Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-650 - WATER QUALITY BASED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS › Section 62-650.200 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Terms used in this rule shall have the meaning specified
				  below. The meaning of any term not defined below may be taken from definitions
				  in other rules of the Department, unless such meaning would defeat the purposes
				  or intent of the Chapter 62-600, F.A.C., rule series.
(1) "Affected discharger" is an existing
				permitted wastewater discharger, or a proposed wastewater discharger which has
				either a pending permit application, is included in a Step 1 201 Facilities
				Plan, has a conceptually approved Development of Regional Impact, or otherwise
				can demonstrate a substantial likelihood of discharging the pollutant within
				five years.
(2) "Allowable loading"
				or "available assimilative capacity" is that portion of the loading capacity of
				a water body that is available for allocating to a point source discharger(s)
				through regulation by the Department. It is the difference between the loading
				capacity and the total loading of pollutants from other sources, such as
				background, nonpoint sources, and exempt sources.
(3) "Approved methods" means sampling and
				laboratory testing methods approved by the Department, as specified by Rule
				 62-4.246, F.A.C.
(4) "Assimilative capacity" means the
				capacity of a body of water or soil-plant system to receive wastewater
				effluents or sludges without violating the provisions of Chapters 62-3, 62-4,
				62-7, F.A.C., and this rule.
(5)
				"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.
(6) "District office" means the regional
				district offices of the Department.
(7) "Effluent, " unless specifically stated
				otherwise, means treated wastewater flowing out of the treatment
				plant.
(8) "Effluent limitation"
				means any restriction established by the Department on quantities, rates, or
				concentrations of chemical, physical, biological, or other constituents which
				are discharged from sources into the environment of the state.
(9) "Estuary" means a semi-enclosed naturally
				existing coastal body of water which has a free connection with the open sea
				and within which the chloride concentration at the surface is equal to or
				greater than 1, 500 milligrams per liter.
(10) "Groundwater" means water below the land
				surface in the zone of saturation where water is at or above atmospheric
				pressure.
(11) "Loading capacity"
				is the greatest amount of a pollutant loading (in terms of mass per time or
				mass per volume) that a water body can receive without violating water quality
				standards. Such loading shall be established at a level necessary to implement
				the applicable water quality standards with a margin of safety which takes into
				account any lack of knowledge concerning the relationship between effluent
				limitations and water quality.
(12)
				"Surface water" means water upon the surface of the earth, whether contained in
				bounds created naturally or artificially or diffused. Water from natural
				springs shall be classified as surface water when it exits from the spring onto
				the earth's surface.
(13)
				"Technology based effluent limitation (TBEL)" means a minimum waste treatment
				requirement, established by the Department, based on treatment technology. The
				minimum treatment requirements may be set at levels more stringent than that
				which is necessary to meet water quality standards of the receiving water body
				as set out specifically in other sections of this rule.
(14) "Water quality based effluent limitation
				(WQBEL)" means an effluent limitation, which may be more stringent than a
				technology based effluent limitation, that has been determined necessary by the
				Department to ensure that water quality standards in a receiving body of water
				will not be violated.
Rulemaking Authority
					 403.051,
					 403.061,
					 403.062,
					 403.087,
					 403.088 FS. Law Implemented
					  403.021,
					  403.051,
					  403.061,
					  403.062,
					  403.085,
					  403.086,
					  403.087,
					  403.088 FS.
New 11-27-89, Formerly
					 17-650.200.