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Water Resource Compliance and Enforcement – The Florida Bar
Vol. 91, No. 8 September/October 2017 Pg 49 Susan Roeder Martin Environmental & Land Use Law
1 DEP and the WMDs are engaged in rulemaking, commonly known as SWERP II. The purpose of this rulemaking is primarily to clarify language, make technical corrections, and update and adopt additional forms.
2 F.A.C.R. 62-330.010.
3 Fla. Stat. §373.019(21).
4 Specifically, the rules are found as follows: Ch. 40A for Northwest Florida Water Management District; Ch. 40B for Suwannee River Water Management District; Ch. 40C for St. Johns Water Management District; Ch. 40D for Southwest Florida Water Management District; Ch. 40E for South Florida Water Management District.
5 1 Applicant’s Handbook §1.1.
6 An artesian well is an artificial hole in the ground from which water supplies may be obtained and which penetrates any water-bearing rock. The water therein is raised to the surface by natural flow or rises to an elevation above the top of the water-bearing bed. They include all holes drilled as a source of water that penetrates any water-bearing beds that are part of the artesian water system of Florida. Fla. Stat. §373.203(f)(2).
7 Fla. Stat. §373.209.
8 Fla. Stat. §373.209(3)(b).
9 Fla. Stat. §373.609.
10 See Water Well Contractor Disciplinary Guidelines and Procedures Manual (Oct. 1992); Florida Unified Citations Dictionary for Water Well Construction (Sept. 1992).
11 Fla. Stat. §403.141.
12 See also Fla. Stat. §373.136.
13 The additional statutory provisions are set forth in Fla. Stat. §§373.430; 403.121(1) and (2); 403.131; 403.141; and 403.161.
14 Fla. Stat. §373.430.
15 See also Fla. Stat. §§775.082(4)(b), 775.083(1)(g).
16 Fla. Stat. §373.430(4).
17 DEP is required to use these administrative procedures if the penalty does not exceed $10,000. However, this does not limit DEP’s ability to pursue injunctive relief. See Fla. Stat. §§403.121(2)(g), 403.131; Fla. Stat. §403.121(2)(f).
18 Fla. Stat. §403.121.
19 Fla. Stat. §403.121(2)(c); see also F.A.C.R. 40E-1.711.
20 See also F.A.C.R. 40E-1.711(2)(a).
21 F.A.C.R. 40E-1.715.
22 Dep’t of Envt’l Prot., Program Directive, DEP 923, Settlement Guidelines for Civil and Administrative Penalties (July 17, 2007).
23 See Envirochem Envtl. Servs. v. Dep’t of Envtl. Prot., Case No. 93-5553RU (Fla. DOAH Feb. 9, 1994).
24 The areas excluded from the delegation are as follows: special-taxing districts, independent drainage districts, water control districts, community development districts, certain tribe lands, the Everglades buffer strip, and water conservation areas. These areas encompass most of the currently undeveloped lands in western Broward County delegation agreement among the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the South Florida Water Management District, and Broward County.
25 The new operating agreement supersedes the operating agreement entered into among these parties on November 30, 1998. See Operating Agreements Between U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and DEP, Dep’t of Envt’l Prot. (Sept. 4, 2012), available at http://www.dep.state.fl.us/legal/Operating_Agreement/operating_agreements.htm#fed.