The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) gives notice that it is amending Chapter 62-600, F.A.C., to update, clarify, and eliminate redundancy in requirements applicable to domestic wastewater facilities. Rules will be revised to simplify ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

62-600.100Scope, Intent, Purpose, and Applicability

62-600.120Exemptions

62-600.200Definitions

62-600.300General Technical Guidance and Related Rules

62-600.400Design Requirements

62-600.405Planning for Wastewater Facilities Expansion

62-600.410Operation and Maintenance Requirements

62-600.420Minimum Treatment Standards – Technology Based Effluent Limitations (TBELs)

62-600.430Additional Treatment – Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations (WQBELs)

62-600.440Disinfection – Design and Operational Criteria

62-600.445pH – Standards and Operational Criteria

62-600.500General

62-600.510Discharge to Surface Waters (Excluding Ocean Outfalls)

62-600.520Discharge to Surface Waters – Ocean Outfalls

62-600.530Reuse of Reclaimed Water and Land Application

62-600.540Ground Water Disposal by Underground Injection

62-600.550Wastewater Management Requirements for the Wekiva Study Area.

62-600.700General

62-600.720Operation and Maintenance Manual

62-600.735Operation and Maintenance Performance Report

62-600.740Reporting, Compliance, and Enforcement

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) gives notice that it is amending Chapter 62-600, F.A.C., to update, clarify, and eliminate redundancy in requirements applicable to domestic wastewater facilities. Rules will be revised to simplify and clarify requirements, correct rule references, and to be made consistent with more recently adopted rules and statutory requirements. Rules will be repealed where requirements are obsolete, duplicative of other rules or statutory requirements, or have been superseded by other rules or statutory requirements. As part of this rulemaking effort, some requirements from Chapter 62-601, F.A.C., Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant Monitoring, will be incorporated into Chapter 62-600, F.A.C. Chapter 62-601, F.A.C., will then be repealed simultaneously with the rulemaking to adopt the amendments to Chapter 62-600, F.A.C.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Chapter 62-600, F.A.C., will be revised in order to simplify design, operation, monitoring, and reporting requirements applicable to domestic wastewater facilities. Domestic wastewater facility requirements are being revised to clarify reliability design requirements, applicability of specific operation and maintenance requirements, innovative and alternative treatment process requirements, sampling methodology, sinkhole reporting requirements, permit monitoring effective date, flow recording device calibration requirements, procedures for electronic submittal of monitoring results, and minimum ground water monitoring requirements. Requirements are also being updated to be consistent with other DEP rules, including Chapters 62-520, 62-528, 62-610, and 62-640, Florida Department of Health Chapter 64-E-6, F.A.C., and ocean outfall legislation adopted in Section 403.086(9), F.S. Domestic wastewater facility requirements are being revised to eliminate obsolete and redundant requirements, including requirements for obtaining construction permits, exemptions from state water quality criteria no longer in use, test methods approved specifically for domestic wastewater facilities, and requirements redundant to or superseded by Chapters 62-4, 62-610, 62-620, and 62-650, F.A.C. DEP is also soliciting other suggestions for clarifying, streamlining, reducing costs, or other items that may be beneficial to domestic wastewater management.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 369.318(1), 403.051, 403.061, 403.062, 403.086, 403.087, 403.088, 403.859 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 369.318(1), 403.021, 403.051, 403.061, 403.062, 403.085, 403.086, 403.087, 403.088, 403.0881, 403.121, 403.131, 403.161, 403.859 FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: April 16, 2014, 10:00 a.m. until completion, but no later than 12:00 Noon

PLACE: This workshop will be broadcast via webinar. Parties can register to attend the webinar via their personal computers with audio by telephone (regular long distance telephone charges will apply) or by speakers connected to their computer (no telephone charges will apply). Webinar registration is via https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/275578946. Alternatively, persons may view the webinar at the following location where staff will be present to accept comments: Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martinez Bldg., Rm. 609, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400.

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 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Sharon Sawicki 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).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Sharon Sawicki, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Resource Management, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 3540, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, E-mail: [e-mail]. Further information and updates on this rule also may be obtained from the Department’s Web Site at: www.dep.state.fl.us/water/rules_dr.htm

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.