PAID ADVERTISEMENT 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, City of North Miami Beach, Hamid Nikvan, Director, 17050 Northeast 19th Avenue, North Miami Beach, Florida 33162 applied on Mar 27, 2025, for a Class I injection well operation permit. The project is located at the Norwood-Oeffler Water Treatment Plant, 19150 Northwest 8th Avenue, Miami Gardens, Florida 33169, in Miami-Dade County (File 0210044-007-UO/1X, WACS ID 94247). The permittee will operate one, non-hazardous Class I injection well (IW- 1) and associated dual-zone monitor well DZMW-1 for the disposal of nanofiltration (membrane softening) reject concentrate from the City of North Miami Beach, Norwood-Oeffler water treatment plant. The injection well is constructed with a 20-inch outside diameter injection casing set to 2,858 feet below land surface (bls), a 16-inch nominal size tubing set to 2,838 feet bls with a cemented annulus (alternate design), and total drilled depth of 3,420 feet bls. The maximum injection rate for IW-1 shall be 5,118 gallons per minute and the maximum injection volume for IW-1 shall be 7.37 million gallons per day at a peak, hourly flow velocity of 10 feet per second in the injection tubing during normal operation. The dual-zone monitor well (DZMW-1) is completed in the Floridan aquifer with an upper monitor zone at 1,570 to 1,590 feet bls and a lower monitor zone at 1,800 to 1,850 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, Southeast 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 Rufus Dickey, Professional Geologist III, at 850-245-7580.