29716258, 62-600.100 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 29716258

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

DOMESTIC WASTEWATER FACILITIES

Overview

RULE:

62-600.100	Scope, Intent, Purpose, and Applicability
62-600.120	Exemptions
62-600.200	Definitions
62-600.400	Design Requirements
62-600.405	Planning for Wastewater Facilities Expansion
62-600.410	Operation and Maintenance Requirements
62-600.420	Minimum Treatment Standards - Technology Based Effluent Limitations (TBELs)
62-600.430	Additional Treatment - Water Quality - Based Effluent Limitations (WQBELs)
62-600.440	Disinfection Requirements
62-600.445	pH Requirements
62-600.500	General
62-600.650	General
62-600.660	Treatment Facility Monitoring
62-600.700	General
62-600.707	Distributed Wastewater Treatment Systems and Distributed Wastewater Treatment Units

PURPOSE:

The Department (DEP) is initiating procedural rulemaking to revise and add clarification on the inclusion of Distributed Wastewater Treatment Systems (DWTS) for domestic wastewater facilities and activities permitting. DWTSs are comprised of one or more small, onsite wastewater treatment units that can provide improved treatment over traditional onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems (OSTDS) and have an improved capability for the multiple units of a DWTS to be remotely operated and maintained by a single, central wastewater utility. This notice supplements the Department’s March 27, 2025, notices of rule development for rules in Chapters 62-620, 62-621, and 62-699, F.A.C., (Vol. 51/60) to revise and add clarification on the inclusion of DWTS for domestic wastewater facilities.

SUBJECT:

The amendments would address the inclusion of Distributed Wastewater Treatment Systems (DWTS) in the chapter by creating the new rule 62-600.707, F.A.C., providing definitions, clarifications, and requirements associated with the permitting of DWTSs.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

403.061(7) and (15), 403.087(1)-(2), 403.0885(2), 403.8055, 403.814, FS

LAW:

403.031, 403.051, 403.061, 403.062, 403.085, 403.086, 403.087, 403.088, 403.0885, 403.0882, 403.088, 403.814, FS

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

6/26/2025 Vol. 51/124

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

403.061(7) and (15), 403.087(1)-(2), 403.0885(2), 403.8055, 403.814, FS, 403.031, 403.051, 403.061, 403.062, 403.085, 403.086, 403.087, 403.088, 403.0885, 403.0882, 403.088, 403.814, FS

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=62-600.100&PDate=6/26/2025&Section=1

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