ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
F.S. Ch. 403
in effectContents
section403.011. Short title.section403.021. Legislative declaration; public policy.section403.031. Definitions.section403.051. Meetings; hearings and procedure.section403.52. Short title.section403.60. Environmental Control Compact; execution authorized.section403.061. Department; powers and duties.section403.062. Pollution control; underground, surface, and coastal waters.section403.063. Groundwater quality monitoring.section403.064. Reuse of reclaimed water.section403.067. Establishment and implementation of total maximum daily loads.section403.72. Identification, listing, and notification.section403.072. Pollution Prevention Act.section403.073. Pollution prevention; state goal; agency programs; public education.section403.074. Technical assistance by the department.section403.74. Management of hazardous materials by governmental agencies.section403.075. Legislative findings.section403.75. Definitions relating to used oil.section403.076. Short title.section403.077. Public notification of pollution.section403.078. Effect on other law.section403.081. Performance by other state agencies.section403.085. Sanitary sewage disposal units; advanced and secondary waste treatment; industrial waste treatment.section403.086. Sewage disposal facilities; advanced and secondary waste treatment.section403.087. Permits; general issuance; denial; revocation; prohibition; penalty.section403.088. Water pollution operation permits; conditions.section403.88. Classification of water and wastewater treatment facilities and facility operators.section403.90. Judicial review relating to permits and licenses.section403.091. Inspections.section403.092. Package sewage treatment facilities; inspection.section403.111. Confidential records.section403.121. Enforcement; procedure; remedies.section403.131. Injunctive relief, remedies.section403.135. Persons who accept wastewater for spray irrigation; civil liability.section403.141. Civil liability; joint and several liability.section403.151. Compliance with rules or orders of department.section403.161. Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent.section403.182. Local pollution control programs.section403.191. Construction in relation to other law.section403.201. Variances.section403.231. Department of Legal Affairs to represent the state.section403.251. Safety clause.section403.411. Geoengineering and weather modification activities prohibited; penalty.section403.412. Environmental Protection Act.section403.413. Florida Litter Law.section403.414. Environmental award program.section403.415. Motor vehicle noise.section403.501. Short title.section403.502. Legislative intent.section403.503. Definitions relating to Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act.section403.504. Department of Environmental Protection; powers and duties enumerated.section403.506. Applicability, thresholds, and certification.section403.507. Preliminary statements of issues, reports, project analyses, and studies.section403.508. Land use and certification hearings, parties, participants.section403.509. Final disposition of application.section403.510. Superseded laws, regulations, and certification power.section403.511. Effect of certification.section403.512. Revocation or suspension of certification.section403.513. Review.section403.514. Enforcement of compliance.section403.515. Availability of information.section403.516. Modification of certification.section403.517. Supplemental applications for sites certified for ultimate site capacity.section403.518. Fees; disposition.section403.519. Exclusive forum for determination of need.section403.521. Legislative intent.section403.522. Definitions relating to the Florida Electric Transmission Line Siting Act.section403.523. Department of Environmental Protection; powers and duties.section403.524. Applicability; certification; exemptions.section403.525. Administrative law judge; appointment; powers and duties.section403.526. Preliminary statements of issues, reports, and project analyses; studies.section403.527. Certification hearing, parties, participants.section403.528. Alteration of time limits.section403.529. Final disposition of application.section403.531. Effect of certification.section403.532. Revocation or suspension of certification.section403.533. Enforcement of compliance.section403.536. Superseded laws, regulations, and certification power.section403.537. Determination of need for transmission line; powers and duties.section403.539. Certification admissible in eminent domain proceedings; attorney’s fees and costs.section403.0611. Alternative methods of regulatory permitting; department duties.section403.0615. Water resources restoration and preservation.section403.0616. Real-time water quality monitoring program.section403.0617. Innovative nutrient and sediment reduction and conservation pilot project program.section403.0623. Environmental