Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40E - South Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40E-63 - EVERGLADES PROGRAM › Part III - BMP RESEARCH, TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION TO ADDRESS WATER QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 40E-63.310 - Conditions for Issuance of a Master Permit

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
In order to qualify for the no-notice master permit
					 provided for in Rule  40E-63.305, F.A.C., the EAA-EPD
					 must satisfy all the following conditions:
(1)
(a)
				  Submit and implement a scope-of-work which addresses the following elements:
1. The current EAA-EPD sponsored farm-scale
				  research to be conducted at ten farms (or other locations throughout the EAA
				  representative in sufficient number to reflect soil and crop types and other
				  factors that influence BMP design and effectiveness) for verification of BMP
				  effectiveness to reduce total phosphorus discharged shall continue.
2. In recognition that substantial
				  particulate matter such as sediments are being discharged from farms, given
				  that published University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural
				  Services data has demonstrated that particulate phosphorus constitutes a
				  significant portion of total phosphorus, the farm-scale research pursuant to
				  subparagraph 1. shall be expanded to include the development, testing, and
				  implementation of BMPs for reducing discharge of particulate phosphorus (i.e.,
				  sedimentation basins).
3. The
				  farm-scale research pursuant to subparagraph 1. shall be expanded to include
				  monitoring for specific conductance at all points where total phosphorus is
				  currently being monitored. The expanded research program shall include the
				  development, testing and implementation of BMPs to address reduction of
				  specific conductance.
4. The
				  organic pesticides Atrazine and Ametryn shall continue to be monitored as per
				  conditions of the FDEP Operating Permit for the Everglades Nutrient Removal
				  (ENR) Project. The monitoring is conducted quarterly at the ENR inflow and
				  outflow pump stations. The outflow station quarterly sample will be taken on a
				  28 day lag from the inflow sampling time to account for hydraulic detention
				  within the ENR. A control monitoring point within the L-7 perimeter canal will
				  be sampled on the same schedule as the outflow station. The District and the
				  EAA-EPD shall cost share equally the laboratory analysis for the organic
				  pesticides Atrazine and Ametryn. Any modification to the FDEP Operating Permit
				  for the ENR concerning sampling and analysis of these parameters shall require
				  a modification to the program scope-of-work pursuant to subsection
				   40E-63.310(6),
				  F.A.C.
5. A proactive BMP program
				  focused on the prevention of the misapplication of pesticides throughout the
				  EAA shall be developed and implemented. The program shall include an annual
				  continuing education program for all pesticide applicators which will focus on
				  the prevention of misapplication of pesticides in field ditches, laterals, farm
				  canals, drainage district main canals, and District canals and
				  waterways.
6. A schedule for
				  implementing the scope-of-work shall require the program elements to be
				  implemented no later than 6 months following District approval of the program
				  scope-of-work.