that on July 1, 2013, the Department issued an order granting a variance to the Town of Lake Placid (Petitioner) for its North wastewater treatment plant located at 131 John Smoak Road, Lake Placid, FL 33852, in Highlands County. The petition was ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

62-610.462:Reliability and Operator Staffing

The Department of Environmental Protection hereby gives notice: that on July 1, 2013, the Department issued an order granting a variance to the Town of Lake Placid (Petitioner) for its North wastewater treatment plant located at 131 John Smoak Road, Lake Placid, FL 33852, in Highlands County. The petition was received on January 31, 2013, and the notice of receipt of this petition was published in the Florida Administrative Register on April 29, 2013. The petition requested a variance from subsection 62-610.462(3), F.A.C. Subsection 62-610.462(3), F.A.C., requires staffing by a Class C operator 6 hours per day, 7 days per week at the Petitioner's wastewater treatment plant. Although the Petitioner requested a permanent variance from those minimum staffing requirements the Department limited the duration of the variance to coincide with the remaining duration of Petitioner's current permit, which expires on May 7, 2017. Petitioner requested that the staffing requirement be reduced to 6 hours a day for 5 days a week with a one-hour weekend visit. No public comment was received. The Order, OGC File No. 13-0055, granted the Petition for the variance to reduce the staffing requirement to 6 hours a day for 5 days a week with a one hour weekend visit, based on a showing that Petitioner demonstrated that a strict application of the rule would result in substantial hardship to Petitioner or would affect Petitioner differently than other similarly situated applicants and because Petitioner had successfully fulfilled the requirements of the underlying statute.

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting: Gary Maier, DEP South District Office, P.O. Box 2549, Fort Myers, FL, 33902-2549; [phone], [e-mail].