Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40E - South Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40E-3 - WATER WELLS › Section 40E-3.601 - General Permit for Water Wells within a Portion of Southern Miami-Dade County

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) It is determined
				that compliance with Rules
				 40E-3.101,
				 40E-3.301,
				 40E-3.321,
				 40E-3.411,
				 40E-3.507,
				 40E-3.512,
				 40E-3.517 and
				 40E-3.531, F.A.C., will create
				an undue hardship to those persons proposing to construct, repair or abandon
				wells used for agricultural water use within south Miami-Dade County. It is
				further determined that the continued existence of these wells and method of
				well construction has not been shown to impair the ground water resources.
				However, if the continued existence of the rule is determined in any way to
				impair the purpose and intent of Chapter 373, Part III, F.S., adversely impact
				the water resources, not be in the public interest, or for any other reason the
				District may delete the General Permit threshold at any time in accordance with
				applicable law.
(2) A general
				permit is granted to those wells intended for agricultural use which do not
				exceed 25 feet in depth and which are located within the area depicted on
				Figure 3-1 and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the centerline of South
				  Florida Water Management District's Levee 31 West and the south line of Section
				  7, Township 58 South, Range 38 East; Thence, Easterly along the south line of
				  said Section 7 to the centerline of South Florida Water Management District's
				  Canal 111; Thence, Southeasterly, Southerly and Southeasterly along said
				  centerline of Canal 111 to the centerline of State Road 5 (U.S. Highway 1);
				  Thence, Southerly along said centerline of State Road 5 (U.S. Highway 1) to the
				  Dade-Monroe County line and Florida Bay; Thence, Northeasterly along the
				  Dade-Monroe County line to the Western shore of Little Card Sound; Thence,
				  Northeasterly and Northerly along the Western shore of Little Card Sound and
				  Biscayne Bay to the south line of Section 14, Township 56 South, Range 40 East;
				  Thence, Westerly along the section lines to the centerline of State Road 821;
				  Thence, Northerly along said centerline of State Road 821 to the South line of
				  the North one-half of Section 17, Township 56 South, Range 40 East; Thence,
				  Westerly along the one-quarter section lines to the Southwest corner of the
				  Northwest one-quarter of said Section 18; Thence, Northerly to the Southeast
				  corner of Section 12, Township 56 South, Range 39 East; Thence, Westerly along
				  the south line of said Section 12 to the Southwest corner of said Section 12;
				  Thence, Northerly along the West line of said Section 12 to the centerline of
				  South Florida Water Management District's Canal 1 West; Thence, Northwesterly
				  and Westerly along said centerline of Canal 1 West and its Westerly Extension
				  to the centerline of South Florida Water Management District's Levee 31 North;
				  Thence, Southerly along the centerline of said Levee 31 North and the
				  centerline of South Florida Water Management District's Levee 31 West to the
				  POINT OF BEGINNING.
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Rulemaking Authority
					 373.044,
					 373.113 FS. Law Implemented
					 373.118,
					 373.309,
					 373.313,
					 373.326,
					 373.342
					 FS.
New 9-26-12.