Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: May 23, 2008
The issues to be resolved in this proceeding concern whether an application to construct and operate an on-site sewage treatment and disposal system (OSTDS), within the Suwannee River flood plain, meets the requirements of Section 381.0065(4)(t), Florida Statutes (2007), and relevant Department of Health (Department) rules, and whether the department applied an un-adopted rule in denying the permit application.Petitioner failed to prove that innovative on-site sewage disposal system would not be subject to flooding. The statute has flood elevation standard, not an avenue to allow for a system which purports to prevent flooding by use of air pressure.