State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Notice of Draft Permit

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, Brevard County Utility Services, Edward Fontanin, PE, Utility Services Director, 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg A, Ste. 213, Viera, Florida 32940 applied on April 1, 2025, for a Class I injection well construction permit. The project is located at South Brevard County Water Treatment Plant and Water Reclamation Facility, 0.5 miles west of the existing Barefoot Bay Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility located at 7700 Dottie Drive, Barefoot Bay, FL 32976, Barefoot Bay, Florida 32976, in Brevard County (File 0459321-001-002-UC/1X, WACS ID 108834). The permittee will construct and operationally test two non-hazardous Class I injection wells (IW-1 and IW-2) and associated dual zone monitor well (MW-1) for disposal of reclaimed water from a new, (currently unconstructed) 2.0 million-gallon per day (mgd) South Brevard Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and membrane concentrate from a new (currently unconstructed) Water Treatment Plant (WTP). This permit application is for non-municipal, non-hazardous Class I injection well system for the disposal of a blended wastestream. However, in the event the WRF is commissioned prior to the WTP, the Class I wells would be used to dispose of wastewater effluent treated to high level disinfection standards prior to the addition of the concentrate from the membrane WTP. The maximum injection rate for each injection well (IW-1 and IW-2) shall be 5,132 gpm and the maximum injection volume for each injection well (IW-1 and IW-2) shall be 7.39 mgd. The injection wells will be constructed with a 24-inch diameter casing set to 2,100 feet below land surface (bls), a 16-inch diameter tubing set to 2,100 feet bls with transition to stainless-steel landing joint approximately 2 feet below grade and a cemented annulus, and total depth of 3,000 feet bls. The (dual-zone) monitor well MW-1 will be completed in the Upper Floridan aquifer from 800 to 850 feet bls and from 1,250 to 1,300 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 m December 18 2025 LSAR0425806