NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 27, 2010, the Department of Environmental Protection, Northwest District, received a petition for a variance under Section 120.542, Florida Statutes, from the requirements of subsection 62-601.500(2), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.). The petitioner, Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent of Schools, Escambia County School Board, for the Northview High School Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at 4100 W. Highway 4, Bratt, FL 32535, seeks relief from the domestic wastewater treatment plant minimum schedule for sampling and testing of monitoring parameters required by subsection 62-601.500(2), Figure 2, F.A.C. The petitioner is requesting that the wastewater treatment plant sample and test for the parameters total suspended solids and fecal coliform one sample per month. Rule 62-601.500, Figure 2, Note 4, F.A.C., specifies the minimum sampling and testing for these parameters for reuse systems of 50,000 gallons or less, requiring high-level disinfection, as three (3) days per week. The petition has been assigned OGC File No.: 10-2741 and PA File No.: FLA010033-007-DWF/VO. Public comment must be received by the person below no later than 14 days from the date of publication of this notice.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Allan Karrer, Department of Environmental Protection, Domestic Wastewater Section, Northwest District, 160 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502, email: allan.karrer@dep.state.fl.us, (850)595-0601.