Florida Statutes Chapter 403 — ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title XXIX

• § 403.011 — Short title.
• § 403.021 — Legislative declaration; public policy.
• § 403.031 — Definitions.
• § 403.051 — Meetings; hearings and procedure.
• § 403.061 — Department; powers and duties.
• § 403.0611 — Alternative methods of regulatory permitting; department duties.
• § 403.0615 — Water resources restoration and preservation.
• § 403.0616 — Real-time water quality monitoring program.
• § 403.0617 — Innovative nutrient and sediment reduction and conservation pilot project program.
• § 403.062 — Pollution control; underground, surface, and coastal waters.
• § 403.0623 — Environmental data; quality assurance.
• § 403.0625 — Environmental laboratory certification; water quality tests conducted by a certified laboratory.
• § 403.063 — Groundwater quality monitoring.
• § 403.064 — Reuse of reclaimed water.
• § 403.0643 — Applicability of rules when reclaimed water is injected into specified receiving groundwater.
• § 403.0645 — Reclaimed water use at state facilities.
• § 403.067 — Establishment and implementation of total maximum daily loads.
• § 403.0671 — Basin management action plan wastewater reports.
• § 403.0673 — Water quality improvement grant program.
• § 403.0674 — Biosolids grant program.
• § 403.0675 — Progress reports.
• § 403.072 — Pollution Prevention Act.
• § 403.073 — Pollution prevention; state goal; agency programs; public education.
• § 403.074 — Technical assistance by the department.
• § 403.0741 — Grease waste removal and disposal.
• § 403.075 — Legislative findings.
• § 403.0752 — Ecosystem management agreements.
• § 403.076 — Short title.
• § 403.077 — Public notification of pollution.
• § 403.078 — Effect on other law.
• § 403.081 — Performance by other state agencies.
• § 403.085 — Sanitary sewage disposal units; advanced and secondary waste treatment; industrial waste treatment.
• § 403.0855 — Biosolids management.
• § 403.086 — Sewage disposal facilities; advanced and secondary waste treatment.
• § 403.08601 — Leah Schad Memorial Ocean Outfall Program.
• § 403.0862 — Discharge of waste from state groundwater cleanup operations to publicly owned treatment works.
• § 403.087 — Permits; general issuance; denial; revocation; prohibition; penalty.
• § 403.0871 — Florida Permit Fee Trust Fund.
• § 403.0872 — Operation permits for major sources of air pollution; annual operation license fee.
• § 403.0873 — Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account.
• § 403.08735 — Air emissions trading.
• § 403.0874 — Air Pollution Control Trust Fund.
• § 403.0875 — Citation of rule.
• § 403.0876 — Permits; processing.
• § 403.0877 — Certification by professionals regulated by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
• § 403.088 — Water pollution operation permits; conditions.
• § 403.0881 — Wastewater or reuse or disposal systems or water treatment works; construction permits.
• § 403.0882 — Discharge of demineralization concentrate.
• § 403.0885 — Establishment of federally approved state National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program.
• § 403.08852 — Clarification of requirements under rule 62-302.520(2), F.A.C.
• § 403.0891 — State, regional, and local stormwater management plans and programs.
• § 403.0893 — Stormwater funding; dedicated funds for stormwater management.
• § 403.0896 — Training and assistance for stormwater management system personnel.
• § 403.091 — Inspections.
• § 403.092 — Package sewage treatment facilities; inspection.
• § 403.111 — Confidential records.
• § 403.121 — Enforcement; procedure; remedies.
• § 403.131 — Injunctive relief, remedies.
• § 403.135 — Persons who accept wastewater for spray irrigation; civil liability.
• § 403.141 — Civil liability; joint and several liability.
• § 403.151 — Compliance with rules or orders of department.
• § 403.161 — Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent.
• § 403.1655 — Environmental short-term emergency response program.
• § 403.1815 — Construction of water distribution mains and sewage collection and transmission systems; local regulation.
• § 403.182 — Local pollution control programs.
• § 403.1832 — Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
• § 403.1834 — State bonds to finance or refinance facilities; exemption from taxation.
• § 403.1835 — Water pollution control financial assistance.
• § 403.1837 — Florida Water Pollution Control Financing Corporation.
• § 403.1838 — Small Community Sewer Construction Assistance Act.
• § 403.191 — Construction in relation to other law.
• § 403.201 — Variances.
• § 403.231 — Department of Legal Affairs to represent the state.
• § 403.251 — Safety clause.
• § 403.411 — Geoengineering and weather modification activities prohibited; penalty.
• § 403.4115 — Reporting on geoengineering and weather modification activities on public infrastructure; penalty.
• § 403.412 — Environmental Protection Act.
• § 403.413 — Florida Litter Law.
• § 403.4131 — Litter control.
