62-331.220. General Permit for Minor Activities  


Effective on Tuesday, December 22, 2020
  • 1(1) This general permit authorizes minor dredge or fill activities in state-assumed waters, provided the activity meets all of the following criteria:

    23(a) The quantity of fill and the volume of material excavated do not exceed 25 cubic yards below the plane of the mean or ordinary high water line;

    51(b) The activity will not cause the loss of more than 1⁄10-acre of state-assumed waters; and

    67(c) The activity is not conducted for the purpose of a stream diversion.

    80(2) This general permit does not authorize projects that capture and store water, such a95s Dispersed Water Management Projects (DWMP).

    101(3) The permittee must submit a notice of intent to use this general permit to the Agency prior to commencing the activity if:

    124(a) The fill or the volume of material excavated exceeds 10 cubic yards below the plane of the mean or ordinary high water line;

    148(b) The activity is in a special aquatic site, including wetlands;

    159or

    160(c) The project is in the following rivers, creeks, and their tributaries:

    1721. Escambia River

    1752. Yellow River

    1783. Shoal River

    1814. Choctawhatchee River

    1845. Chipola River

    1876. Apalachicola River

    1907. Ochlockonee River

    1938. Santa Fe River

    1979. New River (Bradford and Union County line)

    20510. Econfina Creek.

    208Editor notes: 210The effective date of the rule will be the effective date of assumption, which is the date identified by EPA as published in the Federal Register §237373.4146, F.S.