Florida Administrative Code

(1) General Requirements. (a) This rule authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating a wastewater disposal system for a laundromat designed and operated in accordance with this rule, provided that all the conditions of this rule are met. (b) This general p…

Rulemaking Authority 403.051, 403.814 FS. Law Implemented 403.051, 403.061, 403.087, 403.088, 403.814 FS. History-New 11-27-89, Amended 4-2-90, 4-22-93, Formerly 17-660.802, Repealed 4-4-17.

(1) Applicability. (a) This rule authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating a car wash treatment, disposal, and recycle system, designed and operated in accordance with this rule, provided that all of the conditions of this rule are met. (b) Any resident…

(1) General Requirements. This rule authorizes a general permit for any person operating a sand or limestone mine designed and operated in accordance with this rule, provided that all of the conditions of this rule are met. (2) Applicability and Coverage. (a) Coverage under this …

(1) General Requirements. (a) This rule authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating a treatment and disposal system for wash water from the packaging of fresh market tomatoes with a wash tank discharging between 5,000 and 50,000 gallons per day, provided …

(1) General Requirements, Conditions and Applicability. (a) This rule authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating a wastewater treatment and sprayfield land application effluent disposal system for wash water from fresh citrus fruit packinghouses as defin…

Rulemaking Authority 403.051, 403.0877, 403.814 FS. Law Implemented 120.55, 403.051, 403.0877, 403.814 FS. History-New 4-30-92, Amended 4-14-94, Formerly 17-660.820, Amended 12-24-96, Repealed 2-16-12.

Rulemaking Authority 403.051, 403.0877, 403.814 FS. Law Implemented 120.55, 403.051, 403.0877, 403.814 FS. History-New 3-8-93, Formerly 17-660.821, Amended 12-24-96, Repealed 2-16-12.

Terms used in this rule shall have the meaning specified below. The meaning of any term not defined below may be taken from definitions in other rules of the Department, unless such meaning would defeat the purposes or intent of this rule. (1) "Animal feeding operation" means a l…

(1) Any person discharging or proposing to discharge pollutants from a concentrated animal feeding operation shall file an application for a permit with the Department. (2) Each application must be filed on DEP Form 62-620.910(3) and completed in accordance with the instructions …

(1) The discharge of untreated wastewater and runoff from dairy farms may reasonably be expected to be a source of pollution to waters of the state. The purpose of Rule 62-670.500, F.A.C., is to control pollution of waters of the state due to the discharge of wastewater and runof…

(1) Statement of Intent. (a) The purpose of Rule 62-670.600, F.A.C., is to control pollution of waters of the state due to the discharge of wastewaters and run off from major egg production facilities. Discharge of process wastewater and runoff from any major egg production facil…

The definitions set forth in Title 40, United States Code of Federal Regulations, Part 401 and Section 436.181, F.S., are adopted by reference, except where in conflict with the definitions in this rule. In addition, the definitions in Section 403.031, F.S., and the following def…

The effluent guidelines and standards for mineral mining and processing in subparagraph 62-660.400(1)(e)31., F.A.C., apply herein, except where the provisions of this rule are more specific. (1) The following effluent limitations apply to effluent discharges by a pollution source…

New pollution sources shall comply with the effluent limitations determined by the Department in accordance with this rule. (1) The applicant shall provide the Department with the following information in addition to the information required by Chapters 17-3, 62-4, 62-660 and 62-…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061(22), 403.4155 FS. Law Implemented 403.061(22), 403.4155 FS. History-Revised 12-8-72, Formerly 17-9.01, 17-9.001, 17-672.100, Amended 6-28-99, Repealed 2-16-12.

(1) 100-Year Rainfall Event - A rainfall event which is characterized by a mean return period of one hundred years, i.e., a rainfall event which has a 99% probability for not being exceeded during any given year. (2) 100-Year Annual Rainfall - The 100-Year rainfall event represen…

(1) Design. (a) Site investigation - The general area desired for use as a settling area shall be carefully inspected by the design engineer prior to selection of the exact location for a dam. Areas of uneven natural subsidence, sink-hole, pockets of organic matter, or other unst…

(1) Active dams - The water level in a settling area shall not be raised or lowered more than one (1') foot during any twenty-four (24) hour period, except under emergency conditions. The water level shall not be lowered more than five (5') feet per month. Each active settling ar…

Personnel or agents of the department may accompany inspectors on any inspection required by this rule, or inspect settling areas at any other time which is reasonable under the circumstances involved. They may also examine any inspection reports and be furnished copies thereof u…

The owner of a dam shall prepare contingency plans to be followed in the event of a dam failure. Each plan shall include mapping showing areas subject to downstream flooding and a notification of local and state officials. The contingency plans shall be maintained on file for rev…

Each owner of a non-clay phosphate mining impoundment shall implement best management practices for such impoundment in accordance with "BMPs for Non-Clay, Phosphate Mining and Reclamation Berms and Impoundments," dated July 23, 1996, which is adopted and incorporated by referenc…

(1) Design. (a) Site investigation. The general area desired for construction of a perimeter earthen dike shall be carefully inspected by the design engineer prior to selection of the exact location for the dike. Areas of uneven natural subsidence, sinkholes, pockets of organic m…

Rulemaking Authority 403.4155 FS. Law Implemented 403.4155 FS. History-New 6-28-99, Amended 7-19-06, Repealed 2-16-12.

