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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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62. Department of Environmental Protection |
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62C. Division of Resource Management |
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62C-36. Limestone Reclamation Requirements |
1For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the definitions and meanings ascribed to them in this section:
24(1) “Agency” means an official, committee, department, commission, officer, division, authority, bureau, council, board, section, or unit of government within the state, including a county, municipality, or other local or regional entity or special district.
59(2) “Bureau” means the Bureau of Mine Reclamation, 2051 East Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-3760.
74(3) “Certified” means approved by the department to administer the requirements of this chapter. This term shall only apply to a local government.
97(4) “Conceptual plan” means a generalized graphic and written description of mining and reclamation activities.
112(5) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.
120(6) “Executive director” means the chief administrative officer of the department or his designee.
134(7) “Existing mine” means any mine upon which an operation is being conducted, or has been conducted, on October 1, 1986.
155(8) “Extraction” means the removal of limestone from its location, so as to make it suitable for commercial, industrial, or construction use; but does not include excavation solely in aid of on-site farming or on-site construction, nor the process of searching, prospecting, exploring, or investigating for limestone by drilling.
204(9) “Limestone” means any extracted material composed principally of calcium or magnesium carbonate. This includes coquina and shell.
222(10) “Local government” means any county or municipality.
230(11) “Mine” means an area of land upon which mining operations have been conducted, are being conducted, or are planned to be conducted, as the term is commonly used in the trade.
262(12) “New mine” means any mine that is not an existing mine.
274(13) “New surface area” means any area at an existing mine which is initially disturbed by mining operations after January 1, 1989, or where removal of undisturbed overburden begins after January 1, 1989.
307(14) “On-site” means within the contiguous limits of an area of land under one ownership or control and upon which farming or construction activities are taking place. Areas of land that are divided by public or private roads are considered contiguous if such areas are under one ownership or control.
357(15) “Operation” means any activity, other than prospecting, necessary for site preparation, extraction, waste disposal, storage, or reclamation.
375(16) “Operator” means any person engaged in an operation.
384(17) “Overburden” means soil and rock removed to gain access to the limestone in the process of extraction and means such soil or rock before or after its removal. This does not include tailings or screenings generated by limestone processing.
424(18) “Reclamation” means the reasonable rehabilitation of land where limestone extraction has occurred.
437(19) “Sheer wall” means any near vertical surface of consolidated limestone that is above the water table and ten feet or more in height.
461Specific Authority 463378.404 FS. 465Law Implemented 467378.404 FS. 469History–New 7-16-87, Formerly 16C-36.002, Amended 1-3-02.
