State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Notice of Draft Permit The Department of Environmental Protection hereby provides notice that it has prepared a draft permit for the proposed project as detailed in the application, subject to the conditions specified in the draft permit and summarized below. The applicant, City of Melbourne, Jennifer Spagnoli, PE, Public Works and Utilities Director, 2885 Harper Road, Melbourne, Florida 32904 applied on Mar 13, 2025, for a Class I injection well operation permit. The project is located at Grant Street Wastewater Treatment Plant, 2300 South Grant Street, Melbourne, Florida 32901, in Brevard County (File 0187420-006-UO/1M, WACS ID 16609). The permittee will operate one non-hazardous Class I injection well IW-1 and associated monitor wells SMW-R and DMW-R for the disposal of secondary treated domestic wastewater from the City of Melbourne Grant Street and David B. Lee Wastewater Treatment Plants. The maximum permitted injection rate for IW-1 shall be 12,950 gallons per minute and maximum injection volume shall be 18.65 million gallons per day. Injection well IW-1 has a 24-inch diameter final casing set to 2,035 feet below land surface (bls) and a total depth of 2,700 feet bls. Confinement will be monitored by monitor wells SMW-R and DMW-R, completed in the Floridan aquifer. SMW-R monitors from 850 to 900 feet bls and DMW-R monitors from 1,277 to 1,330 feet bls. The Department has permitting jurisdiction under Chapter 403 of the Florida Statutes and the rules adopted thereunder. The project is not exempt from permitting procedures. The Department has determined that an Underground Injection Control permit is required for the proposed work. Any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public meeting within 30 days after publication of this public notice. A request for a public meeting shall be submitted in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the meeting. If a public meeting is later scheduled, there will be another 30-day notice period for that meeting. Written comments or a public meeting request shall be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3530, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, which is the office processing this permit application. All comments received within the 30-day period will be considered in formulation of the Department's final decision regarding permit issuance. The files associated with this order are available for public inspection during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except state holidays, at the Department of Environmental Protection, Central District, and at the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program office in Tallahassee. Any additional information concerning this project may be obtained by contacting Jeremy Hart, Professional Geologist II, at 850-245-8657. September 12 2025 LSAR0368820