Rule No.: RULE TITLE
62-113.100: Purpose
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Department proposes to amend Chapter 62-113, F.A.C., to provide for a partial delegation of Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) program responsibilities for permitting, compliance, and enforcement under Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S., from the Department to the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) of Hillsborough County. The purpose of the delegation is to provide for streamlined review and agency action on state and local permits for activities involving such things as construction of docks, seawalls, and single-family residences in wetlands and other surface waters within Hillsborough County. The delegation will be in accordance with the criteria established by Chapter 373.441, F.S., and Chapter 62-344, F.A.C. The EPC has an existing memorandum of understanding with the Southwest Florida Water Management District to perform compliance and enforcement of ERP activities authorized by the SWFWMD within the county. A previous notice of development of this rule was published in the Florida Administrative Weekly on November 16, 2007.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Delegation agreement between the Department and the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County regarding permitting, compliance, and enforcement of activities regulated under Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 373.043, 373.046, 373.418, 373.441, 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: September 21, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, 3629 Queen Palm Drive, Tampa, FL 33619
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: For a copy of the draft rule and draft Delegation Agreement, contact Mary Van Tassel, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Submerged Lands and Environmental Resources, M.S. 2500, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400, telephone (850)245-8486, or e-mail: Mary.VanTassel@dep.state.fl.us. For questions about the rule and delegation, contact Douglas Fry at (850)245-8480 or Doug.Fry@dep.state.fl.us. Further information and updates on this rule development also may be obtained from the Department’s web site at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/rules_dr.htm#erp. (OGC No. 07-1612)

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