(1)(a) Any duly authorized representative of the department may at any reasonable time enter and inspect, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of compliance with the law or rules of the department, any property, premises, or place, except a building which is used exclusively for a private residence, on which a reclamation operation is or will be conducted or where records required by this part or rule are kept.
(b) Any duly authorized representative of the department may, during normal business hours, have access to and copy any records required under this part and may obtain any other information and samples necessary to determine compliance with the requirements of this part or rules.
(c) The duly authorized representative of the department shall comply with all federal, state, and local safety standards.
(2) The owner or operator of the premises shall receive a report setting forth all facts found which relate to compliance status.
(3)(a) Upon completion of reclamation of an area, the operator shall notify the secretary. The secretary may make an inspection of the area, and if he or she finds that reclamation has been properly completed, the secretary shall notify the operator in writing and release him or her from further obligations regarding that land.
(b) If upon the receipt of the notification the secretary determines that an inspection will not be conducted within an operating year, the operator shall be released from the reclamation requirements upon the completion of the second operating year.
History.—s. 1, ch. 86-294; s. 328, ch. 94-356; s. 1025, ch. 95-148.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Chapter 378 - Land Reclamation
Part III - Resource Extraction Reclamation (Ss. 378.401-378.901)
378.402 - Legislative findings and intent.
378.404 - Department of Environmental Protection; powers and duties.
378.405 - Reclamation review procedure.
378.406 - Confidentiality of records; availability of information.
378.4115 - County certification for limerock mining in the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt.
378.412 - Relationship with other laws.
378.501 - Limestone; notice of intent to mine required.
378.503 - Limestone reclamation performance standards.
378.701 - Fuller’s earth clay; notice of intent to mine required.
378.703 - Fuller’s earth clay reclamation performance standards.
378.801 - Other resources; notice of intent to extract required.
378.802 - Existing extraction locations.
378.803 - Other resources reclamation performance standards.