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Rulemaking and Regulatory Meetings

Rulemaking to Protect Water Made Available by the Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project

The District is proposing to amend consumptive use permitting criteria to protect water made available by the Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project (LRWRP), a component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The proposed rule development involves amending the existing Lower East Coast Regional Water Availability criteria to expand the definition of North Palm Beach County/Loxahatchee River Watershed Waterbodies to include the project components identified in the LRWRP.

The rulemaking effort will also adopt rules to protect the groundwater associated with the project’s aquifer storage and recovery wells that will be located at the C-18W Reservoir site. The need for rulemaking is twofold: 1) the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River MFL [Rule 40E-8.421, Florida Administrative Code] identifies the Lower East Coast Regional Water Availability criteria as part of the MFL recovery strategy; and 2) the LRWRP is a CERP effort that requires project water be protected. This water resource protection is a prerequisite for the District signing a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the US Army Corps of Engineers for the LRWRP by September 2022. The existing Lower East Coast Regional Water Availability restricted allocation area boundary includes most, but not all, the areas in the LRWRP. 

Technical Document, Rule, Applicant’s Handbook and Other Materials

Links to drafts of the supporting Technical Document, applicable rules, pertinent parts of the Applicant’s Handbook, and any other incorporated materials are provided below.

  • Notice of Proposed Rule
  • Notice of Intent to Adopt Rules
  • Chapter 40E-2 Consumptive Use
  • Applicant's Handbook for Water Use Permit Applications - Final Draft
  • Technical Document Supporting Rulemaking - Final Draft
  • Rule Development Workshop #1 (January 25, 2022) - Agenda
  • Rule Development Workshop #1 (January 25, 2022) - Presentation
  • Rule Development Workshop #2 (February 22, 2022) - Agenda
  • Rule Development Workshop #2 (February 22, 2022) – Presentation

Stakeholder comments received are posted to the SFWMD web conferencing board at sfwmd.websitetoolbox.com in the Rulemaking to Protect Water Made Available by the Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project  forum.

For more information about this rulemaking effort, please contact: Sky Notestein, Principal Scientist, South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33401; telephone: (561) 682-2750; email: snotestein@sfwmd.gov

Quarterly Regulatory Meetings

Changes in the Permit Review Process

A 2009 amendment to Chapter 373 of the Florida Statutes delegates to executive directors at the state's five water management districts the authority to approve permit applications related to water resources and the environment. To ensure continuing public involvement, the South Florida Water Management District is strengthening its commitment to transparency and open government by increasing public access to its permitting process via Regulatory Meetings held for the public.


If you wish to participate in Public Meetings to discuss Regulatory Matters but cannot attend them in West Palm Beach, you can interact and provide comments during video-conferences at these service centers.
 

  • Fort Myers Service Center
    2301 McGregor Boulevard
    Fort Myers, FL 33901
     
  • Okeechobee Service Center
    316 NW 5th Street
    Okeechobee, FL 34972
     
  • Orlando Service Center
    1707 Orlando Central Parkway, Suite 200
    Orlando, FL 32809


Meetings will also be webcast. You may also send comments to the District about applications for Consumptive Use Permits and Environmental Resource Permits through ePermitting.
 

Written comments can be mailed to:
South Florida Water Management District
Regulation - MSC 9610
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

 

2021 REGULATORY PUBLIC MEETING DATES

No meetings are currently scheduled. 


Contact:
Lisandra Jones
ljones@sfwmd.gov
(561) 682-6948
 

Public Meetings Archive (2009 - 2018)
  • January 16, 2019
    Agenda [PDF] or Minutes [PDF] or Video
  • March 20, 2019
    Agenda [PDF] or Minutes [PDF] or Video
  • June 19, 2019
    Agenda [PDF] or Minutes [PDF] or Video
  • September 18, 2019
    Agenda [PDF] or Minutes [PDF] or Video
  • December 18, 2019
    Agenda [PDF] or Minutes [PDF] or Video
  • January 17, 2018
    Agenda [PDF] or Minutes [PDF] or Video
     
  • February 2018
    CANCELED
     
  • March 2018
    CANCELED
     
  • April 18, 2018
    Agenda [PDF] or Minutes [PDF] or Video
     
  • May 2018
    CANCELED
     
  • June 20, 2018
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  • July 18, 2018
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  • August 15, 2018
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  • September 19, 2018
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  • October 17, 2018
    Agenda [PDF] or Minutes [PDF] or Video
     
  • November 14, 2018
    Agenda [PDF]
     
  • December 19, 2018
    CANCELED

Archived Regulatory Public Meeting Agendas »

Archived Regulatory Public Meeting Minutes »

NOTE: These meetings were canceled:

  • December 16, 2020
  • September 16, 2020
  • June 17, 2020
  • March 17, 2020
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • June 14, 2017
  • November 21, 2012
  • July 18, 2012

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