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Notice: 14787376

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Division:

South Florida Water Management District

Chapter:

WATER RESERVATIONS

Overview

RULE:

40E-10.011	Policy and Purpose
40E-10.021	Definitions
40E-10.031	Water Reservations Implementation
40E-10.071	Water Reservation Areas: Upper and Lower Kissimmee Basin Planning Areas

PURPOSE:

The Kissimmee River Restoration Project (Restoration Project) is a joint partnership between the District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).  The project will restore over 40 square miles of river/floodplain ecosystem including 44 miles of meandering river channel and 25,000 acres of wetlands.  An integral component of the restoration is the protection from allocation of water needed for fish and wildlife.  The water identified for the natural system will be protected through a water reservation as authorized by Florida law.

SUBJECT:

Water reservation for the portions of the Kissimmee River (upstream of S-65E), Floodplain and Upper Chain of Lakes, in volumes, locations and seasons of the year as is necessary for the protection of fish and wildlife. Preliminary rule text has not been prepared and will not be available at the workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the technical evaluation which identifies the water needed for the protection of fish and wildlife.
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Don Medellin, Principal Scientist, South Florida Water Management District, P. O. Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680, (800) 432-2045, ext. 6340, (561) 682-6340, email: dmedelli@sfwmd.gov.  The agenda will be posted on the District’s website: www.sfwmd.gov/reservations. Click on Water Reservations tab then Kissimmee Basin.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.044, 373.113, 373.171 FS.

LAW:

373.016, 373.026, 373.036, 373.1501, 373.1502, 373.219, 373.223, FS

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

7/16/2014 Vol. 40/137

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

373.044, 373.113, 373.171 FS., 373.016, 373.026, 373.036, 373.1501, 373.1502, 373.219, 373.223, FS

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=40E-10.011&PDate=7/16/2014&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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