Notice of Proposed Rule for the Water Well
Permitting and Construction Requirements Rule, Chapter 62-532, F.A.C.
The Department is amending Florida’s Water Well Permitting and
Construction rule.
The proposed rule amendments will consist of the following:
The proposed amendments to the rule add four new definitions, set
forth the construction standards for wells serving bottled water
plants and wells permitted pursuant to Chapter 62-524, F.A.C., set
forth the geothermal well tubing and fitting material standards and
grouting requirements, amends several technical drilling methods
related to well construction and grouting requirements, amends the
alternate grouting requirements, updates the references to NSF
International and the American National Standards Institute, updates
the setback distances and footnotes in Table 1, and adopts new
statewide forms for water well permitting. In addition, the
rulemaking uses plain language as much as possible, corrects or
improves grammar, and updates citations where needed.
Announcements/Upcoming Events
- The Notice of Proposed Rule for Secretarial
adoption of the proposed amendments to Chapter 62-532, F.A.C.
will be published in the Florida Administrative Weekly on June
11,
2010.
- A public hearing will be held at the date, time and place
shown below, if requested on or before 5:00 pm, July 2, 2010:
Date & Time: July 7, 2010; 10:00 a.m.
Place: Conference Room 609, Department of Environmental
Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL
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More Information
For more information on this rule development, to be added to a
mailing list, or to submit written comments on the propose rule
amendments, please contact:
David James, PG
(David.James@dep.state.fl.us)
Professional Geologist, Ground Water Regulatory Section
Mail Station 3580
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400
850-245-8648
Visit the ground water webpage for general information about ground
water.