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Notice: 4399646

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Division:

Southwest Florida Water Management District

Chapter:

WATER USE PERMITS

Overview

RULE:

40D-2.091	Publications and Forms Incorporated by Reference
40D-2.801	Water Use Caution Areas

PURPOSE:

The District proposes to expand the existing boundaries of the Northern Tampa Bay Water Use Caution Area to include all of Pasco County and those portions of Hillsborough County north of State Road 60 that are not presently within the Water Use Caution Area. The effect will be to extend to this region the regulatory requirements applicable within the Northern Tampa Bay Water Use Caution Area, to reduce water demands, improve water conservation and ameliorate environmental impacts in the area.

SUMMARY:

In 1989, the District declared portions of northern Hillsborough and southwestern Pasco counties and all of Pinellas County a Water Use Caution Area, known as the Northern Tampa Bay Water Use Caution Area (NTBWUCA), to address groundwater withdrawals that had resulted in lowered lake levels, destruction and deterioration of wetlands, streamflow reductions and salt water intrusion into the aquifer. The boundaries of the NTBWUCA were initially limited to this region because regulations adopted to address these impacts focused primarily on reducing water demands in the most heavily populated areas. Since then, population and water demands in the remaining northern portions of Hillsborough and Pasco counties have grown significantly. Therefore, District seeks to expand the NTBWUCA regulations to these remaining areas. Section 7.3 of the District’s Water Use Permit Information Manual Part B, “Basis of Review” and subsection 40D-2.801(3), F.A.C. are amended to revise the geographic boundary of the NTBWUCA. Rule 40D-2.091, F.A.C. is amended to incorporate by reference the effective date of the amendments to the “Basis of Review.”

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.044, 373.113, 373.118, 373.171 FS.

LAW:

373.036, 373.0361, 373.0395, 373.042, 373.0421, 373.0831, 373.116, 373.117, 373.118, 373.149, 373.171, 373.1963, 373.216, 373.219, 373.223, 373.229, 373.239, 3 73.243 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

7/27/2007 Vol. 33/30

COMMENTS:

From 7/27/2007 To 8/17/2007 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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