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    2         An act relating to the ratification of the Department
    3         of Environmental Protection’s rules relating to
    4         stormwater; ratifying a specified rule relating to
    5         environmental resource permitting for the sole and
    6         exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
    7         effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which
    8         requires ratification of any rule exceeding the
    9         specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or
   10         increase in regulatory costs; providing construction;
   11         amending s. 373.4131, F.S.; ratifying rule 62-330.010,
   12         Florida Administrative Code, with specified changes;
   13         requiring that specified future amendments to such
   14         rule be submitted in bill form to, and approved by,
   15         the Legislature; providing an effective date.
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   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. (1)The following rule is ratified for the sole
   20  and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
   21  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   22  rule 62-330, Florida Administrative Code, titled “Environmental
   23  Resource Permitting,” as filed for adoption with the Department
   24  of State pursuant to the certification package dated April 28,
   25  2023.
   26         (2)Except for the changes set forth in section 2 as to
   27  rule 62-330.010, Florida Administrative Code, this section
   28  serves no other purpose and may not be codified in the Florida
   29  Statutes. After this act becomes a law, its enactment and
   30  effective dates must be noted in the Florida Administrative
   31  Code, the Florida Administrative Register, or both, as
   32  appropriate. This section does not alter rulemaking authority
   33  delegated by prior law, does not constitute legislative
   34  preemption of or exception to any provision of law governing
   35  adoption or enforcement of the rule cited, and is intended to
   36  preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule under chapter
   37  120, Florida Statutes. This section does not cure any rulemaking
   38  defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of authority or
   39  a violation of the legal requirements governing adoption of any
   40  rule cited.
   41         Section 2. Subsection (7) is added to section 373.4131,
   42  Florida Statutes, to read:
   43         373.4131 Statewide environmental resource permitting
   44  rules.—
   45         (7)The Legislature ratifies rule 62-330.010, Florida
   46  Administrative Code, titled “Purpose and Implementation,” as
   47  filed for adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the
   48  certification package dated April 28, 2023, with the following
   49  changes:
   50         (a)Section 3.1.2(e)3. of the Applicant’s Handbook Volume
   51  I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative
   52  Code, is changed to add, after the last sentence, the following:
   53  “Nothing in Section 3.1.2(e)3. shall eliminate any grandfather
   54  provisions in Section 1.4.2 and other grandfather provisions of
   55  Section 3.1.2 in existence prior to [effective date]. Projects
   56  listed in Section 3.1.2(e)3. shall use all forms in effect at
   57  the time the permit was originally issued, except for those
   58  subsequent permits to construct and operate the future phases
   59  consistent with an unexpired conceptual approval permit which
   60  shall use the following forms effective [effective date]: Form
   61  62-330.301(26) Financial Capability Certification; Form 62
   62  330.301(25) Dam System Information; Form 62-330.311(1) Operation
   63  and Maintenance Certification; and Form 62-330.311(3) Inspection
   64  Checklists, as applicable.”
   65         (b)Section 8.3.4(a)3. of the Applicant’s Handbook Volume
   66  I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative
   67  Code, is changed to read: “the post-development condition
   68  average annual loading, of those pollutants not meeting water
   69  quality standards, that is less than that of the predevelopment
   70  condition.”
   71         (c)Section 8.3.4(b)2. of the Applicant’s Handbook Volume
   72  I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative
   73  Code, is changed to read: “the post-development condition
   74  average annual loading, of those pollutants not meeting water
   75  quality standards, that is less than that of the predevelopment
   76  condition.”
   77         (d)Section 8.3.5 of the Applicant’s Handbook Volume I,
   78  incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative
   79  Code, is changed to read: “Stormwater treatment systems serving
   80  redevelopment activities shall either meet the requirements of
   81  Sections 8.3.2 through 8.3.4 or provide an alternate level of
   82  treatment sufficient to accomplish:
   83         (a)an 80 percent reduction of the post-development average
   84  annual loading of TP and a 45 percent reduction of the post
   85  development average annual loading of TN from the project area;
   86  and
   87         (b)for stormwater systems located within a HUC 12 sub
   88  watershed containing an OFW and located upstream of that OFW, a
   89  90 percent reduction of the post-development average annual
   90  loading of TP and a 60 percent reduction of the post-development
   91  average annual loading of TN from the project area; and
   92         (c)for stormwater treatment systems located within a HUC
   93  12 sub-watershed which contains an impaired water and located
   94  upstream of that impaired water, a level of treatment sufficient
   95  to accomplish a post-development condition average annual
   96  loading, of those pollutants not meeting water quality
   97  standards, that is less than that of the predevelopment
   98  condition.”
