16136258, 5M-8.001 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 16136258

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division:

Division of Agricultural Water Policy

Chapter:

Best Management Practices for Florida Vegetable and Agronomic Crop Operations

Overview

RULE:

5M-8.001	Purpose (Repealed)
5M-8.002	Documents Incorporated by Reference
5M-8.003	Presumption of Compliance (Repealed)
5M-8.004	Notice of Intent to Implement Best Management Practices
5M-8.005	Notice of Intent to Implement Best Management Practices for Everglades Agricultural Area or C-139 and Western Basins Area (Repealed)
5M-8.006	Record Keeping (Repealed)
5M-8.007	Notices of Intent to Implement Submitted Prior to October 7, 2015 (Repealed)

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this rule is to effect agricultural nonpoint source pollutant reduction in Florida through the implementation of Best Management Practices to ensure that agricultural discharges have minimal individual or cumulative adverse impacts to state water resources. Some of the rule titles have been changed per the coding below.

SUMMARY:

This rule deletes Rule 5M-8.001 (Purpose) which is superfluous, and substantially revises existing rules to establish a procedure for Florida vegetable and agronomic crop growers to submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) which contains water quality and quantity Best Management Practices (BMPs) applicable to their operation.  Submittal of the NOI to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and implementation of identified BMPs that have been verified effective by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection provides a presumption of compliance with state water quality standards and release from the provisions of s. 376.307(5), Florida Statutes, for those pollutants addressed by the practices.  This rulemaking also provides that records maintained by the participant confirming the implementation of BMPs are subject to inspection.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

403.067(7)(c)2; 570.07(10) and (23)

LAW:

403.067(7)(c)2

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

6/23/2015 Vol. 41/121

COMMENTS:

From 6/23/2015 To 7/14/2015 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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