Industrial Wastewater Generic/General Permits
Generic Permits
FDEP issues generic permits to regulate a category of wastewater
facilities or activities only if they all involve the same or
substantially similar types of operations; discharge the same types of
wastes or engage in the same types of residuals or industrial sludge use
or disposal practices; require the same effluent limitations, operating
conditions, or standards for residuals or industrial sludge use or
disposal; or require the same or similar monitoring. This type of permit
is only available for certain groundwater discharges.
Discharges from Petroleum Contaminated Sites
Authorizes a generic permit for any person constructing or operating
a system discharging treated ground water and storm water that has been
contaminated by automotive gasoline, aviation gasoline, jet fuel or
diesel fuel designed and operated in accordance with Rule
62-620.500(1)-(5), provided that all the conditions of this rule are
met.
Discharge of Produced Ground Water from any Non-Contaminated Site
Activity
Authorizes a generic permit for any person constructing or operating
a system discharging produced ground water (i.e. Dewatering System) from
any non-contaminated site activity which discharges by a point source to
surface waters of the State—designed and operated in accordance with
Rule 62-621.250, F.A.C., provided that all the conditions of this rule
are met.
Discharges from Concrete Batch Plants
Authorizes a generic permit for any person constructing or operating
wastewater and stormwater management systems for new or existing
concrete batch plants designed and operated in accordance with Rule
62-25, F.A.C., provided that all the conditions of this rule are met.
This general permit does not apply to the construction, alteration,
operation, maintenance, abandonment, or removal of any stormwater
management system, dam, impoundment, reservoir, or appurtenant work or
works, including dredging or filling, in, on or over wetlands and other
surface waters, as determined by the methodology authorized in
Subsection 373.421(1), F.S. or the construction, alteration, operation,
maintenance, abandonment, or removal of any stormwater management
system, dam, impoundment, reservoir, or appurtenant work or works within
the Sensitive Karst Areas Basin as defined in Rule 40C-41.023(5), F.A.C.
Notice of Intent to Use Generic Permit for Discharges from
Concrete Batch Plants
Pollutant Discharges To Surface Waters of the State From the
Application of Pesticides
Coverage under this Generic Permit is available for discharges of
pollutants resulting from the application of pesticides (biological
pesticides and chemical pesticides which leave a residue) to surface
waters of the state from the following use patterns: 1. Mosquito and
Other Flying Insect Pest Control; 2. Aquatic Weed and Algae Control; 3.
Aquatic Nuisance Animal Control; and 4. Forest Canopy or Other Area Wide
Pest Control.
Notice of Intent (NOI) to Comply with the Terms of the
Generic Permit for Pollutant Discharges to Surface Waters of the
State from the Application of Pesticides
Discharges from Fresh Citrus Fruit Packinghouses to Percolation
Ponds
Authorizes a generic permit for any person constructing or operating
a system discharging wash water generated by the operations defined as
fresh citrus fruit packinghouses disposed of in percolation ponds
designed and operated in accordance with Rule 62-532.200, provided that
all the conditions of this rule are met. This general permit prohibits
all of the following, but is not limited to: stormwater, sanitary
wastewater generated by employees of the facility, wastewater generated
by washing or maintaining mobile equipment, or wastewater generated by
ancillary operations.
Request for Coverage under the Generic Permit for Discharges
from Fresh Citrus Fruit Packinghouses to Percolation Ponds
General Permits
“General permit” means a permit issued by rule of the Department
under Section 403.814, F.S., which authorizes a person to undertake
certain activities, which when performed in accordance with the specific
requirements and practices set forth in the general permit have a
minimal adverse environmental effect. This type of permit is only
available for certain groundwater discharges.
Permit for a Wastewater Disposal System for a Laundromat
Authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating
a wastewater disposal system for a Laundromat designed and operated in
accordance with Rule 62-660.801, provided that all the conditions of
this rule are met.
Permit for Car Wash Systems
Authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating
a car wash treatment, disposal, and recycle system, designed and
operated in accordance with this rule, provided that all of the
conditions of this rule are met.
Permit for Sand and Limestone Mines
Authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating
a sand or limestone mine designed and operated in accordance with this
rule, provided that all of the conditions of this rule are met.
Permit for Disposal of Tomato Wash Water
Authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating
a treatment and disposal system for wash water from the packaging of
fresh market tomatoes with a wash tank discharging between 5,000 and
50,000 gallons per day, provided that all of the conditions of this rule
are met.
Permit for Disposal of Fresh Citrus Fruit Wash Water
Authorizes a general permit for any person constructing or operating
a wastewater treatment and spray-field land application effluent
disposal system for wash water from fresh citrus fruit packinghouses as
defined in paragraph 62-660.806(2)(c), F.A.C. This general permit
applies to facilities that generate more than 5,000 gallons per day of
wash water during the operating season, provided that all of the
conditions of this rule are met.
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