Subject:
Title
Request permission to execute Certification of Financial Responsibility for Local Government required by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for a New Deep Injection Well Permit Application (District 3)
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Fiscal Impact:
$854,620 is estimated for permit application purposes only.
Dept/Office:
Utility Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board authorize the County Manager to sign on behalf of Brevard County the Certificate of Financial Responsibility for Local Government associated with the permitting for a second deep injection well at the South Beaches Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Brevard County Utility Services Department is in the process of designing a second deep injection well at the South Beaches Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to meet the compliance deadline to eliminate nonbeneficial surface water discharge, per FS 403.064 by January 1, 2032. The second deep injection well (DIW) will provide added deep injection well capacity to accommodate our needs during high peak hour events. This Department received a $2 M grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the design and permitting of the above-mentioned deep injection well.
As part of the permit application to add a DIW, the FDEP requires that a Certificate of Financial Responsibility for Local Government be included in the submittal. The purpose of this certificate is to assure the FDEP that any time the DIW needs to be closed, plugged, and abandoned, the local government has sufficient funds in order to do so. The engineer of record for this project estimates the cost to close, plug and abandon the well to be $854,620. This requirement is stated in FAC 62-528.435. Requirements on who is able to sign this form is included in FAC 62-528.340.
Attachment A - Certificate of Financial Responsibility for Local Government
Attachment B - CDM Smith cost estimate to close plug, and abandon DIW
Attachment C - FAC 62-528.435 - Plugging and Abandonment Criteria and Procedures for Class I and II Wells.
Attachment D - FAC 62-528.340 - Signatories to Permit Applications and Reports for Underground Injection Control
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
E-mail the Clerk memo to karina.perez@brevardfl.gov and mail the original to the Utility Services Department.