Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40C - St. Johns River Water Management District › Chapter 40C-2 - PERMITTING OF CONSUMPTIVE USES OF WATER › Section 40C-2.331 - Modification of Permits

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) A request for
				modification of a valid permit issued pursuant to Chapter 40C-2 or 40C-20,
				F.A.C., shall be made as set forth in this section:
(a) By application on District Form Number
				 40C-2.900(1),
				 40C-2.900(2),
				or  40C-2.900(3),
				which are incorporated by reference in subsections
				 40C-2.900(1) 
				-(3), F.A.C., as applicable, or
(b)
				By letter that describes the proposed modification, provided that the
				modification is not excluded under paragraph (1)(c), below. The letter must
				include the full permit number for the requested permit modification and must
				describe the proposed modification.
(c) The following requests for modification
				are specifically excluded from the letter modification process and must be
				requested by application under paragraph (1)(a), above:
1. Requests to increase the duration of the
				consumptive use authorization, except for:
a.
				Increases in duration that meet the criteria for a water conservation incentive
				permit extension under Section 1.4.3.3.1(c) of the Applicant's Handbook,
				Consumptive Uses of Water, which is incorporated by reference in paragraph
				 40C-2.101(1)(a),
				F.A.C., or
b. Increases in duration
				due to a change in statutory law that authorizes a longer permit
				duration,
2. Requests to
				increase the consumptive use allocation(s), except for:
a. Increases in use of water from a man-made
				surface water management system that do not increase the allocation by 100, 000
				or more gallons per day on an annual average basis, or
b. The addition of landscape irrigation of
				less than one acre, or
c. Increases
				due to a change from an annualized incremented allocation to an end of permit
				(total quantity) annual allocation, or
d. Increases in allocation due to combining
				multiple permits into one permit, without increasing the duration or changing
				the distribution of the allocation of any of the permits except as allowed by
				other provisions of this paragraph,
3. Requests to change the permitted use type,
4. Requests to add withdrawal
				points, unless the addition:
a. Is for
				backup-allocation purposes to increase the permittee's ability to meet peak
				demands, or
b. Is for the use of
				water from a man-made surface water management system,
5. Requests to change the source(s) of
				withdrawal(s), unless the change is to use water from a man-made surface water
				management system, or
6. Requests
				to change the location(s) of withdrawal point(s), unless the change:
a. Is for the relocation of withdrawal
				point(s) from a man-made surface water management system, or
b. Is for the relocation of a proposed well
				or replacement of an existing well or wells producing from the same
				hydrostratigraphic unit as the proposed well or existing well(s) and does not
				cause impacts to the water resources of the area or existing offsite land uses
				beyond those evaluated under the consumptive use
				permit.