NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF

STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS

The Department of Environmental Protection announces the availability of the Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC) prepared for the rulemaking for Chapters 62-520 and 62-522, F.A.C. The Notices of Proposed Rule for these chapters were published in the Florida Administrative Weekly on June 27, 2008, and the adoption hearing was held on July 25, 2008. The summary of the SERC is: The proposed revisions to Chapters 62-520 and 62-522, F.A.C., will affect facilities or installations that discharge into ground water, including wastewater treatment plants, phosphogypsum stacks, and solid waste facilities. For the most part, existing requirements will not change. Only one new requirement will impose regulatory cost. Facilities will now be required to conduct sampling and analysis of one or more monitoring wells prior to permit renewal. An estimated 2,050 facilities may be affected. Depending on the parameters required to be sampled prior to permit renewal, this may be an additional cost of between $500 and $1,500 every five years. To obtain a copy of the SERC, contact Cynthia Christen, Senior Attorney, Department of Environmental Protection, MS 35, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000, (850)245-2230, email: Cynthia.christen@dep.state.fl.us.