Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5I - Florida Forest Service › Chapter 5I-7 - RURAL AND FAMILY LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 5I-7.004 - Application Procedures and Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) For purposes of Sections
				259.105(3)(i),
				and 570.71, F.S., anyone submitting
				an application for consideration of a Project shall utilize Form FDACS-11207,
				Rural & Family Lands Protection Program Application, Rev. 04/23, hereby
				incorporated by reference and immediately available on the internet at:
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-15367
or by sending a request to the following mail or email address. When an
				application review cycle is announced, applications must be submitted by mail
				or email to:
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
Rural and Family Lands Protection Program
Florida Forest Service
3125 Conner Boulevard, Suite "J"
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1650
RFLPP@FDACS.gov.
Applications must be delivered by 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard
				  Time), on the final day of the application period, as announced pursuant to
				  subsection 5I-7.004(2),
				  F.A.C.
(2) The Department
				shall publish a Notice of Application Review Cycle announcing the opening of an
				application review cycle and the date by which new applications must be
				received. The notice shall include any funding priority criteria that will be
				considered in addition to the preferences set forth in Section
				570.71(10),
				F.S. The notice shall be published in the Florida Administrative Register, and
				available on the internet at:
http://www.flrules.org/
.
(3) When an application review cycle is
				initiated by the Department, all Projects on the existing Project acquisition
				list will be carried over without submission of a new application, unless the
				landowner notifies the Department in writing that the Project is withdrawn from
				the list. Landowners with property on the existing Project acquisition list
				shall submit descriptions of any changes to use or conditions on the property
				by the deadline for submission of new applications published in the Notice of
				Application Review Cycle. If the Project no longer meets the Program
				eligibility criteria set forth in Rule
				5I-5.003, F.A.C., due to changes
				to use or conditions on the property, Division staff shall recommend to the
				Rural and Family Lands Selection Committee that the Project be deemed
				ineligible. When an application review cycle is initiated by the Department,
				all new and existing Projects will either be ranked or re-ranked in accordance
				with Rule 5I-7.007, F.A.C.
(4) Each Project application received shall,
				within 30 days of receipt, be reviewed by Division staff to verify sufficiency
				of information and that on its face it is eligible for further review and
				evaluation in accordance with this chapter.
(a) The Department shall notify the applicant
				with a notice of deficiency provided, via the applicant's preferred method of
				contact as indicated on the application, setting forth a description of the
				deficiency and instructions for resubmission. If the required information is
				not received in writing via the methods described in subsection
				5I-7.004(1),
				F.A.C., within five (5) business days of the applicant's receipt of the notice
				of deficiency, the application will be rejected.
(b) Applications determined to be ineligible
				shall be returned to the applicant with an explanation of the reason that the
				Project was determined to be ineligible.
(c) Applications received after the
				application review cycle deadline described in subsection
				5I-7.004(1),
				F.A.C., will not be considered and will be returned to the
				applicant.