Proposed Rule Development for the Water Well Contractor Licensing
Rule, Chapter 62-531, F.A.C.

The Department is revising Florida’s Water Well Contractor Licensing rule. The proposed rule revision will consist of the following:

Chapter 62-531, F.A.C., will be amended to adopt by reference The Water Well Contractor Disciplinary Guidelines and Procedure Manual and the Florida Unified Citations Dictionary For Water Well Constructors to meet the statutory obligation of informing the public of likely disciplinary action for violations of water well contractor licensing, permitting and construction requirements. The requirements for water well contractor licensure will be updated to reflect recent statutory changes. Add an administrative fine up to $5,000 per occurrence for any person found to be practicing water well contracting without a valid Florida water well contractor license. Increase the maximum administrative fine for any licensed water well contractor found in violation of the water well rules or the statute from $1000 to $5,000. Change the license renewal time period for accrual of CEUs from 24 months to 30 months prior to the license renewal deadline.

Announcements/Upcoming Events

A Notice of Rule Development for the proposed amendment to Chapter 62-531, F.A.C., is scheduled for publication in the Florida Administrative Weekly (FAW) on Nov 13, 2009.

A Rule Development Workshop will be held at the date, time and place shown below.

Date: December 3, 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Conference Room 609, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL

Download (All files are in Adobe PDF format and open in a new browser window.)

• Notice of Proposed Rule Development Chapter 62-531, F.A.C.
• Proposed Draft Rule Amendments Chapter 62-531, F.A.C.
• Current Chapter 62-531, F.A.C.

More Information

For more information, to be added to a mailing list for rulemaking information or to submit written comments on the rule, please contact:

David C. James, PG (David.James@dep.state.fl.us)
Ground Water Regulatory Section
Well Construction Program
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road, MS# 3580
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
Phone: 850/245-8648

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