Land disturbance and new stormwater systems in St. Johns County require an Environmental Resource Permit. Under Fla. Stat. 373.413, the St. Johns River Water Management District permits any stormwater management system so runoff does not harm the district's water resources.
Across St. Johns County, from St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach to Ponte Vedra Beach and the Intracoastal Waterway, building or altering a stormwater management system triggers the Environmental Resource Permit program. The St. Johns River Water Management District administers ERPs under Fla. Stat. 373.413 and Chapter 62-330, Florida Administrative Code. Projects must capture and treat runoff before it reaches the Matanzas River, the Guana estuary, and Atlantic wetlands, meeting the district's water-quality and water-quantity standards. The county's own land development code layers stormwater and drainage requirements on top for the plats and subdivisions it reviews.
Constructing or altering a stormwater system without an Environmental Resource Permit violates Fla. Stat. 373.413, drawing District enforcement, stop-work orders, fines, and orders to retrofit or remove the noncompliant drainage system.
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