Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34 No. 47, November 21, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The changes are in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The changes are as follows:

1. Subsection (8)(b) will be changed to make it clear that a preapplication conference will always be held either by the Clearinghouse Review Committee or by staff. The introductory sentence will be revised to read, “The Committee or the staff shall conduct a preapplication conference for each DRI to be assessed by the Council . . . .”

2. Subsection (8)(c) will be changed to remove the proposed discretionary language and return this rule to its current language, as follows, “A site inspection for committee members, other agency representatives and staff will be held, as needed, during the month following the preapplication conference and shall be scheduled for the mutual convenience of the parties involved.”