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Notice: 30786653

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Division:

South Florida Water Management District

Chapter:

CONSUMPTIVE USE

Overview

RULE:

40E-2.061	General Permits by Rule
40E-2.071	Noticed General Permits and Individual Permits
40E-2.091	Publications Incorporated by Reference

PURPOSE:

The South Florida Water Management District (“District”) proposes to amend sections 3.2.1., 3.9.3., and any other pertinent section(s) of the “Applicant’s Handbook for Water Use Permit Applications within the South Florida Water Management District,” which is incorporated by reference in Rule 40E-2.091, F.A.C., to establish Restricted Allocation Areas (RAAs) for the Sandstone aquifer and Mid-Hawthorn aquifer and require compliance with the RAAs rules. The intent of the RAAs is to clarify and support implementation of the existing maximum developable limit (MDL) criteria in specified areas to account for the cumulative impacts of both consumptive use permit and domestic self-supply uses, which is designed to restrict future groundwater withdrawals to prevent minimum flow and minimum water level violations and protect the resource from significant harm. The District also proposes to amend Rules 40E-2.061 and 40E-2.071, F.A.C., to require general permits by rule for landscape irrigation at a single family dwelling or duplex, and noticed general permits, to comply with the RAAs rules for the Sandstone aquifer and Mid-Hawthorn aquifer.

SUBJECT:

RAAs for the Sandstone aquifer and Mid-Hawthorn aquifer; MDLs.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.044, 373.113, 373.118, 373.171, 373.216, F.S.

LAW:

373.042, 373.0421, 373.083, 373.109, 373.118, 373.219, 373.223, 373.224, 373.229, 373.232, 373.233, 373.236, 373.239, 373.250, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/17/2026 Vol. 52/75

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

373.044, 373.113, 373.118, 373.171, 373.216, F.S., 373.042, 373.0421, 373.083, 373.109, 373.118, 373.219, 373.223, 373.224, 373.229, 373.232, 373.233, 373.236, 373.239, 373.250, F.S.

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-2.061&PDate=4/17/2026&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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