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on the ERP is the responsibility of DEP), and Chapter 62-341, F.A.C. (Noticed General
Environmental Resource Permits). Together, those rule chapters apply to activities that were
permitted, exempt from permitting, or that were subject to an application that was complete prior
to the effective date of the rules adopted under Section 373.4131, F.S. This grandfathered rule is
retained on DEP website at https://floridadep.gov/water/water/content/water-resource-
management-rules#erp.
Chapter 62-344 (Delegation of the Environmental Resource Permit Program to Local
Governments) — provides procedures for delegating all or a portion of the ERP program to
qualified local governments.
Chapter 62-345 (Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method) — in accordance with Section
373.414(18), F.S., this is the sole methodology to be used to determine the amount of mitigation
required to offset otherwise unpermittable adverse impacts to wetlands and other surface waters,
and the amount of mitigation that is provided by proposed mitigation. This rule does not assess
whether the adverse impacts meet other criteria for issuance of a permit, or whether the mitigation
is appropriate to offset adverse impacts.
Chapter 62-346 (Environmental Resource Permitting in Northwest Florida) – applicable to
activities within the geographical area of the NWFWMD that were permitted, constructed, exempt
from permitting, legally in existence, or subject to an application under that chapter that was
complete, including activities that qualified for a noticed general permit under Chapter 62-341,
F.A.C., prior to the effective date of the rules adopted under Section 373.4131, F.A.C. This
grandfathered rule is retained on DEP website at
https://floridadep.gov/water/water/content/water-resource-management-rules#erp.
Chapter 62-520 (Ground Water Classes, Standards, and Exemptions)
Chapter 62-532 (Water Well Permitting and Construction Requirements)
Chapter 62-550 (Drinking Water Standards, Monitoring, and Reporting)
Chapter 62-555 (Permitting, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Public Water Systems)
Chapter 62-621 Generic Permits) – sets forth procedures to obtain a type of general National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued under Section 403.0885, F.S.,
and 40 CFR 122.28, and a type of “Non-NPDES Generic Permit” issued under Section 403.087,
F.S. These are alternatives to individual permits for certain wastewater facilities and other
activities that: involve the same or substantially similar types of operations; discharge the same
types of wastes or engage in the same types of residuals or industrial sludge use or disposal
practices; require the same effluent limitations, operating conditions, or standards for residuals or
industrial sludge use or disposal; require the same or similar monitoring.
Chapters 40B-1, 40C-1, 40D-1, and 40E-1, F.A.C. – provide the fee schedules and certain
administrative details associated with permitting of applications that are the responsibility of the
SRWMD, SJRWMD, SWFWMD, and SFWMD, respectively.
Chapters 40A-2, 40B-2, 40C-2, 40D-2, and 40E-2, F.A.C. — provide the regulatory requirements
covering withdrawals, reservations, and other uses of water.
Within the SRWMD, Chapter 40B-4, F.A.C., provides the permitting requirements for activities
located within Works of the SRWMD. Chapters 40B-4, 40C-4, 40D-4, and 40E-4, F.A.C., also
provide the standards and criteria, and general conditions for, issuance of an ERP within the
SRWMD, SJRWMD, SWFWMD, and SFWMD, respectively, for an application that was
complete or permitted prior to the effective date of the rules adopted under Section 373.4131, F.S.,
or that were legally in existence on that date. Portions of those rules remain in effect under the
ERP program, the text of which is available at https://www.flrules.org/, but most of these rules
have been repealed, and are applicable only for grandfathered activities. The text of these rules
applicable to grandfathered activities remains available at the website of the respective Agency.
Chapter 40A-6 (Works of the District) — provides the permitting requirements for activities that
withdraw water from, discharge to, are located on, or otherwise use a Works of the NWFWMD,