Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-600.740 - Compliance and Enforcement
(1)
General.
(a) The Department uses the
information submitted on Discharge Monitoring Reports required by part IV of
this chapter to establish facility compliance, or noncompliance, with the
treatment standards of this rule. For such evaluations, the appropriate
reclaimed water or effluent concentrations contained in subsection
62-600.740(2),
F.A.C., shall be used for compliance determinations.
(b) The Department may also take enforcement
action based on its own sample collection activities using any of the annual,
monthly, weekly, or maximum-permissible concentrations specified in subsection
62-600.740(2),
F.A.C. Use of such data shall not preclude enforcement action pursuant to the
provisions of this or any other chapter of the Florida Administrative Code. The
use of grab or composite samples for evaluating annual, monthly or weekly
compliance shall be consistent with grab or composite sampling technique (as
opposed to sample scheduling) requirements of part IV of this
chapter.
(c) Nothing in this or any
other rules of the Florida Administrative Code shall preclude the use, by the
Department, of additional or more representative sampling data in establishing
compliance status.
(2)
Reclaimed Water or Effluent Compliance Concentrations.
(a) Compliance of a domestic wastewater
facility with secondary treatment standards shall be determined in accordance
with Rule 62-600.420, F.A.C.
(b) In order to determine compliance of a
domestic wastewater facility with treatment standards more stringent than
secondary such as Advanced Waste Treatment (Section
403.086, F.S.), WQBELs (i.e.,
Rule 62-600.430, F.A.C.), and certain
reuse systems (i.e., Chapter 62-610, F.A.C.), the following compliance
concentrations shall be applicable.
1. The
annual average pollutant value shall not exceed the design concentration
established for the reclaimed water or effluent.
2. The monthly average pollutant value shall
not exceed one and one-quarter times the design concentration for the reclaimed
water or effluent.
3. The weekly
average pollutant value shall not exceed one and one-half times the design
concentration specified for the reclaimed water or effluent.
4. The maximum-permissible pollutant
concentration in any single sample shall not exceed two times the design
concentration specified for the reclaimed water or
effluent.
(c) In order to
determine compliance of a domestic wastewater facility with the alternative
secondary preapplication treatment standards specified in Part VI of Chapter
62-610, F.A.C., the design criteria specified therein shall apply as compliance
concentrations at all times (i.e., the design criteria applies on an annual,
monthly, weekly, and maximum-permissible concentration basis). Other compliance
concentrations in this section shall be applicable upon release of the effluent
from operational control in order to determine compliance with other
requirements of this chapter.
(d)
In order to determine compliance of a domestic wastewater facility with
disinfection criteria (other than the basic level) specified in subsection
62-600.440(4),
F.A.C., for outfalls discharging to open ocean waters, the disinfection level
approved by the Department shall apply as compliance concentrations at all
times (i.e., the design criteria applies on an annual, monthly, weekly, and
maximum-permissible concentration bases).
(3) Biosolids compliance criteria shall be in
accordance with the applicable portions of Chapter 62-640,
F.A.C.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 403.051, 403.061, 403.086, 403.087, 403.088 FS. Law Implemented 403.021, 403.051, 403.061, 403.062, 403.085, 403.086, 403.087, 403.088, 403.121, 403.131, 403.161 FS.
New 11-27-89, Amended 1-30-91, Formerly 17-600.740, Amended 12-24-96, 2-8-16, 9-27-21.
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