Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-611 - WETLANDS APPLICATION › Section 62-611.200 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Terms used in this chapter shall have the meaning specified
				  below. The meaning of any term not defined below, shall be taken from
				  definitions in Chapter 62-600, F.A.C., or in other rules of the
				  Department.
(1) "Approved methods"
				means sampling and laboratory testing methods approved by the Department, as
				specified by Section  62-4.246, F.A.C.
(2) "Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)" means
				the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter
				present in water or wastewater, reported as a five-day value established as
				determined using approved methods.
(3) "Chloride" means the negatively charged
				chloride ion (Cl
-
) in water or wastewater, as determined using
				approved methods.
(4)
				"Conductivity" means the standardized numerical expression of the ability of
				water or wastewater to carry an electric current, as determined using approved
				methods.
(5) "Department" means the
				Department of Environmental Protection.
(6) "Disinfection" means the selective
				destruction of pathogens in wastewater effluents and sludges.
(7) "District office" means the regional
				district offices of the Department.
(8) "Domestic wastewater" means wastewater
				derived principally from dwellings, business buildings, institutions, and the
				like; sanitary wastewater; sewage. Where wastewater from sources other than
				typical domestic sources, (e.g., industrial sources) is combined and treated
				with wastes from domestic sources, the determination of whether or not the
				wastewater treatment plant is designated as "domestic" shall be made by the
				Department considering any or all of the following: sludge classification
				(currently in "reserved" status); whether wastewaters have been pretreated or
				contain constituents within 50-150%, by concentration, of typical domestic
				wastewater; and whether the permittee, when not required to provide more
				stringent or otherwise specific levels of treatment, can provide assurance of
				facility compliance with domestic wastewater treatment standards contained in
				this chapter.
(9) "Effluent
				limitation" means any restriction established by the Department on quantities,
				rates, or concentrations of chemical, physical, biological, or other
				constituents which are discharged from sources into the environment of the
				state.
(10) "Fecal coliform" means
				members of the coliform group capable of producing gas from lactose at
				44.5º C, as determined using approved methods.
(11) "Forage fish" means all species of fish
				not otherwise defined as rough fish or as sport and commercial fish.
(12) "Herbaceous wetland" means an area
				within the landward extent of waters of the state where herbaceous ground cover
				constitutes greater than 30% of the uppermost stratum.
(13) "Holding pond" means a storage tank or
				artificial impoundment or pond constructed above, on, below, or partly below
				the ground surface that is designed and maintained to store a specific volume
				of fluid and minimize fluid losses other than those primarily occurring by
				evaporation; generally holding ponds are not intended to provide a mechanism
				for pollutant reduction. When used in conjunction with rapid-rate land
				application systems or other systems described in Rule 62-610, F.A.C., holding
				ponds can also provide a mechanism to accomplish nitrogen reduction.
(14) "Hydrologically altered herbaceous
				wetland" means a herbaceous wetland in which the hydrologic regime has been
				altered prior to October 1, 1985, by drainage works which have directly
				resulted in substantial and continuing encroachment by perennial upland
				species.
(15) "Hydrologically
				altered woody wetland" means a woody wetland in which the hydrologic regime has
				been altered prior to October 1, 1985, by drainage works which have directly
				resulted in substantial and continuing reduction in water levels.
(16) "Importance value" means the sum of the
				relative density, relative dominance, and relative frequency, converted to a
				basis of 100 percent.
(17)
				"Man-made wetland" means a wetland which was created solely as a result of
				human activity, such as scraping or contouring of uplands or the land
				application of reclaimed water, that then comes within the landward extent of
				waters. A man-made treatment wetland does not include a wetland that was
				created as mitigation pursuant to a Department dredge and fill permit or
				consent order.
(18) "Milligrams per
				liter (mg/l)" means the quantity of material present in water or wastewater
				expressed on the basis of the weight (milligrams) per unit volume of solution
				(liter).
(19) "Modification" means
				any alteration, expansion, upgrade, extension, addition, or replacement of an
				existing wastewater facility for which a construction permit is required from
				the Department after the effective date of this chapter; modify.
(20) "Nitrate (NO3)"
				means the nitrogen content present in water or wastewater attributable to the
				nitrate (NO3) ion and expressed as elemental nitrogen,
				N, as determined using approved methods.
(21) "Nitrite (NO2)"
				means the nitrogen content present in water or wastewater attributable to the
				nitrite (NO2) ion and expressed as elemental nitrogen,
				N, as determined using approved methods.
(22) "Permittee" means the person or entity
				to which a permit for a wastewater facility is issued by the Department. The
				term "permittee" shall be functionally synonymous with the terms "owner" and
				"licensee", but shall not include licensed individuals (e.g., operators) unless
				they are the person(s) to whom a facility permit is issued by the Department.
				The term shall extend to a permit "applicant" for purposes of this chapter. To
				the extent that this chapter imposes duties with respect to the construction,
				operation, maintenance, or monitoring of a facility and for reporting to or
				securing permits from the Department, ultimate responsibility lies with the
				owner of the facility. Nevertheless, Chapter 403, F.S., creates joint and
				several liability for those responsible for violations.
(23) "pH" means the negative common logarithm
				of the hydrogen-ion activity in moles per liter, as determined using approved
				methods.
(24) "Pollution" means the
				presence in the outdoor atmosphere or waters of the state of any substances,
				contaminants, noise, or man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical,
				physical, biological, or radiological integrity of air or water in quantities
				or levels which are or may be potentially harmful or injurious to human health
				or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, including outdoor
				recreation.
(25) "Receiving
				wetland" means a wetland within the landward extent of waters of the state used
				to receive reclaimed water that contain not more, on an annual average basis,
				than the following concentrations:
1.
				Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand 5 mg/l;
2. Total Suspended Solids 5 mg/l;
3. Total Nitrogen (as N) 3 mg/l; and,
4. Total Phosphorus (as P) 1
				mg/l.