Notice of receipt of this petition for variances and waivers was published on the Department’s Website on January 6, 2006. On December 19, 2005, the Department received a petition from Black’s Island Utility Company, Inc., requesting a variance ...

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Departmental

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 23, 2006, the Department of Environmental Protection’s Northwest District has issued an order.
Notice of receipt of this petition for variances and waivers was published on the Department’s Website on January 6, 2006. On December 19, 2005, the Department received a petition from Black’s Island Utility Company, Inc., requesting a variance under Section 120.542, Florida Statutes, of the following Florida Administrative Code requirements: paragraph 62-610.421(2)(c), F.A.C., which requires a setback distance of 10 feet for a Part II reuse subsurface application systems when high-level disinfection is provided; subsection 62-610.421(3), F.A.C., which requires 100-foot set back distance to Class II surface water for a Part II reuse project if Class 1 reliability and high level disinfection is provided; and subsection 62-610.462(3), F.A.C., which requires a part III reuse facility to be staffed by Class C or higher operator 6 hours per day, 7 days per week. Additionally the Petitioner requested a waiver under Section 120.542, Florida Statutes, of the following Florida Administrative Code requirements: subsection 62-610.451(1), F.A.C., which limits the minimum Part III reuse system size to 0.1 million gallon per day; and paragraph 62-610.412(2)(a), F.A.C., which requires establishing an approved ground water monitoring plan. The proposed project would consist of 26 single family homes with cottages, community center, restaurant, bar and public restrooms with a .009 MGD wastewater treatment plant with Part II and Part III reuse projects that will be located at latitude 29°12'36'' North and longitude 85°33'04'' West, on a 6.73-acre island in St. Joseph Bay off the coast of Port St. Joe, in Gulf County. On March 23, 2006, the Department denied the petition for variances and waivers filed by Black’s Island Utility Company in a final order, OGC File No.: 05-2861.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Bill Evans, Department of Environmental Protection, 160 Governmental Center, Pensacola, FL 32502-5794, [phone], ext. 1168.