Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-521 - WELLHEAD PROTECTION › Section 62-521.400 - Ground Water Protection Measures in Wellhead Protection Areas

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The Department shall require new
				installations to meet the following restrictions within a wellhead protection
				area.
(a) New domestic wastewater treatment
				facilities shall be provided with Class I reliability as described in Chapter
				62-600, F.A.C., and flow equalization. New wastewater ponds, basins, and
				similar facilities shall be lined or sealed to prevent measurable seepage.
				Unlined reclaimed water storage systems are allowed for reuse projects
				permitted under Part III of Chapter 62-610, F.A.C.
(b) New reuse and land application projects
				shall be prohibited except for new projects permitted under Part III of Chapter
				62-610, F.A.C.
(c) New domestic
				wastewater residuals land application sites, as defined in Chapter 62-640,
				F.A.C., shall be prohibited.
(d)
				New discharges to ground water of industrial wastewater, as regulated under
				Chapters 62-660, 62-670, 62-671, and 62-673, F.A.C., shall be prohibited except
				as provided below:
1. All non-contact cooling
				water discharges (without additives); and,
2. Discharges specifically allowed within a
				wellhead protection area in Chapters 62-660, 62-670, 62-671 and 62-673,
				F.A.C.
(e) New
				phosphogypsum stack systems, as regulated under Chapter 62-673, F.A.C., are
				prohibited.
(f) New Class I and
				Class III underground injection control wells, as regulated in Chapter 62-528,
				F.A.C., are prohibited.
(g) New
				Class V underground injection control wells, as regulated in Chapter 62-528,
				F.A.C., are prohibited except as provided below:
1. Thermal exchange process wells
				(closed-loop without additives) for use at single family residences; and,
2. Aquifer storage and recovery
				systems wells, where the injected fluid meets the applicable drinking water
				quality standards in Chapter 62-550, F.A.C.
(h) New solid waste disposal facilities
				regulated under Chapter 62-701, F.A.C., are prohibited.
(i) New generators of hazardous waste, as
				regulated under Chapter 62-730, F.A.C., which excludes household hazardous
				waste as defined in  40 C.F.R. Part 261.4(b)(1)  (1994), hereby incorporated and
				adopted by reference, shall comply with the secondary containment requirements
				of  40 C.F.R. Part 264  Subpart I (1994), hereby incorporated and adopted by
				reference.
(j) New hazardous waste
				treatment, storage, disposal, and transfer facilities requiring permits under
				Chapter 62-730, F.A.C., are prohibited.
(k) New aboveground and underground tankage
				of hazardous wastes regulated under Chapter 62-730, F.A.C., is
				prohibited.
(l) Underground storage
				tanks regulated under Chapter 62-761, F.A.C., shall not be installed 90 days
				after the effective date of this rule. Replacement of an existing underground
				storage tank system regulated under Chapter 62-761, F.A.C., within the same
				excavation, or addition of new underground storage tanks regulated under
				Chapter 62-761, F.A.C., at a facility with other such underground storage tanks
				is exempt from this provision, provided that the replacement or new underground
				storage tank system is installed with secondary containment as required in
				Chapter 62-761, F.A.C.
(m)
				Aboveground storage tanks regulated under Chapter 62-762, F.A.C., shall not be
				installed 90 days after the effective date of this rule. Replacement or
				upgrading of an existing aboveground storage tank or addition of new
				aboveground storage tanks which are regulated under Chapter 62-762, F.A.C., at
				a facility with other such aboveground storage tanks is exempt from this
				provision, provided that the replacement or new aboveground storage tank system
				meets the applicable provisions of Chapter 62-762, F.A.C.
(n) Storage tanks which meet the auxiliary
				power provisions of subsection
				 62-555.320(6),
				F.A.C., for operation of a potable water well and storage tanks for substances
				used for the treatment of potable water are exempt from the provisions of this
				rule. Storage tanks regulated under Chapters 62-761 and 62-762, F.A.C., shall
				continue to meet the requirements of those chapters.
(o) Applicants should take note that to
				prevent the vertical migration of fluids, a water management district may
				require a construction permit for new water wells, which shall meet the
				applicable construction standards contained in Chapter 62-532,
				F.A.C.