Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40A - Northwest Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40A-44 - REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECTS › Section 40A-44.021 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Best management practices for
				agriculture" means those conservation, management and operational practices
				identified for agriculture as best for reducing pollution and identified in the
				Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Best Management
				Practices adopted under Division 5M, F.A.C.
(2) "Best management practices for forestry"
				means those conservation, management and operational practices identified for
				silviculture as best for reducing pollution and identified in the Florida
				Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Best Management Practices
				adopted under Chapter 5I-6, F.A.C.
(3) "Class I Waters" means those surface
				waters listed pursuant to Rule
				 62-302.400, F.A.C.
(4) "Endangered Species" means those plants,
				fish and wildlife listed pursuant to paragraph
				 5B-40.0055(2)(a) 
				and Rule  68A-27.003, F.A.C., Section
				 581.185(2)(b),
				F.S., 50 CFR
				17.11, and
				50 CFR
				17.12.
(5) "Existing Facility" means a dam,
				impoundment, reservoir, appurtenant work, or works that were constructed under
				authorization by the District, or constructed before October 1, 1984, and that
				has been used and maintained within the 3 years prior to application for a
				permit under subsection
				 40A-44.301(4),
				F.A.C.
(6) "Farm Pond" means a pond
				located on a farm and used for farm purposes.
(7) "Farm Purposes" means and includes farm
				water supply, erosion control, fish and wildlife enhancement or flood
				control.
(8) "Farm Water Supply"
				means water used for irrigation, livestock watering, fire protection or general
				on-farm use.
(9) "Outstanding
				Florida Waters" means those surface waters listed pursuant to Rule
				 62-302.700, F.A.C.
(10) "Projects" means one or more
				agricultural or forestry activities resulting in the construction, operation
				and maintenance, alteration, modification or abandonment of structures or works
				for the sole or predominant purpose or effect of impounding, draining, or
				obstructing surface waters.
(11)
				"Species Of Special Concern" means those fish and wildlife listed pursuant to
				Rule  68A-27.005, F.A.C.
(12) "Steephead Ravines" means those highly
				distinctive stream valleys as described in "A Ecological Characterization of
				the Florida Panhandle, " U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report
				88(12), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1988, which is hereby incorporated by
				reference. A copy of which can be obtained from
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/Reference.asp?No=Ref-02991
,
				or the District's website
www.nwfwater.com
.
(13) "Threatened Species" means those plants,
				fish and wildlife listed pursuant to paragraph
				 5B-40.0055(2)(b),
				F.A.C., 50 CFR
				17.11, and
				50 CFR
				17.12.
(14) "Wetlands" means those areas that are
				inundated or saturated by surface or ground water with a frequency sufficient
				to support, and under normal circumstances do or would support, a prevalence of
				vegetation or aquatic life that requires saturated or seasonally saturated soil
				conditions for growth and reproduction, such as swamps, marshes, bayheads,
				cypress ponds, sloughs, wet prairies, wet meadows, river overflows, mud flats
				and natural ponds.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.113,
					 373.418 FS. Law Implemented
					 373.413,
					 373.416,
					 373.418,
					 373.426
					 FS.
New 10-1-84, Amended 7-1-92, 3-30-94,
					 8-6-13.