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Notice: 5523003

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Division:

St. Johns River Water Management District

Chapter:

PERMITTING OF CONSUMPTIVE USES OF WATER

Overview

RULE:

40C-2.042

General Permit by Rule

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the proposed rule development is to amend the General Permit By Rule that regulates small irrigation uses below consumptive use permit thresholds in Rule 40C-2.042, F.A.C. Amendments include: repeal of the exceptions for use of reclaimed water and recycled water from wet detention treatment ponds for irrigation; amendment to the limiting conditions to prohibit chemigation and fertigation between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; restriction of the watering-in of chemicals to ¼ inch of water per application except as otherwise required by law; the manufacturer or best management practices; limitation of the operation of landscape irrigation systems for routine maintenance to 1 day per week; providing that where reclaimed water is available, use of private irrigation wells are not authorized; establishing a specific 2 day per week landscape irrigation schedule for the months of March through November; establishing a 1 day per week irrigation schedule for the months of December through February; providing limitations on the volume of water applied during the specified landscape irrigation days; providing that a local government landscape irrigation ordinance may not include more restrictive or expansive provisions than those set forth in paragraphs 40C-2.042(2)(a)-(c), F.A.C.; and revising the Applicant’s Handbook: Consumptive Uses of Water, to reflect these changes.

SUBJECT:

Amendments to General Permit By Rule and related Applicant’s Handbook: Consumptive Uses of Water, provisions regarding irrigation regulation.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.044, 373.113, 373.118, 373.171 FS.

LAW:

373.118, 373.219, 373.223, 373.250, 373.609 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/18/2008 Vol. 34/16

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

373.044, 373.113, 373.118, 373.171 FS., 373.118, 373.219, 373.223, 373.250, 373.609 FS.

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=40C-2.042&PDate=4/18/2008&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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