40E-61 Rulemaking Workshop-Okeechobee
DATE AND TIME:
November 5, 2019, 10:00 AM
LOCATION:
Indian River State College
Dixon-Hendry Campus Williamson Conference & Education Center
Building C, Room 112
2229 NW 9th Avenue
Okeechobee, FL 34972
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.