Notice of Development of Rulemaking

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-113.100: Purpose
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To incorporate by reference an Agreement between the Department of Environmental Protection, the South Florida Water Management District and Miami-Dade County for delegation of a portion of the Environmental Resource Permitting Program. Miami-Dade County will be delegated authority to review and issue environmental resource permits in uplands and wetlands within the designated boundaries of delegation. Authority for compliance and enforcement of these projects will also be delegated. Projects that are within Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project boundaries, sovereign submerged lands, and certain other activities will not be delegated to the County and will remain with the Department of Environmental Protection or the South Florida Water Management District.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: To incorporate by reference an Agreement between the Department, the South Florida Water Management District and Miami-Dade County for delegation of a portion of the Environmental Resource Permitting Program.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 373.043, 373.046, 373.418, 403.061 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.026, 373.046, 373.441, 403.061, 403.182 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: Miami-Dade County Dept. of Environmental Resources Management, 2nd Floor Training Room of the Overtown Transit Village Bldg., 701 N.W. 1 Court, Miami, FL
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: Mary VanTassel at (850)245-8486. 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: Mary VanTassel, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Submerged Lands and Environmental Resources, MS 2500, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400, telephone (850)245-8486, or e-mail: Mary.VanTassel@dep.state.fl.us. Further information and updates on this proposed rule also may be obtained from the Department’s Web Site at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/erp/rules/rulestat.htm. (OGC Tracking No. 05-2688)

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

62-113.100 Purpose.

(1) No change.

(2) Delegations to political subdivisions.

(a) through (p) No change.

(q) #07-X: Agreement for Delegation of a Portion of the Environmental Resource Permitting Program Between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the South Florida Water Management District and Miami-Dade County [Effective Date].

(3) No change.

Specific Authority 373.043, 373.046, 373.418, 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 373.026, 373.046, 373.441, 403.061, 403.182 FS. History–New 1-5-93, Amended 11-16-93, 3-14-94, Formerly 17-113.100, Amended 7-4-95, 4-3-96, 3-24-98, 12-3-98, 7-16-01, 7-1-07,________.