   99         (e)The first sentence of Section 12.5(a) of the
  100  Applicant’s Handbook Volume I, incorporated in rule 62
  101  330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative Code, is changed to read:
  102  “All operation and maintenance entities, other than MS4
  103  Entities, shall conduct and report inspections in accordance
  104  with this section; except that those specific activities and
  105  best management practices regulated by the South Florida Water
  106  Management District pursuant to Chapter 40E-63, F.A.C., or by
  107  the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to
  108  Title 5M, F.A.C., and Section 403.067(7)(c)2., F.S., shall be
  109  inspected in accordance with such applicable rules and laws.”
  110         (f)Section 8.2.2 of the Applicant’s Handbook Volume I,
  111  incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative
  112  Code, is changed to add, after the last sentence, the following:
  113  “When an applicant demonstrates that its designs and plans,
  114  including any supporting information, meet the performance
  115  standards of Sections 8.2.3 and 8.3 by performing the analysis
  116  specified in Section 9 and, if applicable, in Volume II or
  117  Appendix O of Volume I, employing the structural best management
  118  practices specified therein as needed, and provides the
  119  information required by such sections, the applicant shall have
  120  satisfied the conditions for issuance of rule 62-330.301(1)(e),
  121  F.A.C., and rule 62-330.301(3), F.A.C., if applicable, and is
  122  entitled to the presumption of Section 373.4131(3)(b), F.S.”
  123         (g)Section 8.3.1 of the Applicant’s Handbook Volume I,
  124  incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative
  125  Code, is changed to read: “Each applicant shall demonstrate,
  126  through modeling or calculations as described in Section 9, that
  127  their proposed stormwater management system is designed to
  128  discharge to the required treatment level based on the
  129  performance standards described in Sections 8.3.2 through 8.3.5
  130  below. For the purposes of this section, annual loading from the
  131  proposed project refers to post-development loads before
  132  treatment, as calculated in Section 9 of this volume. Stormwater
  133  treatment systems shall be designed to achieve at least an 80
  134  percent reduction of the average annual post-development total
  135  suspended solids (TSS) load, or 95 percent of the average annual
  136  post-development TSS load for those proposed projects located
  137  within a HUC 12 sub-watershed containing an Outstanding Florida
  138  Water (OFW) and located upstream of that OFW. There is a
  139  rebuttable presumption that this standard is met when structural
  140  stormwater best management practices (BMPs) are designed to meet
  141  the applicable design standards in Sections 8.3.2 through 8.3.5
  142  below.”
  143         (h)Section 9.1 of the Applicant’s Handbook Volume I,
  144  incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative
  145  Code, is changed to read: “Applicants are required to provide
  146  nutrient load reduction calculations in their application. To
  147  calculate the required stormwater nutrient load reduction for a
  148  project, the applicant should:
  149         1.Determine whether the site falls within the same HUC 12
  150  sub-watershed as, and is upstream of, an OFW or impaired water,
  151  and select the corresponding performance standard from Section
  152  8.3 of this volume;
  153         2.Determine the pre-development average annual average
  154  mass loading of the project area for both total nitrogen (TN)
  155  and total phosphorus (TP) through modeling or as described in
  156  Section 9.2;
  157         3.Calculate the project area’s post-development annual
  158  average mass loading before treatment for both TN and TP through
  159  modeling or as described in Section 9.2;
  160         4.Determine the percent TN and TP reduction needed as
  161  defined within Sections 8.3 and 9.3 of this volume. The greater
  162  percent load reduction will be the requirement for the project;
  163  and
  164         5.Determine which BMPs, or other treatment and reduction
  165  options, will be used to meet the required TN and TP load
  166  reductions that are equivalent to, or which exceed, the
  167  applicable performance standards in Sections 8.2.3 through
  168  8.3.6. Information on how to calculate nutrient load reduction
  169  for BMP Treatment Train is found in Section 9.5 of this volume.
