Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40E - South Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40E-61 - NORTHERN EVERGLADES BASINS › Part I - LAKE OKEECHOBEE DRAINAGE BASIN › Section 40E-61.030 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
When used in this chapter:
(1) "Basin Management Action Plan" or "BMAP"
				  means FDEP's comprehensive set of strategies developed for restoring impaired
				  waters by reducing pollutant loadings to meet the allowable loadings
				  established in a Total Maximum Daily Load.
(2) "Best Management Practice" or "BMP" means
				  a practice or combination of practices determined by the Coordinating Agencies,
				  based on research, field- testing, and expert review, to be the most effective
				  and practicable on- location means, including economic and technological
				  considerations, for improving water quality in agricultural and urban
				  discharges. Best management practices for agricultural discharges shall reflect
				  a balance between water quality improvements and agricultural
				  productivity.
(3) "Caloosahatchee
				  River watershed" means the Caloosahatchee River, its tributaries, its estuary,
				  and the area within which surface water flow is directed or drains, naturally
				  or by constructed works, to the river, its tributaries, or its
				  estuary.
(4) "Coordinating
				  Agencies" means the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida
				  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the South Florida Water
				  Management District.
(5) "Lake
				  Okeechobee watershed" means Lake Okeechobee, its tributaries, and the area
				  within which surface water flow is directed or drains, naturally or by
				  constructed works, to the lake or its tributaries.
(6) "Nonpoint source discharger" means either
				  a) the person responsible for the nonpoint source discharge, or b) the owner of
				  the property from which the nonpoint source discharge originates.
(7) "Northern Everglades watersheds" means
				  the combined areas of the Lake Okeechobee watershed, Caloosahatchee River
				  watershed, and St. Lucie River watershed.
(8) "Parcel" means total contiguous land area
				  such as a tract or plot under single ownership, typically consistent with
				  county tax identification numbers.
(9) "Pollutant" means, for the purposes of
				  this chapter, a constituent monitored by the District in surface water runoff,
				  contributing to an impaired water body identified in a BMAP.
(10) "St. Lucie River watershed" means the
				  St. Lucie River, its tributaries, its estuary, and the area within
which surface water flow is directed or drains, naturally
					 or by constructed works to the river, its tributaries, or its
					 estuary.
(11) "Total Maximum
				  Daily Load" or "TMDL" means the water quality targets designed to address
				  verified impairments for specific pollutants.
(12) "Water Quality Monitoring Plan" or
				  "WQMP" means an approved plan to implement monitoring to verify that discharges
				  from a nonpoint source discharger complies with the water quality criteria for
				  the parameters addressed by the BMAP.
Rulemaking Authority
						373.044,
						373.113,
						373.4595 FS. Law Implemented
						373.4595,
						403.067
						FS.
New 4-11-21.