5L-1.003: Shellfish Harvesting Area Standards
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This amendment proposes to update the legal descriptions of all shellfish harvesting areas by making minor changes in order to make the legal descriptions easier to read. The simple changes do not require changing the maps, management plans or legal boundaries.
SUMMARY: The proposed update of the legal descriptions of shellfish harvesting areas will simply add clarifying language to the Conditionally Approved and Conditionally Restricted area legal descriptions similar to the language and phrases utilized in the Prohibited area. The Tallahassee office of the DACS Shellfish Environmental Assessment Section recommended updating the legal language for clarity. These amendments place descriptions, references to shellfish harvesting area map numbers and operating criteria for all shellfish harvesting areas in the document Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Boundaries and Management Plans.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 597.020 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 597.020 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE,TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW(IF NOT REQUESTED, THIS HEARING WILL NOT BE HELD):
DATE AND TIME: March 20, 2009, 4:00 p.m.
PLACE: 1203 Governors Square Boulevard, 5th Floor, Tallahassee, Florida
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 7 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Chris Brooks, Division of Aquaculture, 1203 Governor’s Square Boulevard, 5th Floor, Tallahassee, Florida 32301, phone: (850)488-4033. 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 IS: Chris Brooks, Division of Aquaculture, 1203 Governor’s Square Boulevard, 5th Floor, Tallahassee, Florida 32301, phone: (850)488-4033
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
5L-1.003 Shellfish Harvesting Area Standards.
(1) The Department shall describe and/or illustrate harvesting areas and provide harvesting area classifications as approved, conditionally approved, restricted, conditionally restricted, prohibited, or unclassified as defined herein, including criteria for opening and closing shellfish harvesting areas in accordance with Chapters II and IV of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model Ordinance. Copies of the document Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Maps, revised July 28, 2008, and the document Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Boundaries and Management Plans, revised_________July 28, 2008, containing shellfish harvesting area descriptions, references to shellfish harvesting area map numbers, and operating criteria herein incorporated by reference may be obtained by writing to the Department at 1203 Governor’s Square Boulevard, 5th Floor, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 or is available on the Division’s website at www.FloridaAquaculture.com/pub.htm.
(2) through (11) No change.
Specific Authority 597.020 FS. Law Implemented 597.020 FS. History–New 1-4-87, Amended 8-10-88, 7-9-89, 12-23-91, Formerly 16R-7.004, Amended 7-3-95, 6-18-97, 7-1-97, 7-22-97, 10-12-97, 12-16-97, 12-28-97, 2-12-98, 2-25-98, 7-1-98, 7-20-98, 11-13-98, 12-28-98, 3-18-99, 7-1-99, Formerly 62R-7.004, Amended 6-19-00, 8-9-00, 10-14-01 (1), 10-14-01 (1), 8-17-04, 9-28-04, 9-5-05, 6-11-06, 3-11-07, 10-2-07, 7-28-08,________.