Florida Administrative Code

(1) Applicability. The emission limiting standards or control technology set forth in Rule 62-296.510, F.A.C., applies to bulk gasoline terminals and the appurtenant equipment necessary to load the tank truck or trailer compartments. (2) Emission Limiting Standards. Emissions uni…

(1) Applicability. (a) The emission limiting standards and control technology set forth in Rule 62-296.511, F.A.C., shall apply to cold cleaning, open-top vapor degreasing, and conveyorized degreasing operations. All degreasing facilities using the following halogenated solvents …

(1) Applicability. The emission limiting control standards set forth in subsection 62-296.512(2), F.A.C., shall apply to the manufacture and use of cutback asphalts for paving or maintaining roads, streets, highways, and parking lots. (2) Control Standards. No person shall cause,…

(1) Applicability. (a) The emission limiting standards set forth in subsection 62-296.513(2), F.A.C., shall apply to surface coating of the following metal parts and products: 1. Large farm machinery, such as harvesting, fertilizing and planting machines, tractors and combines, 2…

(1) Applicability. (a) The emission limiting standards set forth in subsection 62-296.514(2), F.A.C., shall apply to all flat wood manufacturing and surface finishing facilities that manufacture the following products: 1. Printed interior panels made of hardwood, plywood and thin…

(1) Applicability. The control technology and provisions set forth in subsection 62-296.515(2), F.A.C., shall apply to all packaging rotogravure, publication rotogravure, or flexographic printing operations whose prior to control potential to emit volatile organic compounds is eq…

(1) Applicability. (a) The control technology and provisions set forth in subsection 62-296.516(2), F.A.C., shall apply to all petroleum liquid storage vessels equipped with external floating roofs, having capacities equal to or greater than 42,000 gallons (159,000 liters, nomina…

(1) Applicability. (a) The requirements of this rule shall apply to those major VOC- and NOx-emitting facilities in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties, as specified in paragraph 62-296.500(1)(b), F.A.C.; specifically, to those VOC emissions units within such facilities …

(1) Applicability. Any lead processing operation that is located in the area of Hillsborough County encompassed within a radius of 5 kilometers centered at UTM coordinates 364.0 East, 3093.5 North, zone 17 (in city of Tampa), designated as unclassifiable for the 1978 Lead Nationa…

(1) Applicability. The provisions of this rule shall apply to all lead processing operations as specified in subsection 62-296.600(1), F.A.C. (2) Prohibition. (a) No owner or operator of a lead processing operation shall cause, allow, or permit the emissions of lead, including em…

(1) Emission Limiting Standards. No owner or operator of a primary lead-acid battery manufacturing operation subject to Rule 62-296.600, F.A.C., shall cause, allow, or permit the discharge into the atmosphere of lead in excess of the following emission standards, in grains of lea…

(1) Emission Limiting Standards. No owner or operator of a secondary lead smelting operation subject to Rule 62-296.600, F.A.C., shall cause, allow, or permit the discharge into the atmosphere of lead in excess of the following emission standards, in grains of lead per dry standa…

(1) Emission Limiting Standards. No owner or operator of a secondary steel manufacturing operation subject to Rule 62-296.600, F.A.C., shall cause, allow or permit the discharge of lead into the atmosphere in excess of the following emission standards, in grains of lead per dry s…

No owner or operator of a lead oxide handling operation subject to Rule 62-296.600, F.A.C., shall cause, allow, or permit visible emissions in excess of 3% opacity. Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-New 8-8-94, Formerl…

(1) Applicability. (a) Emissions of particulate matter shall be limited through the application of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for any emissions unit, issued an air permit on or before May 30, 1988, that emits particulate matter and is located in: 1. That porti…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-Formerly 17-2.650(2)(c)1., Amended 6-29-93, Formerly 17-296.701, Amended 11-23-94, 1-1-96, 7-10-14, Repealed 2-8-17.

(1) Applicability. The emission limitations set forth in Rule 62-296.702, F.A.C., shall apply to fossil fuel steam generating facilities including one or more boilers which individually or in combination have a heat input greater than or equal to 30 million British thermal units …

Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-Formerly 17-2.650(2)(c)3., 17-296.703, Amended 11-23-94, 1-1-96, 7-10-14, Repealed 2-8-17.

(1) Applicability. The emission limitations set forth in Rule 62-296.704, F.A.C., shall apply to any facility used to manufacture asphalt concrete by heating and drying aggregate and mixing with asphalt cements, excluding unloading and storage of raw materials. (2) Emission Limit…

(1) Applicability. The emission limitations set forth in Rule 62-296.705, F.A.C., shall apply to all unit operations and auxiliary equipment which are an integral part of the process used to manufacture the finished products specified in paragraphs (a) through (f), below, includi…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-Formerly 17-2.650(2)(c)6., 17-296.706, Amended 11-23-94, 1-1-96, 7-10-14, Repealed 2-8-17.

(1) Applicability. The emission limitations set forth in Rule 62-296.707, F.A.C., shall apply to all furnaces that heat materials with electric arcs from carbon electrodes, including phosphorus electric arc furnaces. (2) Emission Limitations. No owner or operator of an electric a…

(1) Applicability. The emission limitations set forth in Rule 62-296.708, F.A.C., shall apply to indirectly heated furnaces which are temperature controlled for the differential melting of scrap or combined metal products or which melt metals for coating or reclamation. (2) Emiss…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-Formerly 17-2.650(2)(c)9., 17-296.709, Amended 11-23-94, 1-1-96, 7-10-14, Repealed 2-8-17.

Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-Formerly 17-2.650(2)(c)10., 17-296.710, Amended 11-23-94, 1-1-96, 7-10-14, Repealed 2-8-17.

