SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 27


 A Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) is required to put down a well if it
meets certain thresholds. These thresholds are:

 1. If the average annual daily withdrawal exceeds 1,000,000 gallons
 per day on an annual basis,
 2. If there is a withdrawal from a combination of wells with a com-
 bined capacity of 1,000,000 gallons per day,
 3. If the withdrawal equipment has a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons
 per day,
 4. If the outside diameter of the well is six inches or greater.

A Water Well Construction Permit (WWCP) is required prior to construc-
tion, repair or abandonment of any public supply well having a nominal
casing diameter exceeding four inches. In the Oklawaha River Basin (all
or parts of Marion, Lake, Polk and Orange counties) a permit is required
for the same parameters, however, the nominal casing size is reduced to
two inches. Volusia and Duval counties do not require permits except for
public drinking water supply wells.

A Management and Storage of Surface Waters Permit (MSSW) is
required when a mining operation exceeds one of several thresholds. To
construct, alter, operate, repair or abandon a project, a permit is required
if:
 1. It is capable of impounding 40 acre-feet,
 2. The project is greater than 40 acres in size,
 3. It has 12 or more acres of impervious surface which constitutes 40
 percent or more of the total land area.
 4. The project has a traversing work which traverses:
 a. an impoundment of 10 acres or more,
 b. a stream or watercourse with a drainage area of five square
 miles,
 c. or a Hydrologically Sensitive Area not wholly owned by the
 applicant.
A Work of the District Permit (WOD) is required to make use of, alter,
remove works from or place works within, on or across a WOD. Exam-
ples of WODs are the St. Johns River, St. Johns Marsh and the Oklawaha
River.

In addition to these rules, the District requires a reclamation plan to
mitigate adverse water quality, quantity, compensating storage and envi-
ronmental impacts. These impacts are directly related to the mining oper-
ation. Specific guidelines are listed below and are utilized with site spe-
cific information (including soil types, slopes, water levels and
vegetation types) to help mitigate the impacts to the water resources and
related parameters.