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contacting: Maurice Barker, Senior Program Analyst, Division of Water Resource Management, (850) 245-8614 or
<br />by email at Maurice.Barker(i ,dep.state.fl.us. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency by
<br />using the Florida Relay Service, 1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD) or 1 (800) 955-8770 (Voice).
<br />THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Maurice Barker, Senior Program
<br />Analyst, Division of Water Resource Management, MS 3540, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399,
<br />(850)245-8614 or by email at Maurice.Barker@dep.state.fl.us.
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<br />THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
<br />62-640.100 Scope, Intent, Purpose, and Applicability.
<br />(1) through (4) No change.
<br />(5) Applicability.
<br />(a) Requirements in this chapter shall apply to domestic wastewater treatment facilities and biosolids
<br />management facilities that generate, treat, or manage biosolids.
<br />(b) Requirements in this chapter shall also apply to appliers or distributors of biosolids or biosolids products,
<br />and to owners or operators of application sites which receive biosolids.
<br />(c) Unless specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, requirements in this chapter shall apply to all septage
<br />management facilities that treat more than 10,000 gall ns peF .]ay f athly aver -age dail , rlewor- Faer-e tha 20,000
<br />gallens in a single daly, and that apply septage to agricultural sites or reclamation sites. Requirements in this chapter
<br />shall also apply to appliers of septage, and to operators or owners of an agricultural site or reclamation site which
<br />receive septage from facilities permitted under this chapter.
<br />(d) Unless specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, requirements in this chapter that apply to biosolids
<br />shall also apply to septage from facilities regulated by the Department; to products derived from such septage,
<br />biosolids, or combinations thereof, and to the products and treated material from biosolids treatment facilities and
<br />septage management facilities regulated by the Department.
<br />(e) Unless specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, requirements in this chapter shall apply to composting
<br />facilities, as defined by this chapter, which use yard trash, wood chips, or similar bulking agents, and apply the
<br />resulting compost to land or distribute and market the resulting compost.
<br />(f) Facilities and biosolids application sites which have submitted a complete wastewater or biosolids site
<br />permit application, of which have received an initial permit before August 29 201 (effective date of the rule), are
<br />considered to be existing facilities and existing sites and shall meet the requirements of this chapter in accordance
<br />with paragraphs (g) and (h), below.
<br />(g) Unless specifically provided otherwise in this chapter such as water extractable phosphorus monitoring in
<br />subsection 62-640.650(3), F.A.C„ existing domestic wastewater treatment facilities, biosolids treatment facilities,
<br />and septage management facilities in Florida shall comply with the requirements of this chapter at the time of
<br />renewal of the wastewater permit. To f4eilitate the transition to land application site p@fmits, for- those wastew
<br />faeility pemi;its ;:eme-4.ved- between August 29, 2010 and jafmai=y 1, 2013, the Pepaftmen4 shall inelude eemplianee
<br />sehedeles to achieve eamplianee with the laod applieation site per-Faitting fequir-ements inelud@d in Rules 62
<br />640.399 62 640.500 62 640.659 62 640.700 F.A.C., by no later than Ianuaf. , 2013. Any suc-nzeneod permits
<br />shall eentain eenditiEms for- the land applioation of bieselids based on the pr-evisions of Chapter- 62 640, F. .,
<br />as-
<br />PFoteetiefi, Domestic Wastewater- Seetion, M.S. 3540, 2600 Blair- Stene Read, Tallahassee, Fler-ida 32399 2400, of
<br />any of the
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<br />(h) Existing biosolids application sites, whether permitted individually or under a domestic wastewater
<br />treatment facility, biosolids treatment facility, or septage management facility permit in accordance with
<br />subparagraph 62-640.300(3)(a)2, F.A.C. shall meet the requirements of this chapter at the time of renewal of the
<br />biosolids application site permit or facility permit, but no later than within three years of (effective date of the rule).
<br />Regardless of paragraph (g), abov@, no later- than Jamlaff 1, 2013, all 4:4eilities that ]And apply bieselids shall use
<br />(i) After- an applieation site is pefmiaed, inanagement and applieatien of biOsOlids at thO sitO Shall be iH
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