Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40E - South Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40E-63 - EVERGLADES PROGRAM › Part I - EVERGLADES REGULATORY PROGRAM: EVERGLADES AGRICULTURAL AREA (EAA) BASIN › Section 40E-63.102 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
When used in this chapter:
(1) "Best Management Practice (BMP) Plan"
				  means the plan required by subsection
				   40E-63.136(1),
				  F.A.C.
(2) "EAA Basin" means the
				  entire EAA, which is described in subsection
				   40E-63.104(2),
				  F.A.C. (Boundaries).
(3)
				  "Everglades Agricultural Area Environmental Protection District" (EAA EPD) was
				  established by the State Legislature as a special district representing
				  landowners within the EAA Basin for the purposes of ensuring environmental
				  protection by means of conducting scientific research on environmental matters
				  related to air and water and land management practices and implementing the
				  financing, construction, and operation of works and facilities designed to
				  prevent, control, abate or correct environmental problems and improve the
				  enivronmental quality of air and water resources.
(4) "FDEP Comprehensive Quality Assurance
				  Plan" means an approved Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
				  plan pursuant to Rule Chapter 62-160, F.A.C., which specifies the proper field
				  sampling procedures and protocols for particular projects which include
				  sampling equipment, equipment cleaning and preparation procedures, sample
				  collection procedures, sample preservation protocols, sample storage and
				  transport protocols, and sample chain-of-custody protocols and
				  documentation.
(5) "Individual
				  Permit" means a single permit issued to any entity, and the owners of all
				  parcels which discharge water tributary to the structures identified in the
				  permit, that is responsible for implementing Best Management Practices and
				  conducting water quality monitoring for all lands specified within the
				  permit.
(6) "Land Practice" means
				  agricultural or other activities conducted on a parcel pursuant to an approved
				  BMP Plan.
(7) "Land Practice
				  Change" means any change in the use of a parcel which is likely to result in
				  significant changes to the scope or type of Best Management Practice specified
				  in the permitted BMP Plan for the parcel or in the effectiveness of the Best
				  Management Practice specified in the permitted BMP Plan.
(8) "Master Permit" means a single permit
				  issued for the entire Everglades Agricultural Area to a legally responsible
				  entity that provides an opportunity to achieve collective compliance with the
				  provisions of this chapter.
(9)
				  "Parcel" means a contiguous land area under single ownership within the
				  Everglades Agricultural Area Basin.
(10) "Structure" means a structural device or
				  hydrologic feature through which water is discharged from a parcel or parcels
				  to a receiving water.
(11) "Total
				  Phosphorus" means the amount of phosphorus in an unfiltered sample which has
				  been converted to ortho phosphate by an acid persulfate digestion.
(12) "Water Management System" means the
				  collection of devices, improvements or natural systems whereby surface
				  watersare conveyed, controlled, impounded or obstructed.
Rulemaking Authority
						373.044,
						373.113 FS. Law Implemented
						373.016,
						373.085,
						373.086,
						373.451,
						373.453,
						373.4592
						FS.
New 1-22-92, Amended 7-7-92, 6-30-97, 6-7-99,
						7-3-01.