(1) Applicability. The emission limitations set forth in Rule 62-296.711, F.A.C., shall apply to the handling, sizing, screening, crushing, or grinding of the materials such as, but not limited to, cement, clinker, fly ash, coke, gypsum, shale, lime, sulfur, phosphatic materials,…

(1) Applicability. The emission limitations and other requirements of Rule 62-296.712, F.A.C., shall apply to miscellaneous manufacturing process operations for which a specific RACT emission limitation has not been established in Rules 62-296.401 through 62-296.415, F.A.C., or 6…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-Formerly 17-2.700(1)(a), 17-297.100, Amended 11-23-94, 3-13-96, Repealed 2-16-12.

(1) Applicability. Unless otherwise stated in a specific rule, permit, or other order, the general requirements set forth in subsections 62-297.310(2) through (10), F.A.C., shall be used for regulated stationary sources' emissions tests for comparison with air pollution emission-…

(1) Training and Certification Required. All persons engaged in determining the opacity of visible emissions in Florida shall attend training and be certified by a training provider in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth below. (a) Certification shall consis…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-Formerly 17-2.700(6)(b), Amended 6-11-93, Formerly 17-297.401, Amended 11-23-94, 1-1-96, 3-13-96, 10-7-96, 3-2-99, Repealed 7-10-14.

The following test procedures are adopted by reference. Copies of these documents are available from the sources set forth below. Copies may also be inspected at the Department's Tallahassee Office. (1) [Reserved]. (2) EPA Reports - EPA occasionally publishes test methods and emi…

(1) Applicability. The requirements set forth in subsections 62-297.450(2) and (3), F.A.C., shall apply to all regulated VOC-emitting emissions units employing a control system pursuant to Rules 62-296.501 through 62-296.516, and 62-296.800, F.A.C. (2) Capture Efficiency Determin…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History-New 6-29-93, Formerly 17-297.520, Amended 11-23-94, 3-13-96, 3-2-99, Repealed 2-16-12.

(1) The owner or operator of any emissions unit subject to the provisions of this chapter may request in writing a determination by the Secretary or his/her designee that any requirement of this chapter (except for any continuous monitoring requirements) relating to emissions tes…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.062, 403.087, 403.504, 403.704, 403.804, 403.805 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.061, 403.085, 403.086, 403.087, 403.088, 403.101, 403.141, 403.161, 403.182, 403.502, 403.702, 403.708, 403.802 FS. History-New 5-29-90, Formerly 17-301.100, Repeal…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.062, 403.087, 403.504, 403.704, 403.804, 403.805 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.085, 403.086, 403.087, 403.088, 403.502, 403.802 FS. History-New 5-29-90, Formerly 17-301.200, Repealed 2-16-12.

Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.805 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087, 403.088, 403.802, 403.817 FS. History-Formerly 17-4.02(17), Amended 10-1-84, 10-16-84, Formerly 17-4.022, 17-3.022, 17-301.400, Amended 1-8-96, Repealed 2-16-12.

As used in this chapter: (1) "Acute toxicity" shall mean a concentration greater than one-third (1/3) of the amount lethal to 50% of the test organisms in 96 hours (96 hr LC50) for a species protective of the indigenous aquatic community for a substance not identified in paragrap…

(1) Article II, Section 7 of the Florida Constitution requires abatement of water pollution and conservation and protection of Florida's natural resources and scenic beauty. (2) Congress, in Section 101(a)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, declares that a…

(1) All surface waters of the State have been classified according to designated uses as follows: CLASS I Potable Water Supplies CLASS I-Treated Treated Potable Water Supplies CLASS II Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting CLASS III Fish Consumption; Recreation, Propagation and Mai…

(1) Minimum Criteria. All surface waters of the State shall at all places and at all times be free from: (a) Domestic, industrial, agricultural, or other man-induced non-thermal components of discharges which, alone or in combination with other substances or in combination with o…

All discharges or proposed discharges of heated water into receiving bodies of water (RBW) which are controlled by the State shall be subjected to a thorough study to assess the consequences of the discharge upon the environment. The State shall be divided into two general climat…

The following table contains both numeric and narrative surface water quality criteria to be applied except within zones of mixing. The left-hand column of the Table is a list of constituents for which a surface water criterion exists. The headings for the water quality classific…

(1) The narrative water quality criteria for nutrients in paragraphs 62-302.530(48)(a) and (b), F.A.C., applies to all Class I, Class II, and Class III waters. (2) The narrative water quality criterion for nutrients in paragraph 62-302.530(48)(b), F.A.C., shall be numerically int…

(1) Estuary-specific numeric interpretations of the narrative nutrient criterion in paragraph 62-302.530(48)(b), F.A.C., are in the table below. The concentration-based estuary interpretations are open water, area-wide averages. Numeric values listed below for nutrient and nutrie…

(1) Class I, Class III predominantly freshwaters, and Class III-Limited predominantly freshwaters. (a) No more than 10 percent of the daily average percent dissolved oxygen (DO) saturation values shall be below the following values: 1. 67 percent in the Panhandle West bioregion, …

(1) Purpose and Scope. The water quality standards adopted by this rule include all of the following elements: (a) A numerical interpretation of the Class III narrative nutrient criterion for phosphorus; (b) A method for determining achievement of the numeric phosphorus criterion…

(1) It shall be the Department policy to afford the highest protection to Outstanding Florida Waters and Outstanding National Resource Waters. No degradation of water quality, other than that allowed in subsections 62-4.242(2) and (3), F.A.C., is to be permitted in Outstanding Fl…

(1) Type I Site Specific Alternative Criteria: A waterbody, or portion thereof, may not meet a particular ambient water quality criterion specified for its classification, due to natural background conditions or man-induced conditions which cannot be controlled or abated. In such…