| Rule Title |
Description |
Drafts |
Status/Comments |
| 62B-33 Rules and Procedures for Permits for
construction seaward of the CCCL. Sections .002 & .0051 |
A Petition to Determine Invalidity of Existing Rules
and to Determine Invalidity of Agency Statements was filed with the
Division of Administrative Hearings on 10/17/2007 (Road Less
Traveled, et al. v. Fla. Dep’t of Envtl. Prot.; DOAH Case No.
07-4767RX). This Petition was filed pursuant to Sections 120.56(3)
and (4), Florida Statutes. The rule development will address rule
provisions relating to coastal armoring and vulnerability. |
Contact Rosaline Beckham @
rosaline.beckham@dep.state.fl.us |
CONTROVERSIAL (Rule Challenge)
Publish Notice of Rule Development on 12-14-07. The petition is
in abeyance. A workshop was held on September 16, 2008 A SERC will need to be completed.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
| 62B-34 Rules and Procedures for General Permits for
activities seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line |
Revise the rule adding additional counties. Includes
revisions to the general definitions, prohibitions and limitations,
turtle protections requirements, and native vegetations protection
requirements. |
Contact Stephanie Gudeman @
Stephanie.Gudeman@dep.state.fl.us |
Published Notice in FAW April 17, 2009, combining
two rulemaking processes. Published Notice of Rulemaking and Hearing
November 25, 2009. Published a second Notice of Hearing December 24,
2009. Neither hearing was requested therefore none was held.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
62B-36
Beach Management Funding Assistance Program |
Amendments to implement new inlet management
priorities and procedures set forth in section 161.143, F.S., and
make other minor changes to improve program implementation. |
Contact Stephanie Gudeman @
Stephanie.Gudeman@dep.state.fl.us |
Published Notice of Rule Development and workshop
December 12, 2008. Published Notice for three workshops to be held
10/20, 21/09 and 11/4/09.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
|
Rule Title |
Description |
Staff
Contacts/ Drafts |
Status
|
18-14
Fines, Warnings and Notice of Violation for Damaging
State-Owned Submerged Land
(08-0631) |
Amend the rules to streamline
the compliance and enforcement process for unauthorized
activity on state-owned submerged land by revising the
definition of offence and substituting issuance of a
Warning Letter instead of a Notice of Violation. |
Donna Kendall, Bud Vielhauer,
Ryan Osborne
Notice Rule Development 10/2/09(45 kb)
Draft Rule
02/15/10(59kb)
|
Published a NDR 10/2/09; held a public
workshop 10/23/09. Revising rule based on comments. Will
announce a future workshop.
Last Updated:
03/01/2010 |
18-21.004
Fish
Cleaning Stations(08-2795) |
Add criteria for authorizing
fish cleaning stations and other minor non-water
dependent uses over state-owned submerged land. |
Tim Rach, Alice Heathcock, Kelly Samek
NRD
5/1 (37 kb)
Draft Rule 11/24 (44 kb) |
Published NDR 5/1/09; held workshop 5/15/09. Revising rule
based on comments. Withdrawn from the 12/8/09 Board of
Trustees Agenda; is tentatively scheduled for 3/23/10 BOT
Agenda.
Last Updated:
03/01/2010 |
62-113.100
Delegation of ERP to Miami Dade County(05-2688) |
Incorporate by reference an
Operating Agreement between the DEP, the SFWMD and
the County that delegates a portion of the ERP
permitting, enforcement, and compliance program in uplands
and wetlands within the designated boundaries of
delegation. Projects that are within CERP project
boundaries, including SSL and certain other activities,
will not be delegated. |
Doug Fry, Ann Lazar,
Stacey Cowley, (Matt Davis,
Susan Martin)
Draft Rule
Draft
Agreement (116kb)
Delegation
Map (564kb)
Attachment A
(521kb)
Workshop Agenda
(222kb)
Workshop
Presentation (3.1mb)
Notice Development of Rule |
Received request for delegation 3/07. Published NDR 8/17/07.
Public workshop held 10/9/07 in Miami. Working on questions
from SFWMD. Drafting/revising the Agreement. Published
second NDR on 9/25/09. Expect Miami-Dade County Commission
to review agreement in 2/2010; if approved, DEP will publish a
Notice of Proposed rule.
Last Updated:
03/01/2010 |
62-113.100
Delegation of ERP to Hillsborough County
(07-1612) |
Delegation of DEP’s ERP program to the
Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough
County. |
Doug Fry,
Katherine Gilbert, Meredith Fields
|
Petition for Delegation received 1/18/08. Requesting
additional information from the County. Reviewing the
County’s proposed draft rule.
