RULE NO: RULE TITLE
40E-41: SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT BASIN AND RELATED CRITERIA
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To develop supplemental water quality criteria for environmental resource permits for new development in the Upper and Lower Kissimmee, Lake Okeechobee, St. Lucie Estuary and Caloosahatchee Estuary basins.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Environmental Resource Permitting Water Quality criteria in Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Watersheds Basin.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 373.044, 373.113 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 373.413, 373.416 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: September 29, 2006, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon
PLACE: Lower West Coast Regional Service Center, Large Conference Room 2301 McGregor Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33901
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 2 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: South Florida Water Management District Clerk at (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: Damon Meiers, Deputy Director, Environmental Resource Regulation Department, South Florida Water Management District, Post Office Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416 4680, telephone 1-800-432-2045, extension 6876 or (561)682-6876, or by email to dmeiers@sfwmd.gov. For procedural questions please contact Jan Sluth, Paralegal, South Florida Water Management District, Post Office Box 24680, West Palm Beach, FL 33416 4680, telephone 1-800-432-2045, extension 6299 or (561)682-6299, or by email to jsluth@sfwmd.gov.
A draft of the rule text is located on the District's permitting website at: my.sfwmd.gov/permitting. Click in the right hand column under the link entitled "rule development". The draft of the rule text is also located on the District's LOER website at: http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?id=727 Copies can also be obtained by contacting Jan Sluth, Paralegal at the contact information provided above.

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