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Notice: 23903533

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

REGULATION OF THE CONSUMPTIVE USES OF WATER

Overview

RULE:

62-41.300	Central Florida Water Initiative Area, Scope of Rule
62-41.301	Central Florida Water Initiative Area, Uniform Conditions for Issuance of Permits
62-41.302	Central Florida Water Initiative Area, Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook
62-41.303	Central Florida Water Initiative Area, Variances to the Uniform Rules
62-41.304	Central Florida Water Initiative Area, Uniform Process for Setting Minimum Flows and Minimum Water Levels and Water Reservations
62-41.305	Central Florida Water Initiative Area, Applicability of the Dover/Plant City and Southern Water Use Caution Area Recovery Strategies

PURPOSE:

The Department is proposing to create Rules 62-41.300, 62-41.301, 62.41.302, 62-41.303, 62-41.304, 62-41.305, F.A.C., to address the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) and create uniform consumptive use water permitting rules for the CFWI area.

SUMMARY:

The CFWI is a collaborative process involving the Department of Environmental Protection, the St. Johns River Water Management District, the South Florida Water Management District, the Southwest Florida Water Management District, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, regional public water supply utilities, and other stakeholders. The “CFWI Area” is all of Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Seminole Counties, and southern Lake County. Section 373.0465, Florida Statutes, directs the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt uniform rules for application within the CFWI Area. Rules 62-41.300 through 62-41.305, F.A.C., and the Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook address the public interest by providing a uniform regulatory framework to allow for the allocation of available groundwater in the area, subject to avoidance and mitigation measures to prevent harm. These rules will apply to consumptive use permit applicants in the CFWI Area and supersede portions of Chapters 40C-2, 40D-2 and 40E-2, F.A.C., regulating the consumptive use of water in the CFWI Area explicitly identified in the chapter. The Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook is available for review at: https://floridadep.gov/water-policy/water-policy/content/office-water-policy-rulemaking.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.043, 373.0465, 373.171, F.S.

LAW:

373.019, 373.036, 373.042, 373.0421, 373.0465, 373.171, 373.223, 373.229, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

11/19/2020 Vol. 46/226

COMMENTS:

From 11/19/2020 To 12/10/2020 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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