1. Notices of Development of Proposed Rules and Negotiated Rulemaking
- Water Management Districts
- South Florida Water Management District
- These rules establish the methods used to measure the phosphorous discharge from the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA), as required by the Everglades Forever Act, Section 373.4592, Florida Statutes. Under this statute the District assesses compliance with a 25% reduction in phosphorus load in discharges in comparison with the phosphorus levels measured during an established period prior to the Best Management Practices program being implemented. Since the rules were last amended the District has completed several projects, such as the STA-3/4 expansion, the STA-2 expansion, the A-1 Flow Equalization Basin, and the Lake Okeechobee Diversion Projects. These projects affect the boundary inflow and outflow points used in these calculations. Amendments to Rules 40E-63.091, 40E-63.104, and 40E-63.106, F.A.C., will update the calculations to account for these projects and include hyperlinks to incorporated materials in accordance with Section 120.54(1)(i)3., F.S., and Rule 1-1.013, F.A.C.
- Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Department of Education
2. Proposed Rules
- Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Florida Real Estate Commission
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Marine Fisheries
- This federal consistency action would modify existing reef fish regulations for hogfish to be consistent with proposed regulations in Atlantic and Gulf federal waters. Specifically, it would set a new management boundary for Atlantic and Gulf hogfish at a line due west of Cape Sable (25°09’ North Latitude) in the Gulf of Mexico; increase the harvest minimum size limit from 12 inches to 16 inches in the Atlantic and to 14 inches in the Gulf; increase the importation and sale minimum size limit from 12 inches to 14 inches statewide; reduce the recreational bag limit from five to one fish per person in the Atlantic; and set the recreational season to be May 1 through October 31 in the Atlantic. Recent analysis indicates there are two stocks of hogfish off Florida: a Gulf stock and a Keys/East Florida stock. The Keys/East Florida stock is overfished and undergoing overfishing and changes to regulations are necessary to rebuild the stock. The Gulf stock is neither overfished nor undergoing overfishing. The purposes of these rules are to facilitate rebuilding of the Keys/East Florida hogfish stock and to achieve consistency between the Commission’s Atlantic and Gulf hogfish regulations and regulations in adjacent federal waters.
Based on the identification of two hogfish stocks off Florida and the stock assessments, the South Atlantic and Gulf federal fishery management councils approved new regulations for hogfish in federal waters, including a new management boundary north of the Florida Keys at Cape Sable in the Gulf of Mexico, which more closely aligns with the biological stock boundary. Federal law requires the South Atlantic Council to end overfishing of the Keys/East Florida hogfish stock immediately and to implement regulations to rebuild the stock within 10 years. To that end, the South Atlantic Council approved changes to regulations, including increasing the minimum size limit for harvest to 16 inches, reducing the recreational bag limit to one fish per person, and creating a recreational harvest season from May through October. The regulations for the Keys/East Florida hogfish stock are intended to balance stock rebuilding with continued public access to the resource. Additionally, the recreational season will reduce fishing pressure on hogfish during their November through April spawning season. The Gulf Council increased the hogfish minimum size limit for the Gulf stock to 14 inches based on stakeholder requests. The change would allow more hogfish to spawn before harvest. These Atlantic and Gulf federal rule changes will take effect on August 24, 2017.
The effects of these rules are that the public will continue to have access to the Keys/East Florida hogfish resource while the stock rebuilds and that state and federal regulations can be applied more consistently to recreational and commercial fishing activity for hogfish in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
- Due of Comment: 8/11/2017
3. Notices of Changes, Corrections and Withdrawals
- Agency for Health Care Administration
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Freshwater Fish and Wildlife
- Department of Environmental Protection
4. Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Rule Variance or Waiver
- Department of Health
- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Division of Hotels and Restaurants
- On July 27, 2017, the Division issued an order. The Final Order was in response to a Petition for an emergency permanent Variance from Mobat Inc., dba Crest Manor, filed June 30, 2017, and advertised on July 5, 2017, in Vol.43, No. 129, of the Florida Administrative Register. No comments were received in response to the petition. The Final Order on the Petition for Variance grants the Petitioner a variance from Rule 3.11.3, A.S.M.E. A17.3, 1996 edition, as adopted by Rule 61C-5.001(1)(a) Florida Administrative Code that requires fire fighter’s service because the Petitioner has demonstrated that the purpose of the underlying statute has been met and that Petitioner would suffer a substantial hardship if required to comply with this rule (VW2017-104).
