II (Water Quality and Quantity) applicable within the Northwest Florida Water Management District. However, the Department and Districts are considering whether modifications are needed to the flood protection provisions of each District’s Volume II to address potential conflicts between those provisions and the Florida Building Code. In addition, the Districts are considering other minor revisions to their Volume II, which would require them to be incorporated by reference in Chapter 62-330, F.A.C.