• § 403.41315 — Comprehensive illegal dumping, litter, and marine debris control and prevention.
• § 403.4132 — Litter pickup and removal.
• § 403.4133 — Adopt-a-Shore Program.
• § 403.4135 — Litter receptacles.
• § 403.414 — Environmental award program.
• § 403.415 — Motor vehicle noise.
• § 403.4151 — Exempt motor vehicles.
• § 403.4153 — Federal preemption.
• § 403.4154 — Phosphogypsum management program.
• § 403.4155 — Phosphogypsum management; rulemaking authority.
• § 403.501 — Short title.
• § 403.502 — Legislative intent.
• § 403.503 — Definitions relating to Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act.
• § 403.504 — Department of Environmental Protection; powers and duties enumerated.
• § 403.5055 — Application for permits pursuant to s. 403.0885.
• § 403.506 — Applicability, thresholds, and certification.
• § 403.5063 — Notice of intent to file application.
• § 403.5064 — Application; schedules.
• § 403.5065 — Appointment of administrative law judge; powers and duties.
• § 403.5066 — Determination of completeness.
• § 403.50663 — Informational public meetings.
• § 403.50665 — Land use consistency.
• § 403.507 — Preliminary statements of issues, reports, project analyses, and studies.
• § 403.508 — Land use and certification hearings, parties, participants.
• § 403.509 — Final disposition of application.
• § 403.5095 — Alteration of time limits.
• § 403.510 — Superseded laws, regulations, and certification power.
• § 403.511 — Effect of certification.
• § 403.5112 — Filing of notice of certified corridor route.
• § 403.5113 — Postcertification amendments and review.
• § 403.5115 — Public notice.
• § 403.5116 — County and municipal authority unaffected by ch. 75-22.
• § 403.512 — Revocation or suspension of certification.
• § 403.513 — Review.
• § 403.514 — Enforcement of compliance.
• § 403.515 — Availability of information.
• § 403.516 — Modification of certification.
• § 403.517 — Supplemental applications for sites certified for ultimate site capacity.
• § 403.5175 — Existing electrical power plant site certification.
• § 403.518 — Fees; disposition.
• § 403.5185 — Law applicable to applications processed under ss. 403.501-403.518.
• § 403.519 — Exclusive forum for determination of need.
• § 403.52 — Short title.
• § 403.521 — Legislative intent.
• § 403.522 — Definitions relating to the Florida Electric Transmission Line Siting Act.
• § 403.523 — Department of Environmental Protection; powers and duties.
• § 403.524 — Applicability; certification; exemptions.
• § 403.525 — Administrative law judge; appointment; powers and duties.
• § 403.5251 — Application; schedules.
• § 403.5252 — Determination of completeness.
• § 403.526 — Preliminary statements of issues, reports, and project analyses; studies.
• § 403.527 — Certification hearing, parties, participants.
• § 403.5271 — Alternate corridors.
• § 403.5272 — Informational public meetings.
• § 403.5275 — Amendment to the application.
• § 403.528 — Alteration of time limits.
• § 403.529 — Final disposition of application.
• § 403.531 — Effect of certification.
• § 403.5312 — Filing of notice of certified corridor route.
• § 403.5315 — Modification of certification.
• § 403.5317 — Postcertification activities.
• § 403.532 — Revocation or suspension of certification.
• § 403.533 — Enforcement of compliance.
• § 403.536 — Superseded laws, regulations, and certification power.
• § 403.5363 — Public notices; requirements.
• § 403.5365 — Fees; disposition.
• § 403.537 — Determination of need for transmission line; powers and duties.
• § 403.539 — Certification admissible in eminent domain proceedings; attorney’s fees and costs.
• § 403.60 — Environmental Control Compact; execution authorized.
• § 403.702 — Legislative findings; public purpose.
• § 403.703 — Definitions.
• § 403.7031 — Limitations on definitions adopted by local ordinance.
• § 403.7032 — Recycling.
• § 403.7033 — Departmental analysis of particular recyclable materials.
• § 403.704 — Powers and duties of the department.
• § 403.7043 — Compost standards and applications.
• § 403.7045 — Application of act and integration with other acts.
• § 403.7046 — Regulation of recovered materials.
• § 403.7047 — Regulation of fossil fuel combustion products.
• § 403.7049 — Determination of full cost for solid waste management; local solid waste management fees.
• § 403.705 — State solid waste management program.
• § 403.7055 — Methane capture.
• § 403.706 — Local government solid waste responsibilities.
• § 403.70605 — Solid waste collection services in competition with private companies.
• § 403.7061 — Requirements for review of new waste-to-energy facility capacity by the Department of Environmental Protection.
• § 403.70611 — Requirements relating to solid waste disposal facility permitting.
• § 403.7063 — Use of private services in solid waste management.
