Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40E - South Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40E-63 - EVERGLADES PROGRAM › Part IV - EVERGLADES PROGRAM: C-139 BASIN › Section 40E-63.402 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Best Management Practice (BMP)" means a
				  practice or combination of practices determined by the District, in cooperation
				  with the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and FDACS, based
				  on research, field testing, and expert review, to be the most effective and
				  practicable on-location means, including economical and technological
				  considerations, of improving water quality in agricultural and urban discharges
				  to a level that balances water quality improvements, and agricultural
				  productivity, as applicable.
(2)
				  "BMP Plan" means a combination of BMPs that meets, but is not limited to, the
				  requirements of Rules
				   40E-63.435 and
				   40E-63.437, F.A.C., as
				  determined by the District.
(3)
				  "BMP equivalent point" means the numerical value assigned to a BMP as provided
				  in Appendix B1 (incorporated by reference in subsection
				   40E-63.435(1),
				  F.A.C.). The points are used for regulatory permit review to ensure a
				  comparable level of effort in BMP implementation among permittees. The points
				  are an indication of relative BMP effectiveness. The points were based on
				  expert review, technical publications, best professional judgment, and
				  cooperative workshops with stakeholders.
(4) "C-139 Basin" means those lands described
				  in the EFA, Section  373.4592(16),
				  F.S. or lands outside those boundaries which discharge to the C-139 Basin or to
				  the canals or structures described in subsection
				   40E-63.401(1),
				  F.A.C.
(5) "Demonstration project"
				  means an investigation based on technical information to evaluate the
				  feasibility and effectiveness of best management practices techniques offering
				  phosphorus reduction benefits. Criteria to be considered by the District for
				  review are described in subsection
				   40E-63.437(3) 
				  and Rule  40E-63.438, F.A.C.
(6) "Discharge" means any surface water
				  runoff generated by rainfall, irrigation, or seepage flowing off-site from a
				  land area. Runoff may occur through a structure (pump or gravity) or may flow
				  as uncontrolled discharge from a land area.
(7) "Nutrient control practices" means a
				  category of BMPs that minimizes nutrient input and the movement of nutrients
				  off-site by efficient and controlled application of nutrients (e.g., organic
				  and chemical fertilizers, soil amendments, and residuals).
(8) "Parcel" means a contiguous land area
				  identified in the county tax rolls under common ownership.
(9) "Particulate matter and sediment control
				  practices" means a category of BMPs that minimizes the movement off-site of
				  nutrients in particulate matter and sediments by controlling the amount of
				  eroded soil and plant matter in discharges.
(10) "Permit basin" means a parcel or group
				  of parcels served by one or more discharge structures that collectively
				  represent all of the discharge from that area of land. A permit may have one or
				  more permit basins. The boundaries of a permit basin are determined by the
				  District based on available hydrologic data to define, to the extent
				  practicable, the land area discharging to each sub-basin.
(11) "Structure" means a structural device or
				  hydrologic feature (e.g. pump, culvert, open connection, land surface grading,
				  ditch) that water flows through or across and is ultimately discharged/directed
				  from a permit basin to a receiving water body.
(12) "Sub-basin" is an area of land
				  determined by the District to represent all discharges to District monitoring
				  locations based upon hydrologic mapping, and permittee submitted information,
				  as represented in Appendix B3.1 "Permittee Annual Phosphorus Load Determination
				  Based on Sub-basin Monitoring and the Permit Basin Discharge Monitoring
				  Program", dated November 2010, incorporated by reference in paragraph
				   40E-63.446(2)(a),
				  F.A.C.
(13) "Verification plan"
				  means a water quality monitoring program to verify the expected effectiveness
				  of a BMP Plan or proposed water quality improvement activities in accordance
				  with subsection  40E-63.461(4),
				  F.A.C.
(14) "Water management
				  practices" means a category of BMPs that minimizes the quantity and improves
				  the quality of off-site discharges which carry nutrients downstream. BMPs for
				  water management include discharge and irrigation management practices to
				  reduce runoff.
(15) "Water
				  management system" means the collection of devices, improvements or natural
				  systems whereby surface waters are conveyed, controlled, impounded, or
				  obstructed. For water management systems serving multiple entities, dams,
				  impoundments, reservoirs and their structures and canals are referred to as the
				  common facilities.
(16) "Water
				  quality improvement activities" means a combination of modifications to a BMP
				  Plan proposed by a permittee to meet the required total phosphorus reduction
				  requirements of Appendix B3.2. (incorporated by reference in paragraph
				   40E-63.446(2)(a),
				  F.A.C.). Improvement activities may include revising implementation methods to
				  increase the effectiveness of existing BMPs or implementing additional
				  BMPs.
(17) "Water year" or "WY"
				  means the 12-month period beginning on May 1 and ending on the following April
				  30.
Rulemaking Authority
						373.044,
						373.113,
						373.4592 FS. Law Implemented
						373.016,
						373.085,
						373.086,
						373.451,
						373.453,
						373.4592(4)(f)
						FS.
New 1-24-02, Amended
						11-9-10.