40D-8.031. Implementation  


Effective on Monday, September 27, 2021
  • 1(1) No Guidance Levels shall be prescribed for any reservoir or other artificial structure which is located entirely within lands owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the user, and which require water only for filling, replenishing, and maintaining of the water level thereof, provided however:

    46(a) That Chapter 40D-2, F.A.C., rules shall apply to the use of water for such filling, replenishing, and maintaining of the water level, and

    70(b) That the High Level, determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in Rule 8440D-8.624, 85F.A.C., may be established for any lake determined by the Board to be in the public interest.

    102(2) No Guidance Levels shall be prescribed for Lake Manatee in Manatee County, Evers Reservoir in Manatee County, the City of Tampa Reservoir on the Hillsborough River in Hillsborough County, and the Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority Reservoir in DeSoto County.

    144(3) New water use or surface water management activity shall not cause an existing water level or flow to be reduced or suppressed below an established Minimum Flow or 173Minimum Water 175Level. The manner in which the Minimum Flows and 184Minimum Water 186Levels established in this Chapter 40D-8, F.A.C., are implemented in the District’s Consumptive Use and Environmental Resource Permitting Programs is described in Rule 20940D-2.301, 210F.A.C., and 212Water Use Permit Applicant’s Handbook Part B, Section 3.9 221adopted by reference in Rule 22640D-2.091, 227F.A.C., and 229Section 3.6.1 of the Environmental Resource Permit Applicant’s Handbook Volume II 240adopted by reference in Rule 24562-330.010, 246F.A.C.

    247(4)248(a) At the time a Minimum Flow or Minimum Water Level is initially adopted, if the water body is below or is projected to fall within 20 years below, the minimum flow or level, the District shall simultaneously approve the recovery or prevention strategy required by Section 295373.0421(2), F.S.

    297(b) After the initial adoption, when a Minimum Flow or Minimum Water Level is revised, if the water body is below or is projected to fall within 20 years below, the revised minimum flow or level, the District shall simultaneously approve the recovery or prevention strategy required by Section 346373.0421(2), F.S., 348or modify an existing recovery or prevention strategy. The District may adopt the revised Minimum Flow or Minimum Water Level prior to the approval of the recovery or prevention strategy if the revised minimum flow or level is less constraining on existing or projected future consumptive uses.

    395(c) For water bodies without a prevention or recovery strategy, when the District determines the water body has fallen below, or is projected to fall within 20 years below, an adopted Minimum Flow or Minimum Water Level, the District shall expeditiously approve a recovery or prevention strategy.

    442(5) Establishment of a Minimum Flow or 449Minimum Water 451Level shall not be deemed to supersede or replace any other permitting criteria unless specifically provided for by such permitting criteria nor to be a determination by the Governing Board that any quantity above the established minimum flow or level is available for allocation to consumptive uses. For example, the District may by regulation or order reserve such quantities as it deems necessary pursuant to Section 517373.223(3), F.S.

    519Rulemaking Authority 521373.044, 522373.113, 523373.171 FS. 525Law Implemented 527373.042, 528373.0421, 529373.216, 530373.219, 531373.223, 532373.413, 533373.414, 534373.416 FS. 536History–New 6-7-78, Amended 10-16-78, 1-22-79, Formerly 16J-8.03, Amended 3-23-81, 8-7-00, 2-18-08, 5-19-14, 9-27-21.