NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 11, 2009, the Department of Environmental Protection has issued an order.
The order, OGC Case No.: 09-3118, to Target Corporation granted a petition for waiver that was filed on July 1, 2009, from subsections 62-550.102(2) and (3), F.A.C. The rule identifies the criteria for being regulated as a public water system. The waiver allows Target to bill two other businesses for drinking water each uses from their water lines that are interconnected with the Target store, without having Target regulated as a public water system. The store is located on Waters Avenue in Hillsborough County. Target demonstrated that it would suffer a substantial hardship it were to be regulated as a public water system, and that the purposes of the underlying statute, protection of the drinking water, would still be met with the waiver. Notice of receipt of the petition was published in the Florida Administrative Weekly on July 24, 2009, and no public comment was received.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Van Hoofnagle, Department of Environmental Protection, MS 3520, 2600 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400; telephone (850)245-8631.