Last Updated:
03/01/2010 |
62-343.900
ERP Joint Application Form and Exemption Notice Form(08-1613) |
Amend the Joint Application form to delete the exemption
verification option and NGP. Will adopt a separate form to
request verification. |
Alice Heathcock,
Brynna Ross
|
Preparing draft rule.
Last Updated:
03/01/2010
|
62-346 Phase 2 ERP in Northwest Florida
62-341 (07-1321)
|
373.4145(1)(b), F.S., requires
amendments to the existing 62-346 rule, currently
limited to stormwater management systems, to include all
activities in wetlands and other surface waters,
including isolated wetlands. Will not involve amendments
to NGPs in 62-341 (07-1320). |
Doug Fry, Lee Marchman NWFWMD,
Betsy Hewitt, Meredith Fields
Draft Rule Information
|
Published NDR 11/2/07. Public workshops 12/3/07
(Tallahassee), 12/4/07 (Pensacola), and 12/5/07 (Panama
City); 2/26/08 (Panama City), 2/27/08 (Pensacola), and
2/29/08 (Tallahassee); 9/17/08 (Pensacola), 9/18/08
(Panama City), and 9/19/08 (Tallahassee). Published NPR
5/22/09. Hearing will be announced in future notice.
Publish Notice of Hearing 7/10/09; Adoption Hearing was
held 8/13/09. Next step will be to publish a NOC.
Proposed effective date is 7/1/2010.
Last Updated:
03/01/2010 |
62-347
Stormwater Treatment Rule
(07-0552) |
Develop statewide standards regarding stormwater treatment to
address nutrient levels. |
Eric Livingston, Michael Bateman, Betsy Hewitt, Meredith
Fields
Draft Rule
Information |
Published NDR 5/25/07. Presented preliminary draft
Applicant’s Handbook at the first Technical Advisory
Committee meeting on 3/5/08. TAC meetings held 4/16,
5/28, 7/9, 10/1&2, and 11/2&3, 2008. TAC
meetings continuing July 29&30, Aug 18&19, and Sept
22&23, 2009. The first public workshop will likely
begin in March 2010.
Last Updated:
03/01/2010 |
| Rule Title |
Description |
Drafts |
Status |
62-302
Surface Water Standards |
Per US Clean Water Act requirements, the state has initiated the
Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards. All
surface water quality standards are under review. Possible rule
revisions include new biological health criteria, revisions to all
human health-based numeric criteria, criteria for unionized ammonia
in marine waters, revision to criteria for specific conductance,
numeric nutrient criteria for springs, revision of criteria for
transparency, and criteria for mercury in fish/shellfish tissue.
Other rule revisions are possible. |
|
Public Workshops were held on July 23,
July 30, September 11, November 18, December 9, 2008, and January
7-8, 2009. Additional public workshops will be held in the future.
Last Updated: 7/30/09 |
62-303
Identification of Impaired Surface Waters |
Per US Clean Water Act requirements, the state has initiated the
Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards. All
surface water quality standards are under review. Possible rule
revisions include new biological health criteria, revisions to all
human health-based numeric criteria, criteria for unionized ammonia
in marine waters, revision to criteria for specific conductance,
numeric nutrient criteria for springs, revision of criteria for
transparency, and criteria for mercury in fish/shellfish tissue.
Other rule revisions are possible. |
|
Public Workshops were held on July
23, July 30, September 11, November 18, December 9, 2008, and
January 7-8, 2009. Additional public
workshops will be held in the future.
|
|
Rule Title |
Description |
Drafts |
Status |
62-520/522
GW Classes, Standards, and Exemptions/GW Permitting and Monitoring
Requirements |
Phase I – Combine rules, clean up, address ground water monitor plan
procedures. Phase II - Address minimum criteria and site clean
closure. |
|
See Ground Water Rule
Development Page
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
62-524
New Potable Water Well Permitting in Delineated Areas |
Adopt new and existing areas of ground water contamination. |
- Contact the groundwater regulatory program at
(850) 245-8645
|
Anticipated rule development within the next 12 months.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
62-531
Water Well Contractor Licensing Rule |
Add an administrative fine for practicing water well contracting
without a valid license. Increase the maximum administrative fine
for licensed water well contractor found in violation of the water
well rules. Change the license renewal time period. |
|
Rule Development workshop was held December 3, 2009.
