40E-400.443: General Permit to the Florida Department of Transportation, Counties and Municipalities for Minor Bridge Alteration, Replacement, Maintenance and Operation
40E-400.447: General Permit to the Florida Department of Transportation, Counties and Municipalities for Minor Activities Within Existing FDOT Rights-of-Way or Easements
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To develop more specific Exemptions or Noticed General Permits or other rule or criteria revisions for Florida Department of Transportation Projects for adding paved shoulders to meet safety standards, extending existing culverts, in kind bridge replacements, addition of pedestrian or bicycle facilities, and other existing design criteria that are not necessarily appropriate for roadway projects. The proposed rule will also amend existing design criteria within the “Basis of Review for Environmental Resource Permit Applications Within the South Florida Water Management District” for roadway projects.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Exemptions, Noticed and/or No Notice General Permits and existing design criteria within the “Basis of Review for Environmental Resource Permit Applications Within the South Florida Water Management District”.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 373.044, 373.113, 373.118 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.118, 373.413, 373.416, 373.426 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: March 27, 2007, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
PLACE: South Florida Water Management District, Bill Storch Conference Room, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406
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: South Florida Water Management District Clerk’s Office, (800)432-2045, ext. 2087 or (561)682-2087. 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: Damon Meiers, Deputy Director, Environmental Resource Regulation Department, South Florida Water Management District, P. O. Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680, (800)432-2045, ext. 6876 or (561)682-6876, email: dmeiers@sfwmd.gov. For procedural questions, contact: Jan Sluth, Paralegal, South Florida Water Management District, P. O. Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680, (800)432-2045, ext. 6299 or (561)682-6299, email: jsluth@sfwmd.gov
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
40E-400.443 General Permit to the Florida Department of Transportation, Counties and Municipalities for Minor Bridge Alteration, Replacement, Maintenance and Operation.
(1) A general permit is hereby granted to the Florida Department of Transportation, Counties and Municipalities to conduct the activities described below:
(a) The replacement, or modification or maintenance of bridges and approaches where the combined total of dredging and filling, both temporary and permanent, in wetlands and other surface waters does not exceed 0.5 acre.
(b) No change.
(2)(a) through (k) No change.
(l) This general permit authorizes dredging and filling for the replacement, or modification or maintenance of a bridge and approaches for a specific crossing of a wetland or other surface water. Replacement of a bridge or modification of a bridge that includes changes in the configuration of the bridge or fill areas due to changes in materials, construction techniques, or meeting current construction codes or safety standards are authorized under this Permit. Any connecting road expansion or alteration associated with such replacement or modification must be authorized by a separate general or individual permit under Chapter 40E-4, 40E-40, or 40E-400, F.A.C., as applicable, before the start of construction; and
(m) No change.
Specific Authority 373.044, 373.113, 373.118 FS. Law Implemented 373.118, 373.413, 373.416, 373.426 FS. History–New 10-3-95, Amended________.
40E-400.447 General Permit to the Florida Department of Transportation, Counties and Municipalities for Minor Activities Within Existing FDOT Rights-of-Way or Easements.
(1) A general permit is hereby granted to the Florida Department of Transportation, municipalities and counties to conduct the activities described below:
(a) The extension of existing culverts and crossing approaches to accommodate widening of the roadway where excavation or deposition of material shall not exceed 1000 cubic yards in wetlands and other surface waters and the area from which material is excavated or to which material is deposited shall not exceed a total of 0.25 acres at any one culverted crossing location (project site). The 1000 cubic yardage limitation shall be separately applied to excavation and deposition of material.
(c) through (g) No change.
(2) through (3) No change.
Specific Authority 373.044, 373.113, 373.118 FS. Law Implemented 373.118, 373.413, 373.416, 373.426 FS. History–New 10-3-95, Amended 6-26-02,_________.