data; quality assurance.section403.0625. Environmental laboratory certification; water quality tests conducted by a certified laboratory.section403.0643. Applicability of rules when reclaimed water is injected into specified receiving groundwater.section403.0645. Reclaimed water use at state facilities.section403.0671. Basin management action plan wastewater reports.section403.0673. Water quality improvement grant program.section403.0674. Biosolids grant program.section403.0675. Progress reports.section403.702. Legislative findings; public purpose.section403.703. Definitions.section403.704. Powers and duties of the department.section403.705. State solid waste management program.section403.706. Local government solid waste responsibilities.section403.707. Permits.section403.708. Prohibition; penalty.section403.709. Solid Waste Management Trust Fund; use of waste tire fees.section403.712. Revenue bonds.section403.713. Ownership and control of solid waste and recovered materials.section403.714. Duties of state agencies.section403.715. Certification of resource recovery or recycling equipment.section403.716. Training of operators of solid waste management and other facilities.section403.717. Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements.section403.718. Waste tire fees.section403.721. Standards, requirements, and procedures for generators and transporters of hazardous waste and owners and operators of hazardous waste facilities.section403.722. Permits; hazardous waste disposal, storage, and treatment facilities.section403.723. Siting of hazardous waste facilities.section403.724. Financial responsibility.section403.726. Abatement of imminent hazard caused by hazardous substance.section403.727. Violations; defenses, penalties, and remedies.section403.728. Qualifications of operation personnel of hazardous waste facilities.section403.0741. Grease waste removal and disposal.section403.751. Prohibited actions; used oil.section403.0752. Ecosystem management agreements.section403.753. Public educational program about collection and recycling of used oil.section403.754. Registration of persons transporting, processing, burning, or marketing used oil; fees; reports and records.section403.757. Coordination with other state agencies.section403.758. Enforcement and penalty.section403.759. Disposition of fees, fines, and penalties.section403.760. Public used oil collection centers.section403.761. Incentives program.section403.763. Grants to local governments.section403.767. Certification of used oil transporters.section403.769. Permits for used oil processing and rerefining facilities.section403.801. Short title.section403.802. Declaration of policy.section403.803. Definitions.section403.804. Environmental Regulation Commission; powers and duties.section403.805. Secretary; powers and duties; review of specified rules.section403.809. Environmental districts; establishment; managers; functions.section403.811. Dredge and fill permits issued pursuant to this chapter and s. 373.414.section403.812. Dredge and fill permitting in stormwater management systems.section403.813. Permits issued at district centers; exceptions.section403.814. General permits; delegation.section403.815. Public notice; waiver of hearings.section403.816. Permits for maintenance dredging of deepwater ports and beach restoration projects.section403.850. Short title.section403.851. Declaration of policy; intent.section403.852. Definitions; ss. 403.850-403.864.section403.853. Drinking water standards.section403.854. Variances, exemptions, and waivers.section403.0855. Biosolids management.section403.855. Imminent hazards.section403.856. Plan for emergency provision of water.section403.857. Notification of users and regulatory agencies.section403.858. Inspections.section403.859. Prohibited acts.section403.860. Penalties and remedies.section403.861. Department; powers and duties.section403.0862. Discharge of waste from state groundwater cleanup operations to publicly owned treatment works.section403.862. Department of Health; public water supply duties and responsibilities; coordinated budget requests with department.section403.863. State public water supply laboratory certification program.section403.864. Public water supply accounting program.section403.865. Water and wastewater facility personnel; legislative purpose.section403.866. Definitions; ss. 403.865-403.876.section403.867. License required.section403.868. Requirements by a utility.section403.869. Authority to adopt rules.section403.871. Fees.section403.0871. Florida Permit Fee Trust Fund.section403.0872. Operation permits for major sources of air pollution; annual operation license fee.section403.872. Requirements for licensure.section403.873. Renewal of license.section403.0873. Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account.section403.874. Inactive status.section403.0874. Air Pollution Control Trust Fund.section403.875. Prohibitions; penalties.section403.0875. Citation of rule.section403.0876. Permits; processing.section403.876. Grounds for disciplinary action.section403.0877. Certification by professionals regulated by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.section403.0881. Wastewater or reuse or disposal systems or water treatment works; construction permits.section403.0882. Discharge of demineralization concentrate.section403.885. Water Projects Grant Program.section403.0885. Establishment of federally approved state National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program.section403.890. Water Protection and Sustainability Program.section403.0891. State, regional, and local stormwater management plans and programs.section403.891. Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund of the Department of Environmental Protection.section403.892. Incentives for the use of graywater technologies.section403.0893. Stormwater funding; dedicated funds for stormwater management.section403.0896. Training and assistance for stormwater management system personnel.section403.905. Removal of fill on sovereignty lands.section403.927. Use of water in farming and forestry activities.section403.928. Assessment of water resources and conservation lands.section403.941. Preliminary statements of issues, reports, and studies.section403.942. Superseded laws, regulations, and certification power.section403.973. Expedited permitting; amendments to comprehensive plans.section403.1655. Environmental short-term emergency response program.section403.1815. Construction of water distribution mains and sewage collection and transmission systems; local regulation.section403.1832. Grants and Donations Trust Fund.section403.1834. State bonds to finance or refinance facilities; exemption from taxation.section403.1835. Water pollution control financial assistance.section403.1837. Florida Water Pollution Control Financing Corporation.section403.1838. Small Community Sewer Construction Assistance Act.section403.4115. Reporting on geoengineering and weather modification activities on public infrastructure; penalty.section403.4131. Litter control.section403.4132. Litter pickup and removal.section403.4133. Adopt-a-Shore Program.section403.4135. Litter receptacles.section403.4151. Exempt motor vehicles.section403.4153. Federal preemption.section403.4154. Phosphogypsum management program.section403.4155. Phosphogypsum management; rulemaking authority.section403.5055. Application for permits pursuant to s. 403.0885.section403.5063. Notice of intent to file application.section403.5064. Application; schedules.section403.5065. Appointment of administrative law judge; powers and duties.section403.5066. Determination of completeness.section403.5095. Alteration of time limits.section403.5112. Filing of notice of certified corridor route.section403.5113. Postcertification amendments and review.section403.5115. Public notice.section403.5116. County and municipal authority unaffected by ch. 75-22.section403.5175. Existing electrical power plant site certification.section403.5185. Law applicable to applications processed under ss. 403.501-403.518.section403.5251. Application; schedules.section403.5252. Determination of completeness.section403.5271. Alternate corridors.section403.5272. Informational public meetings.section403.5275. Amendment to the application.section403.5312. Filing of notice of certified corridor route.section403.5315. Modification of certification.section403.5317. Postcertification activities.section403.5363. Public notices; requirements.section403.5365. Fees; disposition.section403.7031. Limitations on definitions adopted by local ordinance.section403.7032. Recycling.section403.7033. Departmental analysis of particular recyclable materials.section403.7043. Compost standards and applications.section403.7045. Application of act and integration with other acts.section403.7046. Regulation of recovered materials.section403.7047. Regulation of fossil fuel combustion products.section403.7049. Determination of full cost for solid waste management; local solid waste management fees.section403.7055. Methane capture.section403.7061. Requirements for review of new waste-to-energy facility capacity by the Department of Environmental Protection.section403.7063. Use of private services in solid waste management.section403.7065. Procurement of products or materials with recycled content.section403.7071. Management of storm-generated debris.section403.7072. Citation of rule.section403.7095. Solid waste management grant program.section403.7125. Financial assurance.section403.7145. Recycling.section403.7185. Lead-acid battery fees.section403.7186. Environmentally sound management of mercury-containing devices and lamps.section403.7191. Toxics in packaging.section403.7192. Batteries; requirements for consumer, manufacturers, and sellers; penalties.section403.7193. Environmental representations.section403.7211. Hazardous waste facilities managing hazardous wastes generated