Applicants using this rule shall submit Form
62-330.060(1),
"Joint Application for Individual and Conceptual Environmental Resource
Permit/Authorization to Use State-Owned Submerged Lands/Federal Dredge and Fill
Permit, " for an environmental resource permit, which is incorporated by
reference in subsection
62-330.060(1),
F.A.C. (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-03189).
A copy of Form 62-330.060(1)
may be obtained from the Department's internet site
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/erp/forms.htm
or by contacting the appropriate office identified in Appendix A of the
Environmental Resource Permit Applicant's Handbook Volume 1 available at
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/rulesprog.htm#erp.
In addition, applicants shall submit the following plans and reports for the
high-quality peat extraction area that will be subject to the wetland
mitigation provisions of this chapter:
(1) Plans showing the depth to the clay,
sand, or rock stratum under the area where peat is proposed for extraction,
identified on a grid with a maximum horizontal interval no larger than 50
feet.
(2) Plans showing the
proposed depth of excavation and extraction (below existing grade), identified
on a grid with a maximum horizontal interval no larger than 50 feet.
(3) Plans and aerial photography showing the
existing land use and land cover (acreage and percentages) mapped to at least
Level III of the
Florida Land Use, Cover and Classification
System (Florida Department of Transportation, 1999), incorporated by
reference herein. A copy of this document may be obtained from the Department
in the manner described in Rule
62-348.900, F.A.C. Each mapped
unit shall be sufficiently homogenous in character to be assessed as a single
unit. No mapped unit shall be smaller than 0.1 of an acre.
(4) For historically herbaceous freshwater
wetlands that will be subject to the wetland mitigation provisions of this
chapter, the application shall include documentation of the historic land cover
conditions. Such documentation shall include at least a chronological sequence
of dated aerial photographs demonstrating the historical character of the
wetland. The applicant may provide any additional information to supplement the
aerial photography to demonstrate their claim that the wetland is a
historically herbaceous freshwater wetland.
(5) A prospecting report describing the
horizontal and vertical extent of the high-quality peat extraction area that
will be subject to the wetland mitigation provisions of this chapter. The
report shall be based on core samples from the proposed peat extraction area
taken on a grid with a maximum horizontal sample spacing no larger than 100
feet. All core samples shall be included in the prospecting report. The report
shall identify the location and relative depths where peat samples were
collected and the results of the analysis, including for each core the
classification and vertical extent of all layers that can be classified using
the von Post Humification Scale. The analysis for any layer classified on the
von Post Humification Scale as H1 to H4 shall also include the measurement of
pH.
(6) Information required by
Chapter 62-345, F.A.C., Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method, for all areas of
wetlands proposed for extraction and for all wetland mitigation
areas.
(7) Plans for all
reclamation and wetland mitigation areas showing the proposed final grade
elevations and water levels. Water levels shall include seasonal high and
seasonal low water elevations. Wetland mitigation shall meet the design
standards of Rule
62-348.600, F.A.C.
(8) Plans for the proposed land use and land
cover (acreage and percentages) for all reclamation and wetland mitigation
areas mapped to at least Level III of the Florida Land Use, Cover and
Classification System (Florida Department of Transportation, 1999).
Each mapped unit shall be sufficiently homogenous in character to be assessed
as a single unit. No mapped unit shall be smaller than 0.1 of an
acre.
(9) Form
62-348.900(1),
"Horticultural Use Certification for High-Quality Peat, " as incorporated by
reference in subsection
62-348.100(2),
F.A.C.
