40E-61 Rulemaking Workshop-Kissimmee

DATE AND TIME: 
November 19, 2019, 10:30 AM

LOCATION: 
UF/IFAS Extension Osceola County
1921 Kissimmee Valley Lane
Kissimmee, FL  34744-6107

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Steffany Olson
800-432-2045, ext. 2759, or 561-682-2759
solson@sfwmd.gov

SUBJECT MATTER TO BE DISCUSSED:
The purpose of this rulemaking is to amend Chapter 40E-61 to:

1. Be consistent with the 2016 Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP or 373.4595, F.S.) and Section 403.067, F.S., including for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed;

2. Develop rules for Caloosahatchee River and St. Lucie River Watersheds;
3. Provide for a monitoring program for non-point source dischargers required to monitor under Section 403.067, F.S.; and
4. Provide for a research and water quality monitoring program.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Lake Okeechobee, Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River Watersheds.