- Department of Health
5. Notices of Meetings, Workshops and Public Hearings
- Department of State
- Division of Cultural Affairs
- Department of Environmental Protection
- Division of Recreation and Parks
- Department of Financial Services
- Departmental
- The Florida PALM Executive Steering Committee will meet to discuss the status of the Florida PALM Project.; Wednesday, August 9, 2017; 2 – 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time; Department of Revenue, 2450 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Building 1, Room 1820, Tallahassee, Florida 32399
- Department of Revenue, 2450 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Building 1, Room 1820, Tallahassee, Florida 32399
- Department of Health
- Board of Hearing Aid Specialists
- Water Management Districts
- St. Johns River Water Management District
- Southwest Florida Water Management District
- Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Division of Consumer Services
- Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers Committee Meetings and General Business Meeting.; August 7, 2017, 4:00 p.m., Probable Cause Panel. The Probable Cause Panel meeting is closed to the public except for portions, if any, which deal with disciplinary cases that have already become public
August 8, 2017, 9:00 a.m., Committee Meetings and General Business Session if time allows;
August 9, 2017, 9:00 a.m., General Business Session.
; Embassy Suites Jacksonville Baymeadows, 9300 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256
- Embassy Suites Jacksonville Baymeadows, 9300 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256
- Water Management Districts
- Southwest Florida Water Management District
- The Southwest Florida Water Management District has scheduled a public workshop to solicit stakeholder input on the Annual Update of the District’s Minimum Flows and Levels Priority List and Schedule. The Priority List and Schedule identifies water bodies for which the District plans to establish minimum flows and levels and reservations pursuant to the requirements of Section 373.042, Florida Statutes.; Wednesday, August 30, 2017, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Southwest Florida Water Management District Tampa Service Office, Governing Board Room, 7601 U.S. Highway 301, Tampa, FL 33637-6759
- Southwest Florida Water Management District Tampa Service Office, Governing Board Room, 7601 U.S. Highway 301, Tampa, FL 33637-6759
- Department of Health
- Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management
- The purpose of this meeting is for the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) Steering Committee to finalize goals, strategies and objectives for the first seven (7) priority areas, establish participants for the Health Equity Priority Area Workgroup, and agree upon a timeline for completion of the SHIP.; August 7, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Capital City Office Complex
Building 4052, Room 301
Tallahassee, FL 32399
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- Capital City Office Complex
Building 4052, Room 301
Tallahassee, FL 32399
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- Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- Departmental
- The Motorist Modernization Advisory Board is meeting to receive an update on Phase 1 of the Motorist Modernization Program. System functionality and requirements will also be presented to the group for consideration and input.
AGENDA
• Roll Call
• Welcome
• Review and Approval of Last Meeting Minutes
• IV&V Update
• Stakeholder Outreach Update
• Policy and Decisions Review
• MM Phase I Program Update
o Status Update and Financial Review
o Change Request Review
o Program / Project Updates
o Communications Update
• Q&A
• Adjourn
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- Agency for Health Care Administration
- Medicaid
- The Agency for Health Care Administration is requesting an amendment to the Medicaid State Plan for the Long-term Care Reimbursement Plan. The amendment updates buy-back provisions as authorized in the General Appropriation’s Act for State Fiscal Year 2017-2018, makes changes to correspond to the statutory updates in 409.908, F.S., and makes technical and editorial changes. The effective date for this amendment will be July 1, 2017.; August 11, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.; Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407
- Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407
6. Notices of Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Declaratory Stat
- Department of Financial Services
7. Notices Regarding Bids, Proposals and Purchasing
- Other Agencies and Organizations
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
8. Miscellaneous
- Department of Financial Services
- Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Agency for Health Care Administration
- Department of Health
- Department of State