Proposed Rule Development for the Ground Water Rules, Chapters 62-520 and 62-522, F.A.C.

 

The Department has begun the rulemaking process to revise Florida’s ground water rules:

• Chapter 62-520, Ground Water Classes, Standards and Exemptions, and
• Chapter 62-522, Ground Water Permitting and Monitoring Requirements

No significant changes have been made to the ground water rule since the original rules were developed in 1983. This proposed revision will update and combine the rules into one rule, 62-520.

The proposed rule revision will consist of three stages:

1. Transfer parts of 62-522 to 62-520 (completed).
2. “Phase 1” – administrative changes and minor clarification, proposed for Secretarial adoption.
3. “Phase 2” – more substantial, standard-setting changes proposed for Environmental Regulation Commission adoption. Work on this phase of the rule revisions will start after Phase I is complete.

This webpage will provide updates on the Department’s rulemaking efforts. All stakeholders and interested parties are encouraged to participate in the Department’s rulemaking efforts. Please check back to this website for updates.

Announcements/Upcoming Events

• Notices of Proposed Rule for Secretarial Adoption of proposed amendments to Chapter 62-520, F.A.C. Ground Water Classes, Standards and Exemptions and Chapter 62-522, F.A.C., Ground Water Permitting and Monitoring Requirements, were published in the Florida Administrative Weekly on June 27, 2008.
• A public hearing will be held at the date, time and place shown below:
  DATE AND TIME: July 25, 2008; 9:00 a.m.
  PLACE: Conference room 609, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL

Download (All files are in Adobe PDF format unless otherwise notated.)

• Hearing Draft, July 25, 2008, Chapter 62-520, F.A.C. (MSWord 117 KB)
• Notice of Proposed Rule, Chapter 62-520, F.A.C. (120 KB)
• Notice of Proposed Rule, Chapter 62-522, F.A.C.
• Form 62-520.900(1), F.A.C.
  • MSWord Format
• Form 62-520.900(3), F.A.C.
  • MSWord Format
• Monitoring Well Design and Construction Guidance Manual (1MB)
• Guidance for Ground Water Monitoring Plan Design (333 KB)
• Current Chapter 62-520, FAC
• Current Chapter 62-522, FAC

Past Events

• A rule development workshop was held on July 11, 2007 at the Bob Martinez Center in Tallahassee, Florida.
• A second rule development workshop was held on March 11, 2008 at the Bob Martinez Center in Tallahassee, Florida.

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:

Linda Ann Clemens, P.G.
Ground Water Regulatory Section
Mail Station 3580
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400
850-245-8647

Visit the ground water webpage for general information about ground water.