  170  
  171  When an applicant provides reasonable assurance that its
  172  modeling, calculations, and applicable supporting documentation
  173  satisfy the provisions described above, the applicant shall have
  174  demonstrated that it meets the performance standards specified
  175  under Sections 8.2.3 through 8.3.6 of this volume.
  176         (i)Section 3.1.2(e)4. of the Applicant’s Handbook Volume
  177  I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a), Florida Administrative
  178  Code, is changed to read: “Projects or activities that are the
  179  subject of a general or individual permit application that is
  180  deemed complete on or before [effective date + 18 months] shall
  181  be exempt from the amendments to Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., and
  182  Volume I adopted on [effective date], and the corresponding
  183  amendments to the applicable Volume II.”
  184         (j)Section 3.1.2(f) shall be added to the Applicant’s
  185  Handbook Volume I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a),
  186  Florida Administrative Code, and shall read: “Development or
  187  other construction projects for which stormwater management and
  188  design plans were submitted to a local or other government
  189  agency before January 1, 2024, shall be exempt from the
  190  amendments to Chapter 62-330, F.A.C., and Volume I adopted on
  191  [effective date], and the corresponding amendments to the
  192  applicable Volume II, for any of the following:
  193         1.A project that was submitted as part of a local building
  194  permit or as part of an application for a site plan or
  195  subdivision plat approval.
  196         2.An approved regional stormwater management system
  197  designed and permitted pursuant to an effective permit under
  198  part IV of chapter 373, F.S.
  199         (k)Section 3.1.2(g) shall be added to the Applicant’s
  200  Handbook Volume I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a),
  201  Florida Administrative Code, and shall read: “Stormwater
  202  management systems constructed in accordance with a binding
  203  ecosystem management agreement executed by the department
  204  pursuant to Section 403.0752, F.S., before January 1, 2024, are
  205  exempt from the amendments to chapter 62-330, Florida
  206  Administrative Code, the Applicant’s Handbook Volume I adopted
  207  on [effective date], and corresponding amendments to the
  208  Applicant’s Handbook Volume II.”
  209         (l)Section 3.1.2(h) shall be added to the Applicant’s
  210  Handbook Volume I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a),
  211  Florida Administrative Code, and shall read: “Stormwater
  212  management and design plans for a valid development of regional
  213  impact, as defined in Section 380.06, F.S., with a development
  214  order, as defined pursuant to Section 380.031, F.S., issued
  215  before January 1, 2024, are exempt, until October 1, 2044, from
  216  the amendments to chapter 62-330, Florida Administrative Code,
  217  the Applicant’s Handbook Volume I adopted on [effective date],
  218  and corresponding amendments to the Applicant’s Handbook Volume
  219  II, except where there has been an official determination or
  220  classification that an approved development of regional impact
  221  was essentially built out, as discussed in Section 380.06(4),
  222  F.S., after [effective date].”
  223         (m)Section 3.1.2(i) shall be added to the Applicant’s
  224  Handbook Volume I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a),
  225  Florida Administrative Code, and shall read: “Stormwater
  226  management and design plans for a planned unit development final
  227  development plan approved pursuant to a local ordinance,
  228  resolution, or other final action by a local governing body
  229  before January 1, 2024, are exempt, until October 1, 2034, from
  230  the amendments to chapter 62-330, Florida Administrative Code,
  231  the Applicant’s Handbook Volume I adopted on [effective date],
  232  and corresponding amendments to the Applicant’s Handbook Volume
  233  II.”
  234  
  235  Any future amendments to those portions of the Applicant’s
  236  Handbook Volume I, incorporated in rule 62-330.010(4)(a),
  237  Florida Administrative Code, included in this subsection must be
  238  submitted in bill form to the Speaker of the House of
  239  Representatives and to the President of the Senate for their
  240  consideration and referral to the appropriate committees. Such
  241  amendments shall become effective only upon approval by act of
  242  the Legislature.
  243         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.