• § 403.7065 — Procurement of products or materials with recycled content.
• § 403.707 — Permits.
• § 403.7071 — Management of storm-generated debris.
• § 403.70715 — Research, development, and demonstration permits.
• § 403.7072 — Citation of rule.
• § 403.708 — Prohibition; penalty.
• § 403.709 — Solid Waste Management Trust Fund; use of waste tire fees.
• § 403.7095 — Solid waste management grant program.
• § 403.712 — Revenue bonds.
• § 403.7125 — Financial assurance.
• § 403.713 — Ownership and control of solid waste and recovered materials.
• § 403.714 — Duties of state agencies.
• § 403.7145 — Recycling.
• § 403.715 — Certification of resource recovery or recycling equipment.
• § 403.716 — Training of operators of solid waste management and other facilities.
• § 403.717 — Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements.
• § 403.718 — Waste tire fees.
• § 403.7185 — Lead-acid battery fees.
• § 403.71851 — Electronic recycling grants.
• § 403.71852 — Collection of lead-containing products.
• § 403.7186 — Environmentally sound management of mercury-containing devices and lamps.
• § 403.7191 — Toxics in packaging.
• § 403.7192 — Batteries; requirements for consumer, manufacturers, and sellers; penalties.
• § 403.7193 — Environmental representations.
• § 403.72 — Identification, listing, and notification.
• § 403.721 — Standards, requirements, and procedures for generators and transporters of hazardous waste and owners and operators of hazardous waste facilities.
• § 403.7211 — Hazardous waste facilities managing hazardous wastes generated offsite; federal facilities managing hazardous waste.
• § 403.7215 — Tax on gross receipts of commercial hazardous waste facilities.
• § 403.722 — Permits; hazardous waste disposal, storage, and treatment facilities.
• § 403.7222 — Prohibition of hazardous waste landfills.
• § 403.7223 — Waste elimination and reduction assistance program.
• § 403.7225 — Local hazardous waste management assessments.
• § 403.7226 — Technical assistance by the department.
• § 403.723 — Siting of hazardous waste facilities.
• § 403.7234 — Small quantity generator notification and verification program.
• § 403.7236 — Local government information to be sent to the department.
• § 403.7238 — Expanded local hazardous waste management programs.
• § 403.724 — Financial responsibility.
• § 403.7255 — Placement of signs.
• § 403.726 — Abatement of imminent hazard caused by hazardous substance.
• § 403.7264 — Amnesty days for purging small quantities of hazardous wastes.
• § 403.7265 — Local hazardous waste collection program.
• § 403.727 — Violations; defenses, penalties, and remedies.
• § 403.728 — Qualifications of operation personnel of hazardous waste facilities.
• § 403.74 — Management of hazardous materials by governmental agencies.
• § 403.75 — Definitions relating to used oil.
• § 403.751 — Prohibited actions; used oil.
• § 403.753 — Public educational program about collection and recycling of used oil.
• § 403.7531 — Notice by retail dealer.
• § 403.754 — Registration of persons transporting, processing, burning, or marketing used oil; fees; reports and records.
• § 403.7545 — Regulation of used oil as hazardous waste.
• § 403.757 — Coordination with other state agencies.
• § 403.758 — Enforcement and penalty.
• § 403.759 — Disposition of fees, fines, and penalties.
• § 403.760 — Public used oil collection centers.
• § 403.761 — Incentives program.
• § 403.763 — Grants to local governments.
• § 403.767 — Certification of used oil transporters.
• § 403.769 — Permits for used oil processing and rerefining facilities.
• § 403.7721 — Rule of construction; chs. 85-269 and 85-277.
• § 403.801 — Short title.
• § 403.802 — Declaration of policy.
• § 403.803 — Definitions.
• § 403.805 — Secretary; powers and duties; review of specified rules.
• § 403.8051 — Small Business Air Pollution Compliance Advisory Council; members; duties.
• § 403.8052 — Small Business Stationary Air Pollution Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program.
• § 403.8055 — Department adoption of federal standards.
• § 403.809 — Environmental districts; establishment; managers; functions.
• § 403.811 — Dredge and fill permits issued pursuant to this chapter and s. 373.414.
• § 403.812 — Dredge and fill permitting in stormwater management systems.
• § 403.813 — Permits issued at district centers; exceptions.
• § 403.8135 — Citation of rule.
• § 403.814 — General permits; delegation.
• § 403.8141 — Special event permits.
• § 403.815 — Public notice; waiver of hearings.
• § 403.816 — Permits for maintenance dredging of deepwater ports and beach restoration projects.
• § 403.8163 — Sites for disposal of spoil from maintenance dredge operations; selection.
• § 403.850 — Short title.
• § 403.851 — Declaration of policy; intent.
• § 403.852 — Definitions; ss. 403.850-403.864.
