The order is for Publix Super Markets, Inc. variance petition (OGC File No. 07-0764), received on April 30, 2007. The petition requested a variance from the prohibition of construction of an underground storage tank within a 500 foot radial distance ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-521.200: Definitions for Wellhead Protection
62-521.400: Ground Water Protection Measures in Wellhead Protection Areas

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on September 20, 2007, the Department of Environmental Protection has issued an order.

The order is for Publix Super Markets, Inc. variance petition (OGC File No. 07-0764), received on April 30, 2007. The petition requested a variance from the prohibition of construction of an underground storage tank within a 500 foot radial distance of a public water supply well under subsection 62-521.200(7) and paragraph 62-521.400(1)(l), F.A.C. Specifically, the variance requested that an underground storage tank for fuel for an emergency generator be allowed to be constructed at the Publix Super Market located in Sandestin, within 500 feet of a public water supply well owned and operated by the South Walton Utility Company, Inc. Notice of receipt of this petition was published in the F.A.W., on June 1, 2007. No public comment was received. The final order granted a variance to allow an underground storage tank to be constructed within 500 feet of public water supply well because the petitioner demonstrated a substantial hardship, and that the purposes of the underlying statutes would be met with the conditions imposed by the Department.

A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Donnie McClaugherty, Department of Environmental Protection, Ground Water Regulatory Section, MS 3580, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, telephone [phone].