The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 403
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

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F.S. 403.062

403.062 Pollution control; underground, surface, and coastal waters.—The department and its agents shall have general control and supervision over underground water, lakes, rivers, streams, canals, ditches, and coastal waters under the jurisdiction of the state insofar as their pollution may affect the public health or impair the interest of the public or persons lawfully using them.

History.—s. 2, ch. 29834, 1955; ss. 26, 35, ch. 69-106.

Note.—Former s. 381.43; s. 381.251.

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Amendments to 403.062

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 403.062

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 403.062.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

CALOOSA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, 462 So. 2d 523 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Florida Administrative Code, by failing to assert ground water jurisdiction over the park site, Section 403.062 . . .

GROVE ISLE, LTD. v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION,, 454 So. 2d 571 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . 4.242 which might arguably justify the adoption of a “public interest” requirement by rule is section 403.062 . . . 17-4.242 allows DER to consider the public interest in a broad sense not tied to pollution, section 403.062 . . .

BREWSTER PHOSPHATES, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION,, 444 So. 2d 483 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . . §§ 403.061(1); 403.061(5); 403.062; 403.087. . § 403.061(10). . § 403.061(11). . § 403.061(12). . . . .