To obtain public comments on the draft injection well permit for the City of St. Petersburg, who applied on November 9, 2016 for a permit to construct an injection well system (File No. 036855-016-019-UC/1M, WACS 47045). The project is located at ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Department of Environmental Protection announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: January 3, 2017, 1:30 p.m.

PLACE: City of St. Petersburg Water Resource Department, 1650 Third Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33713

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: To obtain public comments on the draft injection well permit for the City of St. Petersburg, who applied on November 9, 2016 for a permit to construct an injection well system (File No. 036855-016-019-UC/1M, WACS 47045). The project is located at 3800 – 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33711. The facility will construct up to four (4) non-hazardous Class I injection wells (IW-4, IW-5, IW-6, IW-7) with twenty-four inch (24") diameter steel casing set to 750 feet below land surface (bls), and a total depth of 1,150 feet bls. The injection wells will be used for the disposal of domestic effluent receiving a minimum of secondary treatment with high level disinfection. The injection wells may receive reuse water from the Southwest Water Reclamation Facility (SWWRF) and the City’s Master Reuse distribution system which is connected to the City’s Southwest, Northwest, and Northeast WRFs.  The maximum permitted capacity of each well is 18.65 million gallons per day (MGD) under normal conditions, and up to 22.38 MGD during extreme flow conditions. The new injection wells will be located either at the existing WRF or at the 31st Street Sports Complex owned by the City, located northwest of the intersection of 31st Street South and 54th Avenue South.

During the public comment period provided in Rule 62-528.315, F.A.C., any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit. All comments shall be considered in making the final decision and shall be answered as provided in Rule 62-528.330, F.A.C. More information or a copy of the draft permit, fact sheet, and application may be obtained by contacting: Douglas Thornton, Engineering Specialist, DEP, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3530, Tallahassee, Florida 32299-2400, phone [phone]. The above address is the office processing the permit.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Toni Lomen at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).