Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-660 - INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER FACILITIES › Section 62-660.806 - General Permit for Disposal of Fresh Citrus Fruit Wash Water

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) General Requirements, Conditions and
				Applicability.
(a) This rule authorizes a
				general permit for any person constructing or operating a wastewater treatment
				and sprayfield land application effluent disposal system for wash water from
				fresh citrus fruit packinghouses as defined in paragraph
				 62-660.806(2)(c),
				F.A.C. This general permit applies to facilities that generate more than 5, 000
				gallons per day of wash water during the operating season, provided that all of
				the conditions of this rule are met. Ground water monitoring shall not be
				required for facilities covered under this rule.
(b) Any facility generating less than 5, 000
				gallons per day during the operating season is exempt from the requirement to
				obtain this General Permit or a Department industrial wastewater permit if all
				of the following requirements are met:
1.
				Wastewater is not discharged directly to surface waters or to ground waters
				through wells or sinkholes that allow direct contact with Class G-I, F-1 or
				G-II ground waters as defined in Chapter 62-520, F.A.C.,
2. The disposal of the facility's wastewater
				does not cause or contribute to a violation of surface water and/or ground
				water quality standards,
3. There
				is a 100-foot setback between the wetted perimeter and the facility's property
				boundary,
4. Best Management
				Practices (BMPs) are implemented to minimize ponding or runoff from the land
				application site and ensure proper maintenance of the sprayfield,
5. Records are maintained in accordance with
				subsection  62-660.806(6),
				F.A.C.
(c) This general
				permit is not applicable to fresh citrus packinghouses engaged in other
				auxiliary operations such as citrus juicing that commingle their waste streams
				with wash water. Facilities that utilize percolation ponds, other types of land
				application disposal, or a sprayfield type of land application not otherwise
				complying with the requirements of this rule, are not covered by this general
				permit. These facilities shall:
1. Obtain an
				individual wastewater permit in compliance with Chapter 62-620,
				F.A.C.,
2. Obtain a "Generic Permit
				for Discharges from Fresh Citrus Fruit Packinghouses to Percolation Ponds" in
				accordance with subsection
				 62-621.500(1),
				F.A.C.,
3. Meet the provisions of
				paragraph  62-660.806(1)(b),
				F.A.C., or
4. Obtain an exemption
				from permitting pursuant to Rule
				 62-4.040,
				F.A.C.
(d) Facilities
				that discharge to a Department approved domestic wastewater collection system
				are not required to obtain an industrial wastewater permit and are not subject
				to the requirements of this rule. Refer to Chapter 62-604, F.A.C., Collection
				Systems and Transmission Facilities, for the need to obtain a permit under that
				chapter.
(e) This general permit
				does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility for obtaining any other
				permits required by the Department or any federal, state, local agency, or
				authority.
(f) This general permit
				shall be subject to the general conditions of Rule
				 62-4.540, F.A.C.
(g) The permittee shall complete and submit
				DEP Form  62-660.806(1)(g),
				Notification Form To Use General Permit For Land Application of Fresh Citrus
				Packinghouse Wash Water Effluent, effective May 10, 2005, which is adopted and
				incorporated herein by reference, and the information required by that form 30
				days before use of this general permit. Form
				 62-660.806(1)(g) 
				shall be signed and sealed by a professional engineer registered in the State
				of Florida in accordance with Chapter 471, F.S. This form may be obtained by
				contacting either the local Department District Office, by writing the
				Department of Environmental Protection, Industrial Wastewater Section, Mail
				Station #3545, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, or from
				the Department's website.
(h)
				Within 30 days after construction of a new facility being complete, the
				engineer of record or another registered Professional Engineer shall certify to
				the Department, using DEP Form
				 62-620.910(12),
				Industrial Wastewater Facilities Certificate of Completion of Construction,
				that the permitted construction is complete and usable and was done in
				accordance with the plans submitted to the Department except when minor
				deviations were necessary. These deviations and the reasons for them shall be
				described in detail.