Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 403.062 (2025)

Pollution control; underground, surface, and coastal waters.

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1984–1992 · leading case: Grove Isle, Ltd. v. State Dept. of Envir. Reg., 454 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

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Grove Isle, Ltd. v. State Dept. of Envir. Reg., 454 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984). · cites it 3× “242 which might arguably justify the adoption of a "public interest" requirement by rule is section 403.062, Florida Statutes (1981).”

Florida League of Cities v. DER, 603 So. 2d 1363 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). “See also §§ 403.062, .087, .088, and .707, Fla. Stat.”

Caloosa Prop. v. Dept. of Env. Reg., 462 So. 2d 523 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). · cites it 2× “63, Florida Administrative Code, by failing to assert ground water jurisdiction over the park site, Section 403.062, Florida Statutes (1983), DER correctly points out that the application filed by the developers did not request authorization for a sewage disposal system, and…”

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