| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to conceptual permits for urban |
| 3 | redevelopment projects; creating s. 373.4131, F.S.; |
| 4 | authorizing certain municipalities and counties to adopt |
| 5 | stormwater adaptive management plans and obtain conceptual |
| 6 | permits for urban redevelopment projects; providing |
| 7 | requirements for establishment of such permits by water |
| 8 | management districts in consultation with the Department |
| 9 | of Environmental Protection; providing that certain urban |
| 10 | redevelopment projects qualify for a noticed general |
| 11 | permit; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Section 373.4131, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 16 | to read: |
| 17 | 373.4131 Conceptual permits for urban redevelopment |
| 18 | projects.- |
| 19 | (1) A municipality or county that has created a community |
| 20 | redevelopment area or an urban infill and redevelopment area |
| 21 | pursuant to chapter 163 may adopt a stormwater adaptive |
| 22 | management plan that addresses the quantity and quality of |
| 23 | stormwater discharges for the redevelopment or infill area and |
| 24 | may obtain a conceptual permit from the water management |
| 25 | district or the Department of Environmental Protection. |
| 26 | (2) The conceptual permit established by a water |
| 27 | management district in consultation with the department: |
| 28 | (a) Must allow for the rate and volume of stormwater |
| 29 | discharges for stormwater management systems of urban |
| 30 | redevelopment projects located within a community redevelopment |
| 31 | area created under part III of chapter 163 or an urban infill |
| 32 | and redevelopment area designated under s. 163.2517 to continue |
| 33 | up to the maximum rate and volume of stormwater discharges |
| 34 | within the area as of the date the stormwater adaptive |
| 35 | management plan was adopted. |
| 36 | (b) Must presume that stormwater discharges for stormwater |
| 37 | management systems of urban redevelopment projects located |
| 38 | within a community redevelopment area created under part III of |
| 39 | chapter 163 or an urban infill and redevelopment area designated |
| 40 | under s. 163.2517 that demonstrate a net improvement of the |
| 41 | quality of the discharged water that existed as of the date the |
| 42 | stormwater adaptive management plan was adopted for any |
| 43 | applicable pollutants of concern in the receiving water body do |
| 44 | not cause or contribute to violations of water quality criteria. |
| 45 | (c) May not prescribe additional or more stringent |
| 46 | limitations concerning the quantity and quality of stormwater |
| 47 | discharges from stormwater management systems than provided in |
| 48 | this section. |
| 49 | (d) Shall be issued for a duration of 20 years, unless a |
| 50 | shorter duration is requested by the applicant. |
| 51 | (3) Urban redevelopment projects that meet the criteria |
| 52 | established in the conceptual permit pursuant to this section |
| 53 | qualify for a noticed general permit that authorizes |
| 54 | construction and operation for the duration of the conceptual |
| 55 | permit. |
| 56 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |