State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Notice of Draft Permit The Department of Environmental Protection hereby provides notice that it has prepared a draft permit for the proposed project as detailed in the application, subject to the conditions specified in the draft permit and summarized below. The applicant, Waste Connections of Osceola County, LLC, Don Grigg, Regional Engineer, Southern Region, 1501 Omni Way, St. Cloud, Florida 34773 applied on Oct 18, 2024, for a Class I injection well construction permit. The project is located at J.E.D. Solid Waste Management Facility, 1501 Omni Way, St. Cloud, Florida 34773, in Osceola County (File 04541260-001-UC/1I, WACS ID 108610). The permittee will construct and operational test one non-hazardous Class I injection well IW-1 and associated monitor well DZMW-1 for the disposal of industrial wastewater from the J.E.D. Solid Waste Management Facility. The maximum injection rate for IW-1 shall be 941 gallons per minute and the maximum injection volume for IW-1 shall be 1.35 million gallons per day. The injection well will be constructed with a final 14-inch diameter steel casing anticipated to be set to 2,305 feet below land surface (bls), a 7.05-inch diameter tubing set to 2,300 feet bls with a cemented annulus, and total depth of 2,600 feet bls. The dual-zone monitor well DZMW-1 will be completed in the Lower Floridan aquifer from 1,830 to 1,880 feet bls and from 2,030 to 2,080 feet bls. The Department has permitting jurisdiction under Chapter 403 of the Florida Statutes and the rules adopted thereunder. The project is not exempt from permitting procedures. The Department has determined that an Underground Injection Control permit is required for the proposed work. Any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public meeting within 30 days after publication of this public notice. A request for a public meeting shall be submitted in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the meeting. If a public meeting is later scheduled, there will be another 30-day notice period for that meeting. Written comments or a public meeting request shall be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3530, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, which is the office processing this permit application. All comments received within the 30-day period will be considered in formulation of the Departments final decision regarding permit issuance. The files associated with this order are available for public inspection during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except state holidays, at the Department of Environmental Protection, Central District, and at the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program office in Tallahassee. Any additional information concerning this project may be obtained by contacting Jeremy Hart, Professional Geologist II, at 850-245-8657. 10/11/2025 7881950