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 Oldsmar, Daniel Simpson, Director of Public Works, 100 State Street West, Oldsmar, Florida 34677 applied on Mar 12, 2025, for a Class I injection well operation permit. The project is located at City of Oldsmar Water Reclamation Facility, 351 Lafayette Boulevard, Oldsmar, Florida 34677, in Pinellas County (File 0373972-002-UO/1X, WACS ID 97704).
The permittee will operate one non-hazardous Class I injection well IW-1 and three associated monitor wells UZMW-1, TZMW-1, and LZMW-1 for the disposal of reverse osmosis brine concentrate from the City of Oldsmar Water Treatment Plant. The maximum permitted injection rate for IW-1 shall be 951 gallons per minute and the maximum injection volume shall be 1.37 million gallons per day. Injection well IW-1 has a 16-inch final casing set to 895 feet below land surface (bls), a 7-inch fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) tubing was set to 884 feet bls, and a total open hole depth of 1,346 feet bls. Confinement will be monitored by monitor wells TZMW-1, UZMW-1 and LZMW-1, completed in the Floridan aquifer. TZMW-1 monitors from approximately 250 to 260 feet bls. UZMW-1 monitors from approximately 303 to 320 feet bls. LZMW-1 monitors from 692 to 750 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, Southwest 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 Dan Warmke, Professional Geologist at 813-470-5741.
10/15/2025 60004A