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B009 94 PvH 97 <br />'O`er 04 - 54 trips initiated x 2 = 108 total trips to and from site per day (including <br />Christmas, New Years, 4th of July, etc. ) <br />Not over 24 hours, but over!ght hour day of operations. Thus, 108 = 8 =13.5 trips <br />per hour. <br />60 minutes divided by 13.5 = a trip every 4.44 minutes. Add in holidays and you <br />have a 16.5 cubic yard dump truck every 4 minutes. <br />Mr. O'Haire cited Exhibit 5, page 6-6, Vol. 1, Florida <br />Environmental and Land Use Law, concerning the two types of water <br />regulated in the state. <br />GROUNDWATER QUALITY PROTECnON <br />I. SCOPE <br />This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the statutory and <br />regulatory authority of the State of Florida Department of Environmental <br />Regulation (DER) to regulate and protect groundwater quality. This chapter <br />also briefly discusses groundwater regulatory efforts by federal agencies and <br />other government agencies. Private remedies are not addressed. The <br />requirements of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act <br />(RCRA) involving hazardous wastes in groundwater are discussed in Chapter <br />11 of this manual. <br />i <br />II. BACKGROUND <br />A. The Resource <br />Historically, groundwater has been a high quality, inexpensive, and <br />readily available source of potable water in Florida. This state is one of the <br />few in the nation that depends almost totally on groundwater to supply its <br />drinking water needs. Groundwater supplies half the water used for agriculture, <br />industry, and electric power generation. Florida's dependence on groundwater <br />will increase along with increases in population and industrial development. <br />For an extensive discussion of Florida's groundwater resources, see FERNALD <br />& PATTON, WATER RESOURCES ATLAS OF FLORIDA (Florida State <br />University 1984). <br />B. The Problem <br />Because of Florida's hydrogeology, groundwater aquifers are highly <br />susceptible to pollution by human activity. Once contaminated, groundwater <br />presents particularly difficult problems of monitoring and cleanup. Groundwater <br />50 <br />March 14, 1995 <br />