Florida Administrative Code
40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
40C - St. Johns River Water Management District
Chapter 40C-1 - ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE
Part X - EXCEPTIONS FROOM UNIFORM RULES OF PROCEDURE
Subpart A - Variance or Waiver
Section 40C-1.1003 - Variances from Water Well Construction Requirements

(1) The Board finds that in certain cases compliance with all the requirements of chapter 40C-3, F.A.C., may result in an undue hardship in the construction, repair or abandonment of wells.

(2) An affected person may request a variance from specific requirements by making a written request to the District for a well prior to construction of the well which provides at least the following information:

(3) The Executive Director or his designee shall grant the variance if the proposed alternative is in accordance with accepted public health and sanitary engineering practices required by statute or rule for water well construction, and will not adversely affect the water resource. The variance shall be the minimum necessary to ameliorate the hardship.

(4) When issuing a variance, the Executive Director or his designee may impose other conditions as necessary to protect the resource consistent with part III, of chapter 373, F.S.