WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

South Florida Water Management District

RULE NO: RULE TITLE:

40E-4.091: Publications, Rules and Interagency Agreements Incorporated by Reference

PURPOSE  AND  EFFECT:  To  update  and  incorporate  an  "Impaired  Waters  Guidance Memorandum". Currently, this memorandum is included in the District's Permit Information Manual as a Design Aid to assist applicants in meeting the water quality requirements of Rule 62-330.301(1)(e),  F.A.C.,  and  Sections  10  and  11  of  the  "Environmental  Resource  Permit Applicants Handbook Volume II: For Use Within the Geographic Limits of the South Florida Water Management District", incorporated by reference Rule 40E-4.091, F.A.C.

SUBJECT  AREA  TO  BE  ADDRESSED:  This  memorandum  pertains  to Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) water quality evaluations for discharges to impaired water bodies and Outstanding Florida Waters that do not meet state water quality standards.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.044, 373.103(8), 373.113, 373.171, 373.413, 373.4131, 373.441, 704.06, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED:

373.413, 373.4131, 373.4135, 373.4137, 373.414, 373.4142, 373.416, 373.418, 373.421,

373.426, 373.441, 668.003, 668.004, 668.50, 695.26, 704.06 FS.

RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME:   November 6, 2013, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE:                      South Florida Water Management District

Lower West Coast Service Center

2301 McGregor Boulevard

Ft. Myers, FL 33901

DATE AND TIME:   November 12, 2013, 1:00 p.m.

PLACE:                      Osceola County Commission Chambers, 4th Floor - Admin Bldg, 1

Courthouse Square, Suite 4100

Kissimmee, FL 34741

DATE AND TIME:   November 18, 2013, 1:30 p.m.

PLACE:                      South Florida Water Management District, B-1 Auditorium

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 hours 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:

Dan Waters, Regulation Service Center Administrator, South Florida Water Management District, Lower West Coast Service Center, 2301 McGregor Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33901, (800) 248-1201 or  (239) 338-2929, ext. 7763, email: [email protected].

For procedural questions, contact Jan Sluth, Sr. Paralegal, South Florida Water Management

District, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, (800) 432-2045, ext. 6299 or (561)

682-6299, email: [email protected].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT

AVAILABLE.