25-00715T

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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, MSKP Town and Country Utility, LLC, William R. Vander May, Vice President, 4500 PGA Boulevard, Suite 400, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418 applied on Sep 24, 2024, for a Class I injection well construct and operationally test permit. The project is located at MSKP Town and Country Utility Water Treatment Plant, 12150 State Road 31, Punta Gorda, Florida 33982, in Charlotte County (File 0294077-002-UC/1I, WACS ID 99130).

The permittee will construct and operationally test one non-hazardous Class I injection well, IW-1, and associated dual-zone monitor well DZMW-1 for the disposal of reverse osmosis wastewater from the Town and Country Water Treatment Plant and domestic wastewater treated to high-level disinfection standards from a future wastewater treatment facility. The maximum injection rate for IW-1 shall be 5,132 gallons per minute and the maximum injection volume for IW-1 shall be 7.39 million gallons per day. The injection well is constructed with a 24-inch diameter steel casing set to 2,650 feet below land surface (bls), a 16-inch diameter fiberglass-reinforced plastic tubing set to 2,650 feet bls with a cemented annulus, and total depth of 3,600 feet bls. The dual-zone monitor well DZMW-1 will be completed in the Ocala Limestone from 1,050 to 1,100 feet bls Avon Park Formations of the Upper Floridan Aquifer from 1,700 to 1,750 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, South 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 James Dodson, Professional Geologist II, at 850-245-8653.
July 18, 2025 25-00715T

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