Okaloosa County, FL Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

413(1) lets the governing board or the department require a permit and impose reasonable conditions on the construction or alteration of any stormwater management system, dam, impoundment, reservoir, appurtenant work or works, to keep the project from harming the water resources of the district, and it lets the board delineate specific areas where the permit requirement applies. Subsection (2) spells out the application: the applicant's name and address, the name and address of the landowner along with a legal description of the land, the work's location, construction sketches, the name of whoever designed the work and the name of whoever will build it, the general purpose of the work, and any other information the board or department wants.

Subsections (3) and (4) require notice, mailed to anyone who has filed a written request for notice of pending applications in that area, describing the activity, its location and whether it touches an Outstanding Florida Water or aquatic preserve. 406(1) preserves one carve-out: nothing in the permitting scheme affects a natural person's right to capture, discharge and use water for purposes otherwise permitted by law. 430: a willful violation that causes pollution is a third-degree felony punishable by up to $50,000 and five years, with each day a separate offense; a reckless or grossly careless failure to permit or comply is a second-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to $10,000 and 60 days; and a willful failure to obtain or comply with a permit is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to $10,000 and six months. , runs alongside this state permitting scheme to fund the county's drainage improvements through utility fees on benefited property.