Fla. Stat. 373.4142
Water quality within stormwater treatment systems

State surface water quality standards applicable to waters of the state, as defined in s. 403.031, do not apply within a stormwater management system which is designed, constructed, operated, and maintained for stormwater treatment in accordance with a valid permit or noticed exemption issued pursuant to chapter 62-25, Florida Administrative Code; a valid permit or exemption under s. 373.4145 within the Northwest Florida Water Management District; a valid permit issued on or subsequent to April 1, 1986, within the Suwannee River Water Management District or the St. Johns River Water Management District pursuant to this part; a valid permit issued on or subsequent to March 1, 1988, within the Southwest Florida Water Management District pursuant to this part; or a valid permit issued on or subsequent to January 6, 1982, within the South Florida Water Management District pursuant to this part. Such inapplicability of state water quality standards shall be limited to that part of the stormwater management system located upstream of a manmade water control structure permitted, or approved under a noticed exemption, to retain or detain stormwater runoff in order to provide treatment of the stormwater. The additional use of such a stormwater management system for flood attenuation or irrigation does not divest the system of the benefits of this exemption. This section does not affect the authority of the department and water management districts to require reasonable assurance that the water quality within such stormwater management systems will not adversely impact public health, fish and wildlife, or adjacent waters.

Source: Section 373.4142 — Water quality within stormwater treatment systems, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0373.­4142 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

373.403
Definitions 373.406
Exemptions 373.407
Determination of qualification for an agricultural-related exemption 373.409
Headgates, valves, and measuring devices 373.413
Permits for construction or alteration 373.414
Additional criteria for activities in surface waters and wetlands 373.415
Protection zones 373.416
Permits for maintenance or operation 373.417
Citation of rule 373.418
Rulemaking 373.419
Completion report 373.421
Delineation methods 373.422
Applications for activities on state sovereignty lands or other state lands 373.423
Inspection 373.426
Abandonment 373.427
Concurrent permit review 373.428
Federal consistency 373.429
Revocation and modification of permits 373.430
Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent 373.433
Abatement 373.436
Remedial measures 373.439
Emergency measures 373.441
Role of counties, municipalities, and local pollution control programs in permit processing 373.443
Immunity from liability 373.451
Short title 373.453
Surface water improvement and management plans and programs 373.459
Funds for surface water improvement and management 373.461
Lake Apopka improvement and management 373.462
Legislative findings and intent 373.463
Heartland headwaters annual report 373.468
The Harris Chain of Lakes restoration program 373.469
Indian River Lagoon Protection Program 373.4131
Statewide environmental resource permitting rules 373.4132
Dry storage facility permitting 373.4133
Port conceptual permits 373.4134
Water quality enhancement areas 373.4135
Mitigation banks and offsite regional mitigation 373.4136
Establishment and operation of mitigation banks 373.4137
Mitigation requirements for specified transportation projects 373.4138
High Speed Rail Project 373.4139
Local government transportation infrastructure mitigation requirements 373.4141
Permits 373.4142
Water quality within stormwater treatment systems 373.4143
Declaration of policy 373.4144
Federal environmental permitting 373.4145
Part IV permitting program within the geographical jurisdiction of the Northwest Florida Water Management District 373.4146
State assumption of the federal Clean Water Act, section 404 dredge and fill permitting program 373.4149
Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan 373.4185
List of flocculants permitted 373.4211
Ratification of chapter 17-340, Florida Administrative Code, on the delineation of the landward extent of wetlands and surface waters 373.4271
Conduct of challenge to consolidated environmental resource permit or associated variance or sovereign submerged lands authorization issued in connection with deepwater ports 373.4275
Review of consolidated orders 373.4415
Role of Miami-Dade County in processing permits for limerock mining in Miami-Dade County Lake Belt 373.4591
Improvements on private agricultural lands 373.4592
Everglades improvement and management 373.4593
Florida Bay Restoration 373.4595
Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program 373.4596
State compliance with stormwater management programs 373.4597
The Geneva Freshwater Lens Protection Act 373.4598
Water storage reservoirs 373.4599
Water storage north of Lake Okeechobee 373.41365
Adoption and modification of rules to ensure financial assurances for long-term management of mitigation under ss 373.41492
Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Mitigation Plan 373.41495
Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund 373.45922
South Florida Water Management District 373.45924
South Florida Water Management District 373.45926
Everglades Trust Fund 373.45931
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Current through Fall 2025

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