(1) All perimeter earthen dikes shall be operated so as to maintain the design freeboard in accordance with paragraph 62-672.600(1)(c), F.A.C., unless temporary incursions into the freeboard are demonstrated to be safe pursuant to subsection 62-672.650(2), or Rule 62-672.870, F.A…

(1) Personnel or agents of the department may accompany inspectors on any inspection required by this rule, or inspect perimeter earthen dikes at any other time which is reasonable under the circumstances involved. They may also examine any inspection reports and be furnished cop…

(1) Any new phosphogypsum stack or lateral expansion thereof as defined in subsection 62-673.200(9), F.A.C., shall be designed in accordance with the minimum standards of Chapter 62-673, F.A.C., with an overall factor of safety of 1.5 for any potential failure surface encompassin…

Rulemaking Authority 403.4155 FS. Law Implemented 403.4155 FS. History-New 6-28-99, Repealed 2-16-12.

Phosphogypsum stacks shall be raised in accordance with the following minimum standards: (1) The crest width of each gypsum dike shall not be less than eighteen (18') feet. (2) When constructing a gypsum dike, the thickness of each gypsum lift shall not exceed five (5') feet. (3)…

The owner of a phosphogypsum stack system, including inactive stacks or temporarily inactive stacks, shall comply with the following requirements for decanting process water from the top of phosphogypsum stacks. (1) One or more of the following three methods may be used to decant…

(1) Personnel or agents of the department may accompany inspectors on any inspection required by this rule, or inspect starter dikes or gypsum dikes at any other time which is reasonable under the circumstances involved. They may also examine any inspection reports and shall be f…

The following items shall be included in the operation plan for each phosphogypsum stack system and shall be approved by an engineer experienced in the construction and operation of phosphogypsum stacks: (1) The method used to raise and operate the stack. (2) A description of the…

The owner of a phosphogypsum stack system shall provide annual training in inspection and operations requirements and contingency plan requirements to appropriate personnel. Newly hired personnel shall receive training prior to engaging in inspection or operations activities addr…

The owner of a phosphogypsum stack system shall prepare, by January 1, 2000, and update annually thereafter, a contingency plan to address unplanned releases of process water. The elements of such a plan shall address the applicable elements of the "National Response Team's Integ…

(1) Temporary use of the design freeboard. For purposes of this rule, the design freeboard shall mean the vertical distance from the water surface, when water levels are at the maximum design level, to the lowest elevation of the top of the surrounding dike. (a) Temporary use of …

The following words, phrases or terms as used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, shall have the following meaning: (1) "Aquifer" means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant amount of groundwater t…

(1) The provisions of this chapter apply to new phosphogypsum stack systems or lateral expansions of existing phosphogypsum stack systems for which a complete permit application or request for modification of an existing permit is submitted after 3-25-93. (a) Except for incidenta…

(1) No person shall dispose of, or store prior to disposal, any phosphogypsum except within a phosphogypsum stack system permitted by the Department in accordance with this chapter. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit any use or reuse of phosphogypsum not otherwise …

(1) Any person subject to the provisions of this chapter may request in writing a determination by the Department that a procedure or requirement shall not apply, and shall request approval of alternate procedures or requirements. (2) The request shall set forth at a minimum the …

(1) No phosphogypsum stack system shall be constructed, operated, expanded, modified or closed without an appropriate and currently valid permit issued by the Department in accordance with this chapter. Facilities operating without a permit on 3-25-93 shall, within 180 days, appl…

(1) Performance standards. A phosphogypsum stack system shall be designed, constructed, operated, maintained, closed, and monitored throughout its design period to control the movement of waste and waste constituents into the environment so that ground water and surface water qua…

(1) Minimum design standards. The requirements of this rule are the minimum standards for constructing a phosphogypsum stack system. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prevent the Department from imposing more stringent standards if necessary to protect the environment an…

(1) Applicability. Rules 62-673.600-.650, F.A.C., are applicable to all existing phosphogypsum stack systems, active or inactive, except those closed or required to be closed under a Department permit or pursuant to a consent order in effect before 3-25-93. These rules also apply…

All closure plans shall address the following requirements, or shall contain an explanation of why the requirement is not applicable. Valid information on record in an existing permit or approved groundwater monitoring plan may be used to satisfy the applicable requirements of th…

(1) Closing inspections. The Department shall specify in the closure permit or closure plan which particular closing steps or operations must be inspected and approved by the Department before proceeding with subsequent closure actions. (2) Final survey and record drawings. A fin…

(1) Long-term care period. The owner or operator of any phosphogypsum stack system subject to the requirements of Rules 62-673.600-.620, F.A.C., shall be responsible for monitoring and maintenance of the facility in accordance with an approved closure plan for 50 years from the d…

(1) Applicability. As a condition for the issuance of a permit to construct, operate, expand, modify, or close a phosphogypsum stack system, the owner or operator shall provide proof of financial assurance for the cost of closure of the system, as estimated in accordance with sub…