Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62C - Division of Resource Management › Chapter 62C-36 - LIMESTONE RECLAMATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 62C-36.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and
				  terms shall have the definitions and meanings ascribed to them in this
				  section:
(1) "Agency" means an
				official, committee, department, commission, officer, division, authority,
				bureau, council, board, section, or unit of government within the state,
				including a county, municipality, or other local or regional entity or special
				district.
(2) "Bureau" means the
				Bureau of Mine Reclamation, 2051 East Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida
				32310-3760.
(3) "Certified" means
				approved by the Department to administer the requirements of this chapter. This
				term shall only apply to a local government.
(4) "Conceptual plan" means a generalized
				graphic and written description of mining and reclamation activities.
(5) "Department" means the Department of
				Environmental Protection.
(6)
				"Executive director" means the chief administrative officer of the Department
				or his designee.
(7) "Existing
				mine" means any mine upon which an operation is being conducted, or has been
				conducted, on October 1, 1986.
(8)
				"Extraction" means the removal of limestone from its location, so as to make it
				suitable for commercial, industrial, or construction use; but does not include
				excavation solely in aid of onsite farming or onsite construction, nor the
				process of searching, prospecting, exploring, or investigating for limestone by
				drilling.
(9) "Limestone" means any
				extracted material composed principally of calcium or magnesium carbonate. This
				includes coquina and shell.
(10)
				"Local government" means any county or municipality.
(11) "Mine" means an area of land upon which
				mining operations have been conducted, are being conducted, or are planned to
				be conducted, as the term is commonly used in the trade.
(12) "New mine" means any mine that is not an
				existing mine.
(13) "New surface
				area" means any area at an existing mine which is initially disturbed by mining
				operations after January 1, 1989, or where removal of undisturbed overburden
				begins after January 1, 1989.
(14)
				"Onsite" means within the contiguous limits of an area of land under one
				ownership or control and upon which farming or construction activities are
				taking place. Areas of land that are divided by public or private roads are
				considered contiguous if such areas are under one ownership or
				control.
(15) "Operation" means any
				activity, other than prospecting, necessary for site preparation, extraction,
				waste disposal, storage, or reclamation.
(16) "Operator" means any person engaged in
				an operation.
(17) "Overburden"
				means soil and rock removed to gain access to the limestone in the process of
				extraction and means such soil or rock before or after its removal. This does
				not include tailings or screenings generated by limestone processing.
(18) "Reclamation" means the reasonable
				rehabilitation of land where limestone extraction has occurred.
(19) "Sheer wall" means any near vertical
				surface of consolidated limestone that is above the water table and ten feet or
				more in height.
Rulemaking Authority
					 378.404 FS. Law Implemented
					 378.404
					 FS.
New 7-16-87, Formerly 16C-36.002, Amended
					 1-3-02.