(1) During the construction or alteration of any stormwater management system, dam, impoundment, reservoir, appurtenant work, or works, the governing board or department pursuant to s. 403.091 shall make at its expense such periodic inspections as it deems necessary to ensure conformity with the approved plans and specifications included in the permit.
(2) If during construction or alteration the governing board or department finds that the work is not being done in accordance with the approved plans and specifications as indicated in the permit, it shall give the permittee written notice stating with which particulars of the approved plans and specifications the construction is not in compliance and shall order immediate compliance with such plans and specifications. The failure to act in accordance with the orders of the governing board or department after receipt of written notice shall result in the initiation of revocation proceedings in accordance with s. 373.429.
(3) Upon completion of the work, the executive director of the district or the Department of Environmental Protection or its successor agency shall have periodic inspections made of permitted stormwater management systems, dams, reservoirs, impoundments, appurtenant work, or works to protect the public health and safety and the natural resources of the state. No person shall refuse immediate entry or access to any authorized representative of the governing board or the department who requests entry for purposes of such inspection and presents appropriate credentials.
History.—s. 7, part IV, ch. 72-299; s. 21, ch. 73-190; s. 48, ch. 79-65; s. 13, ch. 84-341; s. 17, ch. 89-279; s. 269, ch. 94-356.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Part IV - Management and Storage of Surface Waters (Ss. 373.403-373.468)
373.407 - Determination of qualification for an agricultural-related exemption.
373.409 - Headgates, valves, and measuring devices.
373.413 - Permits for construction or alteration.
373.4131 - Statewide environmental resource permitting rules.
373.4132 - Dry storage facility permitting.
373.4133 - Port conceptual permits.
373.4134 - Water quality enhancement areas.
373.4135 - Mitigation banks and offsite regional mitigation.
373.4136 - Establishment and operation of mitigation banks.
373.4137 - Mitigation requirements for specified transportation projects.
373.4138 - High Speed Rail Project; determination of mitigation requirements and costs.
373.4139 - Local government transportation infrastructure mitigation requirements.
373.414 - Additional criteria for activities in surface waters and wetlands.
373.4141 - Permits; processing.
373.4142 - Water quality within stormwater treatment systems.
373.4143 - Declaration of policy.
373.4144 - Federal environmental permitting.
373.4149 - Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan.
373.41495 - Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund; bonds.
373.415 - Protection zones; duties of the St. Johns River Water Management District.
373.416 - Permits for maintenance or operation.
373.418 - Rulemaking; preservation of existing authority.
373.4185 - List of flocculants permitted.
373.421 - Delineation methods; formal determinations.
373.422 - Applications for activities on state sovereignty lands or other state lands.
373.427 - Concurrent permit review.
373.4275 - Review of consolidated orders.
373.428 - Federal consistency.
373.429 - Revocation and modification of permits.
373.430 - Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent.
373.443 - Immunity from liability.
373.451 - Short title; legislative findings and intent.
373.453 - Surface water improvement and management plans and programs.
373.459 - Funds for surface water improvement and management.
373.4591 - Improvements on private agricultural lands.
373.4592 - Everglades improvement and management.
373.45924 - South Florida Water Management District; Everglades truth in borrowing.
373.4593 - Florida Bay Restoration.
373.45931 - Alligator Alley tolls; Everglades and Florida Bay restoration.
373.4595 - Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program.
373.4596 - State compliance with stormwater management programs.
373.4597 - The Geneva Freshwater Lens Protection Act.
373.4598 - Water storage reservoirs.
373.4599 - Water storage north of Lake Okeechobee.
373.461 - Lake Apopka improvement and management.
373.462 - Legislative findings and intent.