(1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, pursuant to Fl. Admin. Code R. 18-21.0051, has delegated to the Governing Board the authority to review and take final agency action on certain applications to use state-owned lands. Fl. Admin. Code R. 18-21.0051, also provides that the Governing Board may delegate review and decision making authority to District staff. Therefore, the Governing Board further delegates this authority to the Executive Director, the Assistant Executive Director, the Division Director for Regulation, and the Environmental Resource Permit Bureau Chief, or the Regulation Managers, when an application to use state-owned lands involves an activity which is reviewed pursuant to individual and the general permit procedures of Fl. Admin. Code Chapter 62-330, and Chapters 40D-4 and 40D-40, F.A.C., for environmental resource permits grandfathered pursuant to Section 373.4131(4), 373.414(11), (12)(a), (13), (14), (15), or (16), F.S.
    (2) The Governing Board delegates to the Executive Director, the Assistant Executive Director, the Division Director for Regulation, the Water Use Permit Bureau Chief, and the Demand Management Program Manager the authority to take final agency action on petitions for variances and waivers pursuant to Fl. Admin. Code R. 40D-22.303
    (3) The Governing Board hereby incorporates by reference the following documents:
    (a) Well Construction Permitting Agreement Between the Southwest Florida Water Management District and Manatee County, effective June 1, 2021, available at (https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13890).
    (b) Well Construction Permitting Agreement Between the Southwest Florida Water Management District and Sarasota County, effective June 1, 2021, available at (https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13892).
    (c) Well Construction Permitting Agreement Between the Southwest Florida Water Management District and Florida Department of Health, effective June 1, 2021, available at (https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13891).
Rulemaking Authority 373.044, 373.103, 373.113, 373.118, 373.171, 373.219, 373.309 FS. Law Implemented 253.002, 373.083, 373.103, 373.149, 373.171, 373.175, 373.219, 373.223, 373.224, 373.226, 373.246, 373.308, 373.309, 373.427 FS. History-New 3-1-84, Amended 3-10-96, 7-22-99, 12-2-99, 9-26-02, 7-20-04, 10-19-05, 5-21-06, 7-13-06, 12-24-07, 5-12-08, 12-7-09, 7-22-10, 12-7-10, 12-4-11, 6-29-14, 2-18-15, 9-20-16, 11-28-21.