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Notice: 25269875

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

REGULATION OF THE CONSUMPTIVE USES OF WATER

Overview

RULE:

62-41.302

Central Florida Water Initiative Area, Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook

PURPOSE:

The Department amends Rule 62-41.302(1), F.A.C., to update the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) Area Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook to implement Section 373.0465, Florida Statutes,  which requires the Department update the drought allocation for supplemental irrigation for agricultural uses and provide a process for the applicable water management district implementing the rules to annually examine an agricultural user’s 5-year moving average supplemental irrigation water use. The rule will address agricultural water users in the “Central Florida Water Initiative Area”, which includes all of Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Seminole Counties, and southern Lake County.

SUMMARY:

Section 373.0465, Florida Statutes, was amended in 2021 to include a requirement that the Department adopt a 2-in-10 year drought allocation for supplemental irrigation for agricultural uses and a process for the applicable water management district implementing the rules to annually examine an agricultural user’s 5-year moving average supplemental irrigation water use. These provisions require the Department to amend the CFWI Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook incorporated by reference in Rule 62-41.302, F.A.C. In addition to the substantive amendments, the Department added a cover page, table of contents, and included some technical changes by updating parenthesis for readability. 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:

373.016, 373.019, 373.026, 373.036, 373.0363, 373.042, 373.0421, 373.0465, 373.171, 373.219, 373.223, 373.233, 373.229, 373.709, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

11/17/2021 Vol. 47/223

COMMENTS:

From 11/17/2021 To 12/8/2021 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Ref-13145 Central Florida Water Initiative Area Supplemental Applicant's Handbook

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