• § 403.853 — Drinking water standards.
• § 403.8532 — Drinking water state revolving loan fund; use; rules.
• § 403.8533 — Drinking Water Revolving Loan Trust Fund.
• § 403.8535 — Citation of rule.
• § 403.854 — Variances, exemptions, and waivers.
• § 403.855 — Imminent hazards.
• § 403.856 — Plan for emergency provision of water.
• § 403.857 — Notification of users and regulatory agencies.
• § 403.858 — Inspections.
• § 403.859 — Prohibited acts.
• § 403.860 — Penalties and remedies.
• § 403.861 — Department; powers and duties.
• § 403.8615 — Determination of capability and capacity development.
• § 403.862 — Department of Health; public water supply duties and responsibilities; coordinated budget requests with department.
• § 403.863 — State public water supply laboratory certification program.
• § 403.8635 — State drinking water sample laboratory certification program.
• § 403.864 — Public water supply accounting program.
• § 403.8645 — Intended Use Plan.
• § 403.865 — Water and wastewater facility personnel; legislative purpose.
• § 403.866 — Definitions; ss. 403.865-403.876.
• § 403.867 — License required.
• § 403.868 — Requirements by a utility.
• § 403.869 — Authority to adopt rules.
• § 403.871 — Fees.
• § 403.872 — Requirements for licensure.
• § 403.8721 — Requirements for licensure by reciprocity.
• § 403.873 — Renewal of license.
• § 403.874 — Inactive status.
• § 403.875 — Prohibitions; penalties.
• § 403.876 — Grounds for disciplinary action.
• § 403.88 — Classification of water and wastewater treatment facilities and facility operators.
• § 403.885 — Water Projects Grant Program.
• § 403.890 — Water Protection and Sustainability Program.
• § 403.891 — Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund of the Department of Environmental Protection.
• § 403.892 — Incentives for the use of graywater technologies.
• § 403.90 — Judicial review relating to permits and licenses.
• § 403.905 — Removal of fill on sovereignty lands.
• § 403.927 — Use of water in farming and forestry activities.
• § 403.928 — Assessment of water resources and conservation lands.
• § 403.9301 — Wastewater services projections.
• § 403.9302 — Stormwater management projections.
• § 403.9321 — Short title.
• § 403.9322 — Legislative findings.
• § 403.9323 — Legislative intent.
• § 403.9324 — Mangrove protection rule; delegation of mangrove protection to local governments.
• § 403.9325 — Definitions.
• § 403.9326 — Exemptions.
• § 403.9327 — General permits.
• § 403.93271 — Applicability to multifamily residential units.
• § 403.9328 — Alteration and trimming of mangroves; permit requirement.
• § 403.9329 — Professional mangrove trimmers.
• § 403.9331 — Applicability; rules and policies.
• § 403.9332 — Mitigation and enforcement.
• § 403.9333 — Variance relief.
• § 403.9334 — Effect of ch. 96-206.
• § 403.93344 — Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council.
• § 403.93345 — Coral reef protection.
• § 403.9335 — Short title.
• § 403.9336 — Legislative findings.
• § 403.9337 — Model Ordinance for Florida-Friendly Fertilizer Use on Urban Landscapes.
• § 403.9338 — Training.
• § 403.9339 — Golf course best management practices certification.
• § 403.9401 — Short title.
• § 403.9402 — Legislative intent.
• § 403.9403 — Definitions.
• § 403.9404 — Department of Environmental Protection; powers and duties.
• § 403.9405 — Applicability; certification; exemption; notice of intent.
• § 403.94055 — Application contents; corridor requirements.
• § 403.9406 — Appointment of an administrative law judge.
• § 403.9407 — Distribution of application; schedules.
• § 403.9408 — Determination of completeness.
• § 403.9409 — Determination of sufficiency.
• § 403.941 — Preliminary statements of issues, reports, and studies.
• § 403.9411 — Notice; proceedings; parties and participants.
• § 403.9412 — Alternate corridors.
• § 403.9413 — Amendment to the application.
• § 403.9414 — Alteration of time limits.
• § 403.9415 — Final disposition of application.
• § 403.9416 — Effect of certification.
• § 403.9417 — Recording of notice of certified corridor route.
• § 403.9418 — Modification of certification.
• § 403.9419 — Enforcement of compliance.
• § 403.942 — Superseded laws, regulations, and certification power.
• § 403.9421 — Fees; disposition.
• § 403.9422 — Determination of need for natural gas transmission pipeline; powers and duties.
• § 403.9423 — Certification admissible in eminent domain proceedings; attorney’s fees and costs.
• § 403.9424 — Local governments; informational public meetings.
• § 403.9425 — Revocation or suspension of certification.
• § 403.973 — Expedited permitting; amendments to comprehensive plans.