Florida Administrative Code
62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
62C - Division of Resource Management
Chapter 62C-17 - MASTER RECLAMATION PLAN FOR LANDS DISTURBED BY THE SEVERANCE OF PHOSPHATE PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1975
Section 62C-17.007 - Duration of Reclamation Programs

(1) The Department recognizes that geographic extent, diversity of existing and proposed landforms and availability of fill and revegetation materials have a direct bearing on the time required for the completion of a reclamation program. Landowners are encouraged to complete reclamation programs in the most timely manner consistent with good quality work.

(2) Each reclamation program shall include a timetable for completion of each stage of the program.

(3) The following time periods are the maximum allowed durations for those programs not using sand tailings fill:

On parcels of four hundred (400) or more acres, the owner should give serious consideration to multiple programs within the parcel.

(4) Programs proposing to use sand tailings for fill material may have the maximum time period for the earthmoving stage extended by up to fifty percent (50%).

(5) Programs on clay settling areas required to submit applications, pursuant to subsection 62C-17.009(5), F.A.C., may have the maximum time period for the earthmoving stage extended by up to five (5) years.

(6) Programs on clay settling areas may have the initiation of the earthmoving stage begin prior to the certification of abandonment of the dams by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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