ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE PERMITTING

(1) A notice to the Agency is not required to conduct an activity that is exempt under Rule 62-330.051, F.A.C., except where required in a specific exemption. Persons are encouraged, but not required, to use any available electronic self-certification service of the Agency to con…

The activities meeting the limitations and restrictions below are exempt from permitting. However, if located in, on, or over state-owned submerged lands, they are subject to a separate authorization under Chapters 253 and 258, F.S., as applicable. (1) Activities conducted in con…

(1) Silviculture activities conducted and noticed in conformance with the best management practices and procedures below shall qualify for this no-fee noticed exemption. The Agencies shall not be compelled to verify qualification for these exemptions following receipt of the noti…

Rules 62-330.401 through 62-330.635, F.A.C., contain the procedures to submit a notice to use a general permit, the procedures for their review, the general conditions that apply to them, and the terms and specific conditions of each general permit. Those provisions do not apply …

(1) An individual permit is required for activities that require a permit if they: (a) Do not qualify for a general permit in Rules 62-330.410 through 62-330.635, F.A.C.; and (b) Are not proposed for conceptual approval under Rule 62-330.055 or 62-330.056, F.A.C. (2) Except as ot…

A county or municipality may request a conceptual approval permit for activities occurring within urban infill and redevelopment areas or community redevelopment areas created under Chapter 163, F.S. Following approval of the conceptual permit, any construction, alteration, opera…

(1) A conceptual approval permit is available for an applicant who desires approval of design concepts for a master or future plan to construct, alter, operate, maintain, remove, or abandon projects that require an individual permit under this chapter. This includes activities th…

Materials to include in an application or notice for a permit are described below. Applicants are encouraged to have a pre-application meeting or discussion with Agency staff prior to submitting the application or notice. (1) An application for an individual permit or conceptual …

(1) A State Water Quality Certification under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1341, shall be provided as described below. (a) A complete application for an individual or conceptual approval permit shall constitute an application for certification of complian…

(1) A processing fee is required to be submitted with an application, notice, or petition under this chapter. The amount of the fee is specified in the following rules of the applicable Agency where the application, notice, or petition is submitted. The rules in paragraphs (b) th…

(1) A single application shall be submitted and reviewed for activities that require both an individual permit under this chapter and a proprietary authorization under Chapter 253 or 258, F.S., to use state-owned submerged lands. In such cases, the application shall not be deemed…

(1) The Agency shall review, notice, and issue a request for any required additional information in accordance with section 5.5.3 of Volume I. (2) Pending applications shall be exempt from changes in the rules adopted after an application has been deemed complete except as otherw…

(1) For any application that requires a determination or assessment of the landward extent of wetlands and other surface waters pursuant to section 7.1 of Volume I, Agency staff shall use Form 62-330.201(1), "Chapter 62-340, F.A.C., Date Form", (December 22, 2020), incorporated b…

(1) To obtain an individual or conceptual approval permit, an applicant must provide reasonable assurance that the construction, alteration, operation, maintenance, removal, or abandonment of the projects regulated under this chapter: (a) Will not cause adverse water quantity imp…

(1) In addition to the conditions in Rule 62-330.301, F.A.C., to obtain an individual or conceptual approval permit under this chapter, an applicant must provide reasonable assurance that the construction, alteration, operation, maintenance, repair, removal, and abandonment of a …

(1) The permit authorizing construction or alteration must be converted to the operation and maintenance phase once the construction or alteration has been completed. The construction or alteration authorized under an individual permit must be certified to be in compliance with t…

(1) The operation and maintenance entity shall provide for the inspection of the permitted project after conversion of the permit to the operation and maintenance phase as provided in section 12.5 of Volume I. Inspections are to be conducted and reported as described in section 1…

(1) Modifications to an unexpired individual or conceptual approval permit may be requested by the permittee and will be processed as a minor or a major modification, as described below and in section 6.2 of Volume I. Permit modification fees are set forth in Rule 62-330.071, F.A…

Unless revoked, extended or otherwise modified, the duration of a permit under this chapter is: (1) General permit - Five years to construct, commencing from the date notice is received by the Agency, or the date the Agency verifies compliance with the terms and conditions of the…

(1) Permits in the Operation and Maintenance Phase - Projects constructed in accordance with the terms and conditions of a general permit are automatically authorized to be operated and maintained by the permittee and subsequent owners. A permittee with a valid individual permit …

(1) The following general conditions are binding on all individual permits issued under this chapter, except where the conditions are not applicable to the authorized activity, or where the conditions must be modified to accommodate project-specific conditions. (a) All activities…

The following general conditions are binding on all conceptual approval permits issued under this chapter, except where the conditions are not applicable to the activity or where the conditions must be modified to accommodate project-specific situations. In addition to these gene…

When the Agency has determined that immediate action is necessary to abate an emergency condition, the Agency shall use one of the following measures below to authorize the work. "Emergency conditions" are defined as those that pose an imminent or existing serious threat or dange…

(1) In addition to a variance available under Section 120.542, F.S., the Agencies are authorized to grant a variance from the provisions of Section 373.414, F.S., paragraph 62-330.301(1)(e), F.A.C., and Rule 62-330.302, F.A.C., pursuant to Section 373.414(17), F.S. A person seeki…

