Resilient Florida Program - Rulemaking

62S-8.003

Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan: Project Scoring Criteria

The department created this rule chapter 62S-8 to implement section 380.093, F.S., relating to the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan and project submittal requirements. Entities for which this rule is relevant include coastal and inland communities including counties, municipalities, water management districts, flood control districts and regional resilience entities.

The subject matter addressed by rule 62S-8.003 will include mandatory updates to the scoring system for assessing project eligibility for inclusion in the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan, to maintain consistency with Section 380.093, F.S.

September 5, 2025, Rule Development Workshop

• Agenda.
• Draft rule language (August 26, 2025).
• Presentation.

• DEP has filed the rule with the Department of State and it will be effective December 21, 2025.
• DEP received no written requests to hold a rule hearing for Rule 62S-8.003, F.A.C. and no hearing was held.
• A Notice of Proposed Rule was published in the FAR on October 21, 2025.
• A Rule Development Workshop was held on September 5, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. EDT.    
• A Notice of Rule Development was published in the FAR on July 31, 2025.
  • Open commenting period was Sept 5, 2025 through Sept 26, 2025.
• Please contact Devin Resko with any questions.

62S-8

• Agenda.
• Draft rule language (Jan. 2, 2025).
• Presentation. 

• A Rule Development Workshop was held on January 16, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. EST. 
• A Notice of Rule Development was published in the FAR on Nov. 14, 2024.
• Open commenting period is January 16, 2025 through January 31, 2025.
• Please contact Eddy Bouza with any questions.

62S-7

• Agenda.
• Draft rule language (Nov. 29, 2023).
• Presentation.
• Recording - FTP link password: SLIPDec2023

• DEP has filed the rule with the Department of State and it will be effective July 1, 2024.
• DEP received no written requests to hold a rule hearing for Rule 62S-7, F.A.C. and no hearing was held.
• A Notice of Proposed Rule was published in the FAR on March 21, 2024.
• Updated DRAFT rule language (Feb. 26, 2024) available.
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    • Open commenting period was March 26, 2024 through March 10, 2024.
• A Rule Development Workshop was held on December 13, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. EST. 
  • Register to attend virtually.
• DRAFT rule language was available beginning on November 29, 2023.
• A Notice of Rule Development was published in the FAR on Oct. 25, 2023.

62S-8

Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan

The department created this rule chapter to implement section 380.093, F.S., relating to the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan and project submittal requirements. Entities for which this rule is relevant include coastal and inland communities including counties, municipalities, water management districts, flood control districts and regional resilience entities.

The subject matters addressed by the rule will include sea level rise, flooding, infrastructure, planning, vulnerability, and resilience related to the development of the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan

62S-8, Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan 

• Final rule language
• Proposed Rule Language (June 24, 2022).

May 26, 2022, Rule Development Workshop

• Agenda.
• Draft rule language (May 16, 2022).
• Draft rule language (strike/add).
• Presentation.
• Recording - FTP link password: RulemakingWorkshop
• View the comments  submitted during the May 12 - June 1, 2022, open public commenting period.

March 17, 2022, Rule Development Workshop

• Agenda.
• Draft rule language (March 4, 2022).
• Presentation.
• Recording - FTP link password: Rulemaking
• View the comments  submitted during the March 17-31, 2022, open public commenting period. 

• DEP has filed the rule with the Department of State and it will be effective August 22, 2022.
• DEP received no written requests to hold a rule hearing for Rule 62S-8, F.A.C. and no hearing was held.
• A  Notice of Proposed Rule was published in the FAR on June 24, 2022.
• Rule Development Workshop was hosted on May 26, 2022 (notice published in the FAR on May 6, 2022). The draft rule that was discussed at the workshop was available on May 12, 2022.
• Updated Notice of Rule Development, including a Rule Development Workshop notice, was published in the FAR on Feb. 17, 2022. A Rule Development Workshop was held March 17, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. EDT. 
• Notice of Rule Development was published in the FAR on Aug. 2, 2021. 

DEP is required by section 161.551, F.S. to develop and adopt rules for implementing the section. The section requires state-financed constructors to assess the potential impacts of sea level rise and storms on new coastal construction.

The rules will include definitions, requirements of state-financed constructors, standards for SLIP studies, implementation of SLIP study findings, enforcement mechanisms and the effective date of the rules.

• Draft Rule Language.
• Underline and strike through changes for draft rule 62S-7.
• Updated draft rule language.

Jan. 19 Workshop 

• Recording of Jan. 19, 2021 Rule Workshop.
• 62S-7 SLIP Study Presentation Jan. 19, 2021.

Feb. 16 Workshop

• Recording of Feb. 16, 2021 Rule Workshop.
• 62S-7 Slip Study Presentation Feb. 16, 2021.

Updates as of April 21, 2021

• Proposed Rule Language from April 2, 2021 Notice.

• Notice of Rule Development was published in the FAR on Jan. 4, 2021.
• Notice of Workshop was published in the FAR on Jan. 4, 2021. The workshop was held on Jan. 19, 2021.
• Notice of Workshop was published in the FAR on Jan. 28, 2021 for a second workshop. This was held on Feb. 16, 2021. Registration was required.
• Notice of Proposed Rule was published in the FAR on April 2, 2021.
• As of 5 p.m., April 23, 2021, DEP received no written requests to hold a Public Hearing for Rule 62S-7, F.A.C. – Public Financing of Coastal Construction. No public hearing will be held.