Many of the activities of the Martin/St. Lucie Service Center focus on the regulation of water resources in the two-county area. The District regulates the management and storage of surface waters, including dredging or filling in wetlands, by requiring environmental resource permits. Any proposed surface water management system involving a project site 100 acres or more in size or with more than 1 acre of wetland impacts will require an Individual Permit. In most cases, project sites less than 100 acres in size with less than 1 acre of wetland impacts qualify for a Standard General, Noticed General or No Notice General Permit.
The objective of Permitting is to assure that the permitted activities are neither harmful to the water resources within the District nor inconsistent with the public interest.
Big Cypress Basin
Permitting
