Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-6 - STANDARDS FOR ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS › Part I - General Provisions except those specific to Parts II and IV › Section 62-6.004 - Application for System Construction Permit

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) No person must cause or allow
				  construction of a system without first applying for and obtaining a
				  construction permit. Form DEP 4015, effective date 06-21-2022, Application for
				  Construction Permit, herein adopted and incorporated by reference at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14359
must be used for recording permit application information. Copies of this
				  document are available as provided in subsection (9) below.
(2) An application shall be completed in
				  full, signed by the owner or the owner's authorized representative, or a
				  contractor licensed in accordance with Chapter 489, F.S., and shall be
				  accompanied by all required exhibits and fees. If the owner of a property uses
				  an authorized representative to obtain a new system construction permit, a
				  signed statement from the owner of the property assigning authority for the
				  representative to act on the owner's behalf shall accompany the application.
				  This statement shall include specific information allowing the representative
				  to act on the owner's behalf in all aspects of an application for an onsite
				  sewage treatment and disposal system.
(3) The suitability of a lot, property,
				  subdivision or building for the use of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal
				  system must be determined from an evaluation of lot size, anticipated sewage
				  flow into the proposed system, the anticipated sewage waste strength, soil and
				  water table conditions, soil drainage and site topography and other related
				  criteria. Necessary site investigations and tests must be performed at the
				  expense of the owner by either an engineer with soils training who is licensed
				  in the State of Florida pursuant to Chapter 471, F.S., by Department personnel,
				  registered septic tank contractors, master septic tank contractors,
				  professional soil scientists certified and registered by the Florida
				  Association of Environmental Soil Scientists, and persons certified under
				  Section  381.0101, F.S. Registered septic
				  tank contractors must perform site evaluations for system repairs only. When
				  determining that the necessary site investigations and tests be performed by an
				  engineer licensed in the State of Florida, the Department must consider the
				  criteria listed in subsection
				   62-6.004(4),
				  F.A.C. Results of site investigations must be entered on, or attached to, the
				  construction permit application form for consideration by the Department. Site
				  evaluations must occur not earlier than 180 days prior to the date the
				  Department receives the permit application. Site evaluations remain valid for
				  the life of the permit. The application must also include the following data:
(a) A plan or plat of the lot or total site
				  ownership. The site plan shall be drawn to scale and shall be for the property
				  where the system is to be installed.
1. The
				  site plan shall show boundaries with dimensions and any of the following
				  features that exist or that are proposed:
a.
				  Structures,
b. Swimming
				  pools,
c. Recorded
				  easements,
d. Onsite sewage
				  treatment and disposal system components,
e. Slope of the property,
f. Wells,
g. Potable and non-potable water lines and
				  valves,
h. Drainage features,
i. Filled areas,
j. Excavated areas for onsite sewage systems,
k. Obstructed areas,
l. Surface water bodies; and,
m. Location of the reference point for system
				  elevation.