See Rule Development page for
more details.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
62-532
Water Well Permitting and Construction Requirements |
Add definitions and terms; update references; require proper
maintenance of a water well worksite during construction; combine
the rule for permitting well construction and repair and the rule
for permitting well abandonment; change requirements for
construction of specific types of driven wells and for water well
grouting; adopt permit and well completion report forms; and update
water well setback distances. |
|
See Water Well Permitting and
Construction Requirements Rule Development Page
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
62-550 / 555
Drinking Water Standards, Monitoring, and Reporting /
Permitting, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of PWSs |
Revise cross-connection control rules for PWSs, including backflow
protection requirements at residential premises with an auxiliary
water system. |
|
Rulemaking initiated December 4, 2008. Notice of Rule Development
published in FAW on 1/30/09. First Rule Development Workshop held on
2/18/09. Rule revision draft completed and public workshops
held on July 8, 9, & 21. Final rule draft being prepared.
Anticipate rule adoption in summer2010.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
62-550
PWS Standards and Monitoring62-555
PWS Permitting (Forms)
|
Adopt rule to address federal Lead & Copper minor rule revisions |
- Contact Ken Carter at (850) 245-8626
|
Rulemaking initiated Feb 16, 2009 for Chapter 62-550.
Notice of Proposed Rule published September 18, 2009. Anticipate
adoption in May 2010.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
62-550
PWS Standards and Monitoring62-555
PWS Permitting
62-560
Requirements for PWS Systems Out of Compliance |
Adopt rule to address federal Surface Water Treatment Rule – Long
Term 2 |
- Contact Greg Parker at (850) 245-8635
|
Rulemaking initiated June 15, 2007. Draft rule by March 2010. Public
workshop anticipated for April, 2010.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
|
62-550
PWS Standards and Monitoring
62-560
Requirements for PWS Systems Out of Compliance |
Adopt rule to address federal Disinfection By-Products - Stage 2
Rule |
|
Rulemaking was initiated on October 1, 2009. The Department
published the Notice of Rule Development on Nov. 6, 2009. Public
workshop held November 30. Anticipate adoption April, 2010.
Last Updated: 02/22/10 |
62-606
Releases from Gambling Vessels |
Addresses the releases of wastes from gambling vessels operating in
Florida coastal waters and the minimum waste-service demand to be
met by berth/waterfront-land facility owners, as required by Chapter
2008-231, Laws of Florida, Clean Ocean Act, which created Section
376.25, F.S. (2008). |
|
The Department published the Notice of Proposed Rule
on October 16, 2009 and a Notice of Change on February 5, 2010 and
expects the rule to become effective by March 2010.
Contact Cheryl Minskey (cheryl.minskey@dep.state.fl.us), at (850)
245-8619 for more information.
Last Updated: 0/23/10 |
62-620
Wastewater Facility and Activities Permitting |
Changes related to Animal Feeding Operations (non-NPDES). |
|
Public workshops on the current draft rule were held
January 7 and 8, 2009. The Department is currently revising the
draft rule based on comments. Additional workshops may be scheduled
as needed.
Last Updated: 01/25/10 |
|
62-621.500(3) Generic Permit for Medium Dairies
62-621.500(3)(a)
DEP Document
Generic Permit for Medium Dairies Document
(Permit Document) |
Develop generic permit for animal feeding operations that authorizes
ground water discharges. |
|
Public workshops on the current draft rule were held January 7 and
8, 2009. The Department is currently revising the draft rule based
on comments. Additional workshops may be scheduled as needed.
Last Updated: 01/25/10 |
62-625
Pretreatment Requirements for Existing and New Sources of Pollution |
Changes related to federal streamlining revisions to 40 CFR 403,
clarification, and clean up of rule. |
|
The Department published the Notice of Proposed Rule on December 18,
2009. Anticipate adoption early April 2010. Contact Dawn Templin,
P.E., at (850) 245-8601 or
dawn.templin@dep.state.fl.us for information.
Last Updated: 01/25/10 |
62-640
Domestic Wastewater Residuals |
Adopt revisions to address public concerns associated with land
application of residuals. |
|
See Residuals/Biosolids
Rulemaking Page.
Last Updated: 02/23/10 |
62-670
Wastewater Permitting Requirements for Animal Feeding Operations |
Changes related to Animal Feeding Operations (non-NPDES). |
|
Public workshops on the curret draft rule were held January 7 and
8, 2009. The Department is currently revising the draft rule based
on comments. Additional workshops may be scheduled as needed.
Last Updated: 01/25/10 |
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