In October 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency authorized the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to implement the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater permitting program in the State of ...

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-4.050: Procedures to Obtain Permits and Other Authorizations; Applications
62-4.052: Regulatory Program and Surveillance Fees for Wastewater Facilities or Activities Discharging to Surface Waters
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: In October 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency authorized the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to implement the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater permitting program in the State of Florida. Costs to implement the Program have increased. Section 403.0885, Florida Statutes (F.S.) requires that fees collected by the Department are adequate to cover the entire cost to the Department for program management, for reviewing and acting upon any permit application, and to cover the cost of surveillance and other field services of any permits issued. To comply with this statute, it is necessary to increase NPDES Stormwater permitting and annual surveillance fees at this time. The rule, as amended, increases the following fees:
Generic Permit for Stormwater Discharge from Large and Small Construction Activities
No Exposure Certification for Exclusion from NPDES Stormwater Permitting
Generic Permit for Discharge of Stormwater from Phase II Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
Phase I Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) annual surveillance fees
OGC #: 07-0440
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The proposed rule amendment will increase certain NPDES Stormwater permitting fees in paragraph 62-4.050(4)(d) and Phase I MS4 annual surveillance fees in subsection 62-4.052(10), F.A.C.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 403.061, 403.087(6) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 403.087(6), 403.0885 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: May 9, 2007, 1:30 p.m. EST
PLACE: Barnett Park Recreation Complex, 4801 West Colonial Drive, Orlando, Florida 32808
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: Steven Kelly 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: Online at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/stormwater/npdes/index.htm or by contacting Steven Kelly, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, NPDES Stormwater Program, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 2500, Tallahassee FL 32399-2400; telephone [phone]; email [e-mail]; or facsimile [phone]

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