Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-673 - PHOSPHOGYPSUM MANAGEMENT › Section 62-673.320 - Permitting of Phosphogypsum Stack Systems

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) No
				phosphogypsum stack system shall be constructed, operated, expanded, modified
				or closed without an appropriate and currently valid permit issued by the
				Department in accordance with this chapter. Facilities operating without a
				permit on 3-25-93 shall, within 180 days, apply for a temporary operating
				permit from the Department.
(2)
				Permit application. The person making application for a permit for a
				phosphogypsum stack system shall submit to the respective Department district
				office having jurisdiction where the facility is located a copy of the permit
				application, engineering plans, and all supporting data and reports for the
				proposed construction, operation, or closure of the facility prepared by a
				professional engineer registered in the State of Florida in accordance with
				provisions of Chapter 471, F.S. Said engineer or another registered
				professional engineer shall be required to make periodic inspections during
				construction of the facility to ensure that design integrity is
				maintained.
(3) Preparation of
				application. The application for a permit shall be prepared and signed by the
				applicant on Form 62-673.900(1), Application for Permit to Construct/Operate a
				Phosphogypsum Stack System, effective 3-25-93, which is adopted and
				incorporated herein by reference. This form may be obtained by contacting the
				appropriate district office or by writing the Department of Environmental
				Protection, Bureau of Mining and Minerals Regulation, Phosphate Management
				Program, 13051 North Telecom Parkway, Temple Terrace, Florida 33637-0926. The
				application shall include all information necessary for the Department to make
				an evaluation of the proposed facility to ensure that it will pose no
				significant threat to public health or the environment. The permit application
				and supporting information shall include the following:
(a) A letter of transmittal to the
				Department.
(b) A table of contents
				listing the main sections of the application.
(c) The permit fee specified in Rule
				 62-4.050, F.A.C., in check or
				money order payable to the Department.
(d) Engineer and/or geologist seal. Where
				required by Chapter 471 or 492, F.S., data presented in support of the
				application shall be signed and sealed by the professional engineer or
				professional geologist who prepared or approved the data.
(e) All construction, operation, closure, and
				ground water monitoring plans, data, drawings, photographs, and reports to
				support the application.
(f) All
				maps, plan sheets, drawings, isometrics, or cross-sections to support the
				application, which shall be legible and:
1.
				Signed and sealed by the registered professional engineer responsible for their
				preparation. Wherever possible drawings should be no larger than 24 by 36
				inches, folded to 9 by 12 inches. Illustrations, tables or drawings reduced in
				size should be no smaller than 8 1/2 by 11 inches,
2. Of appropriate scale to show clearly all
				required details,
3. Numbered,
				referenced to the narrative, and titled, with a legend of symbols used,
				horizontal and vertical scales (where applicable), and drafting or origination
				dates; and,
4. Use uniform scales
				as much as possible, contain a north arrow, and use National Geodetic Vertical
				Datum (NGVD) as a basis for all elevations.
(g) A map or aerial photograph of the area
				showing land use and zoning within one mile of the phosphogypsum stack system.
				This map, or photograph which shall be taken within one year of the permit
				application, shall be of sufficient scale to show all homes, industrial
				buildings, wells, water courses, dry runs, rock out-croppings, roads and other
				significant details. All significant features shall be indicated and labeled on
				the map or aerial photograph.
(h) A
				plot plan of the phosphogypsum stack system site showing dimensions, original
				elevations, proposed final contours and location of soil borings. Cross
				sections shall be included on the plot plan or on separate sheets showing both
				the original and proposed elevations. The scale of the plot plan shall not be
				greater than 200 feet to the inch.
(i) Topographic maps at a scale of not over
				200 feet to the inch with five-foot contour intervals. These maps shall show at
				least: the proposed phosphogypsum stack system area; access roads; grades
				required for proper drainage; and a typical cross section of any phosphogypsum
				stacks, cooling ponds, and process wastewater drainage conveyances.
(j) A hydrogeological investigation in
				accordance with Rule  62-701.410, F.A.C., which is
				incorporated by reference herein.
(k) A geotechnical investigation in
				accordance with Rule  62-701.420, F.A.C., which is incorporated by reference
				herein.
(l) Evidence of an approved
				laboratory to do ground water monitoring in accordance with Rule 62-160,
				F.A.C.
(m) A demonstration of
				ownership or control of the property.
(n) Financial documents assigned to the
				Department which ensure the financial responsibility for the closing and
				long-term care of the phosphogypsum stack system.