Procedures to Obtain Permits and Other Authorizations; Applications, Mixing Zones: Surface Waters  

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

    RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

    62-4.050Procedures to Obtain Permits and Other Authorizations; Applications

    62-4.244Mixing Zones: Surface Waters

    NOTICE OF CHANGE

    Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 39, No. 63, April 1, 2013 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

    The changes are made in response to written and oral comments from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and the public, or as the result of staff recommendations that were discussed at an adoption hearing held on April 23, 2013. The proposed rule has changed so that when it is adopted it will read:

     

    62-4.050 Procedures to Obtain Permits and Other Authorizations; Applications.

    (1) through (3) No change.

    (4) Processing fees are as follows:

    (a) through (p) No change.

    (q) Unless otherwise specified in this rule, the fee for applications for relief mechanisms shall be as follows:

    1. Site specific alternative criteria for each water quality criteria $15,000 $5,000

    2. through 6. No change.

    (r) through (z) No change.

    (5) through (8) No change.

     

    62-4.244 Mixing Zones: Surface Waters.

    (1) Zones of mixing for non-thermal components of discharges.

    (a) through (i) No change.

    (j) Additional standards which apply within mixing zones in Class I, II and Class III waters are as follows:

    1. The dissolved oxygen shall not average less than 4.0 milligrams per liter; and,

    2. Within mixing zones in Class I, Class II, and Class III waters, the The turbidity shall not average greater than 41 Nephelometric Turbidity Units above natural background.

    (k) No change.

    (2) through (7) No change.