offsite; federal facilities managing hazardous waste.section403.7215. Tax on gross receipts of commercial hazardous waste facilities.section403.7222. Prohibition of hazardous waste landfills.section403.7223. Waste elimination and reduction assistance program.section403.7225. Local hazardous waste management assessments.section403.7226. Technical assistance by the department.section403.7234. Small quantity generator notification and verification program.section403.7236. Local government information to be sent to the department.section403.7238. Expanded local hazardous waste management programs.section403.7255. Placement of signs.section403.7264. Amnesty days for purging small quantities of hazardous wastes.section403.7265. Local hazardous waste collection program.section403.7531. Notice by retail dealer.section403.7545. Regulation of used oil as hazardous waste.section403.7721. Rule of construction; chs. 85-269 and 85-277.section403.8051. Small Business Air Pollution Compliance Advisory Council; members; duties.section403.8052. Small Business Stationary Air Pollution Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program.section403.8055. Department adoption of federal standards.section403.8135. Citation of rule.section403.8141. Special event permits.section403.8163. Sites for disposal of spoil from maintenance dredge operations; selection.section403.8532. Drinking water state revolving loan fund; use; rules.section403.8533. Drinking Water Revolving Loan Trust Fund.section403.8535. Citation of rule.section403.08601. Leah Schad Memorial Ocean Outfall Program.section403.8615. Determination of capability and capacity development.section403.8635. State drinking water sample laboratory certification program.section403.8645. Intended Use Plan.section403.8721. Requirements for licensure by reciprocity.section403.08735. Air emissions trading.section403.08852. Clarification of requirements under rule 62-302.520(2), F.A.C.section403.9301. Wastewater services projections.section403.9302. Stormwater management projections.section403.9321. Short title.section403.9322. Legislative findings.section403.9323. Legislative intent.section403.9324. Mangrove protection rule; delegation of mangrove protection to local governments.section403.9325. Definitions.section403.9326. Exemptions.section403.9327. General permits.section403.9328. Alteration and trimming of mangroves; permit requirement.section403.9329. Professional mangrove trimmers.section403.9331. Applicability; rules and policies.section403.9332. Mitigation and enforcement.section403.9333. Variance relief.section403.9334. Effect of ch. 96-206.section403.9335. Short title.section403.9336. Legislative findings.section403.9337. Model Ordinance for Florida-Friendly Fertilizer Use on Urban Landscapes.section403.9338. Training.section403.9339. Golf course best management practices certification.section403.9401. Short title.section403.9402. Legislative intent.section403.9403. Definitions.section403.9404. Department of Environmental Protection; powers and duties.section403.9405. Applicability; certification; exemption; notice of intent.section403.9406. Appointment of an administrative law judge.section403.9407. Distribution of application; schedules.section403.9408. Determination of completeness.section403.9409. Determination of sufficiency.section403.9411. Notice; proceedings; parties and participants.section403.9412. Alternate corridors.section403.9413. Amendment to the application.section403.9414. Alteration of time limits.section403.9415. Final disposition of application.section403.9416. Effect of certification.section403.9417. Recording of notice of certified corridor route.section403.9418. Modification of certification.section403.9419. Enforcement of compliance.section403.9421. Fees; disposition.section403.9422. Determination of need for natural gas transmission pipeline; powers and duties.section403.9423. Certification admissible in eminent domain proceedings; attorney’s fees and costs.section403.9424. Local governments; informational public meetings.section403.9425. Revocation or suspension of certification.section403.41315. Comprehensive illegal dumping, litter, and marine debris control and prevention.section403.50663. Informational public meetings.section403.50665. Land use consistency.section403.70605. Solid waste collection services in competition with private companies.section403.70611. Requirements relating to solid waste disposal facility permitting.section403.70715. Research, development, and demonstration permits.section403.71851. Electronic recycling grants.section403.71852. Collection of lead-containing products.section403.93271. Applicability to multifamily residential units.section403.93344. Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council.section403.93345. Coral reef protection.section403.94055. Application contents; corridor requirements.
Source: FL Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter403/AllFetched: 7/8/2026