(1) General permits authorize activities that, if conducted consistent with the permit requirements, will cause minimal individual and cumulative adverse impacts to the water resources of the Agencies. Mitigation is neither necessary nor required to offset those impacts except wh…

(1) A person wishing to construct, operate, maintain, alter, abandon, or remove projects under a general permit shall provide notice using Form 62-330.402(1), "Notice of Intent to Use an Environmental Resource and/or State 404 Program General Permit," (December 22, 2020), incorpo…

The following general permit conditions are binding upon the permittee and are enforceable under Chapter 373, F.S. These conditions do not apply to the general permit for stormwater management systems under Section 403.814(12), F.S. (1) The general permit is valid only for the sp…

(1) A general permit is granted to the West Coast Inland Navigation District ("WCIND") to dredge public navigation channels and canals within the trafficsheds listed in Table 1 "Trafficsheds, Dredge Depth Limits, and Trafficshed Report Identification Numbers for Use in General Pe…

(1) A general permit is granted to the West Coast Inland Navigation District ("WCIND") to dredge public navigation channels and canals within the trafficsheds and secondary channel systems which have been determined by the WCIND Board to make a significant contribution to public …

(1) A general permit is granted to the West Coast Inland Navigation District ("WCIND") to dredge public navigation channels and canals within the trafficsheds and secondary channel systems listed in Table 1 "Trafficsheds, Secondary Channel Systems, Dredge Depth Limits, and Traffi…

(1) A general permit is granted, except in waters that are accessible to manatees within Charlotte, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, and Pinellas Counties or the St. Johns River and its tributaries in Lake and Seminole Counties, for construction, alteration, maintenance, and operatio…

(1) A general permit is granted to any local government to construct, operate, and maintain a public mooring field for up to 100 vessels, including a dinghy dock and sewage pumpout dock directly supporting the mooring field. (2) The Notice of Intent to use this general permit req…

(1) A general permit is granted to any person to construct, extend, or remove a dock or pier and associated structures as described below: (a) A private, single-family pier or dock with up to two boat lifts that, together with all existing structures on the shoreline of the prope…

A general permit is granted to the owner of an individual, detached, private single-family residence to construct, alter, operate, maintain, and remove floating vessel platforms or floating boat lifts ("platforms or lifts") at their residence, under the following conditions: (1) …

(1) A general permit is granted to any person to install riprap: (a) At the toe of an existing vertical seawall, provided the slope of the riprap is no steeper than two horizontal to one vertical and the horizontal distance from the toe of the seawall is no more than 10 feet; (b)…

A general permit is granted to install, maintain, or remove a fence in wetlands or other surface waters under all of the following conditions: (1) The fence shall not be located on state-owned submerged lands or in Outstanding Florida Waters, Aquatic Preserves, Outstanding Nation…

(1) A general permit is granted to any person for the purpose of constructing or maintaining a culverted driveway or roadway crossing, or bridge of an artificial waterway, provided: (a) This general permit shall apply only to wholly artificial, non-navigable drainage conveyances;…

Rulemaking Authority 373.026(7), 373.043, 373.118(1), 373.406(5), 373.414(9), 373.418, 403.805(1), 403.814(1) FS. Law Implemented 253.002, 253.77(1), 253.77(4), 258.42, 373.118(1), 373.406(5), 373.413, 373.414(1), 373.414(1)(b), 373.414(9), 373.416, 373.426, 403.061(34), 403.813(…

(1) A general permit is granted to the Florida Department of Transportation, counties, and municipalities to conduct the activities described below: (a) For existing maintained roadways and causeways, the alteration, placement, replacement, removal, modification, or maintenance o…

(1) A general permit is granted to the Florida Department of Transportation, counties, and municipalities to conduct the activities described below. (a) The extension of existing culverts and crossing approaches that are authorized under a separate permit or exemption under Part …

(1) A general permit is granted to the owner of a public or private airport or military airbase for the construction, alteration, abandonment, removal, operation, and maintenance of stormwater management systems that serve permanently-paved airside activities, which, for the purp…

A general permit is issued that authorizes construction, alteration, operation, and maintenance of urban infill and redevelopment projects contemplated by a conceptual approval permit issued under Rule 62-330.055, F.A.C., provided all the following conditions are met: (1) The act…

(1) A general permit is granted to counties, municipalities, state agencies and water management districts to construct, operate, and maintain stormwater retrofit activities as authorized below for improving existing surface water and stormwater systems. This general permit may b…

(1) A general permit is granted for the installation, maintenance, repair, and removal of underground utility lines, cable, conduit, or pipeline transmitting electricity, communication signals, potable water, raw water, reclaimed water, domestic wastewater, propane gas or natural…

(1) A general permit is granted to construct an aerial or piling-supported pipeline, cable, or conduit crossing of a waterbody having a width of no greater than 25 feet, provided: (a) The crossing is not located in, on, or over Class I waters, Class II waters, or waters approved,…

(1) A general permit is granted to any person constructing, repairing or replacing a subaqueous utility crossing of artificial waters and residential canal systems, provided: (a) The crossing is not located in Class I waters, Class II waters or waters approved, conditionally appr…

(1) A general permit is provided in Section 403.814(6), F.S., for the construction of power lines and electrical support structures by electric utilities. Terms used in this general permit shall have the meanings specified below: (a) "Access areas" shall mean areas which are clea…