RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
40D-400.500: General Permit for Construction, Operation, Maintenance, Alteration, Abandonment or Removal of Minor Silvicultural Surface Water Management Systems
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of this rulemaking is to adopt a revised Application Procedure for a Noticed General Permit for a Minor Silvicultural Surface Water Management System and Notice of Intent to Construct a Minor Silvicultural Surface Water Management System Form, which form is amended to reduce the number of copies required for submittal from 5 to 1 original and 2 copies. This amendment is part of a District initiative to reduce the number of copies of permit application forms, supporting materials and compliance-related reports and documents that are required to be submitted. The overall purpose and effect of this initiative is to reduce costs to the public associated with the submittal of permit applications and the reporting of permit compliance activities to the District.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Environmental resource permitting.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 373.044, 373.113, 373.118 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.413, 373.414, 373.416, 373.419 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Southwest Florida Water Management District Human Resources Director, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida 34604-6899; telephone (352)796-7211, ext. 4702 or 1(800)423-1476 (FL only), ext. 4702; TDD (FL only) 1(800)231-6103 or email to ADACoordinator@swfwmd.state.fl.us. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Barbara Martinez, Sr. Administrative Assistant, Office of General Counsel, Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2379 Broad St., Brooksville, FL 34606-6899, (352)796-7211, ext. 4660 (OGC#2010053)

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.