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Management and Storage of Surface Waters (Florida Statutes: Title XXVIII Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use; Chapter 373 Water Resources; Part IV; ss. 373.403-373.468)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Florida
Document type
Legislation
Date
1941 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Basic legislation Surface water Freshwater resources management Protection of environment Authorization/permit Coastal zone management Local government Wetlands Water quality standards Flood Recycling/reuse Inland waters Water conservation zone Water shortage/drought Special fund Waste disposal Sewerage Standards Harbour Policy/planning Pollution control Freshwater pollution Institution Environmental planning
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Part of Chapter 373 of the Florida Statutes concerns management and storage of surface waters. More specifically, it provides for statewide environmental resource permitting rules; dry storage facility permitting; port conceptual permits; mitigation banks and offsite regional mitigation; establishment and operation of mitigation banks; mitigation requirements for specified transportation projects; High Speed Rail Project, and determination of mitigation requirements and costs; local government transportation infrastructure mitigation requirements; additional criteria for activities in surface waters and wetlands; water quality within stormwater treatment systems; federal environmental permitting; Part IV permitting program within the geographical jurisdiction of the Northwest Florida Water Management District; state assumption of the federal Clean Water Act, section 404 dredge and fill permitting program; Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan; Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Mitigation Plan; mitigation for mining activities within the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt; Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund, and bonds; protection zones, and duties of the St. Johns River Water Management District; list of flocculants that are permitted; applications for activities on state sovereignty lands or other state lands; conduct of challenge to consolidated environmental resource permit or associated variance or sovereign submerged lands authorization issued in connection with deepwater ports; surface water improvement and management plans and programs; funds for surface water improvement and management; improvements on private agricultural lands; Everglades improvement and management; South Florida Water Management District; permit for completion of Everglades Construction Project; Everglades Trust Fund, and allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for conservation and protection of natural resources and abatement of water pollution; Florida Bay Restoration; Alligator Alley tolls, and Everglades and Florida Bay restoration; Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program; State compliance with stormwater management programs; the Geneva Freshwater Lens Protection Act; water storage reservoirs; Lake Apopka improvement and management; the Harris Chain of Lakes Restoration Council; and the Harris Chain of Lakes restoration program.

Full text
English
Website
www.flsenate.gov