Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62C - Division of Resource Management › Chapter 62C-17 - MASTER RECLAMATION PLAN FOR LANDS DISTURBED BY THE SEVERANCE OF PHOSPHATE PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1975 › Section 62C-17.010 - Reclamation Cost

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The Department
				acknowledges that a number of Landowners have received approval of their
				reclamation program applications prior to July 1, 1984 and therefore are not
				subject to the funding limits of Chapter 378, F.S., as amended July 1, 1984.
				All actions on reclamation program applications approved by the Department
				prior to July 1, 1984 shall be governed by the appropriate statutes, rules and
				regulations in effect at the time of their approval.
(2) In establishing maximum reimbursable
				reclamation costs, the Department recognizes the existence of multiple
				landforms within certain parcels. Funding of such programs shall be on a
				prorata basis for each landform present in the parcel based on the acreage of
				each landform present. The Landowner shall submit an aerial photograph of the
				program site clearly indicating the boundaries and acreages of those lands. The
				outside toe of the dam shall be considered the outside boundary of a clay
				settling area.
(3) For the 1984-85
				year the maximum reimbursable cost per reclaimed acre, based on prereclamation
				landforms identified in the Report or as determined as part of the Department's
				re-evaluation of the parcel shall be $4, 000.00 for mined-out areas and $2,
				500.00 for clay settling areas and other landforms. Commencing with the funding
				for the 1985-86 year, the maximum reimbursable cost per reclaimed acre for the
				respective landforms shall be the previous year's maximum reimbursable cost per
				reclaimed acre adjusted for the percentage change in the Construction Cost
				Index as published by the Engineering News Record. The percentage change for
				the 1985-86 year shall be for the interval from July 1, 1984 to December 31,
				1984. For the 1986-87 year and thereafter, the percentage change shall be for
				the twelve (12) month interval from the last month used to establish the prior
				year's percentage change.
(4)
(a) The reimbursement of reclamation costs
				for a program shall only include actual acres worked. It is recognized that
				there are instances in which a portion of a program site may not require
				modification to meet minimum standards. In such cases, the unaffected acreage
				shall be deleted from the program site acreage when calculating the maximum
				reimbursable cost of the reclamation program.
(b) In those instances where the Landowner's
				estimate of cost exceeds the maximum reimbursable reclamation cost established
				in this rule, the reclamation program application may be considered by the
				Committee for recommendation of approval, modification or denial, within the
				funding limitations of this rule.
(c) In establishing recommended estimated
				cost of reclamation required by subsection
				 62C-17.009(14),
				F.A.C., the Department will recommend the lower of the estimated reclamation
				cost or the maximum reimbursable reclamation cost.