Florida Hazardous Waste Management

Florida runs its own hazardous waste program under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) says the state received authorization from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on February 12, 1985, and final authorization to implement the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 on November 17, 2000. DEP's Hazardous Waste Management section reviews and issues permits, and coordinates compliance monitoring and enforcement at generators, transporters and treatment, storage and disposal facilities with the DEP district offices.

In a Phase I ESA

ASTM E1527-21 lists state hazardous waste facility records among its standard sources. This handbook does not pair a single Florida list with that type. The Florida records that bear on it are DEP's handler search and the registration lists below. It sits beside the federal records described on the RCRA TSD page and the RCRA Generators page. The distances the standard sets for each kind of record are on the search distances page.

• Who needs a permit. DEP says anyone treating, storing or disposing of hazardous waste in Florida must have a permit.
• Who must notify. Florida's rule requires information from facilities that generate or transport hazardous waste or operate a treatment, storage or disposal facility. DEP says the notification requirement includes facilities that manage over 100 kilograms of hazardous waste, or 1 kilogram of acute hazardous waste, in any month. Sites that manage, transport or process used oil must also notify.
• The smallest generators may leave no number. An EPA identification number must be obtained before generator activities begin, except by Very Small Quantity Generators, which DEP says are exempt. The lack of a number at an address does not rule out small amounts of hazardous waste.
• A one-time number can mark a cleanup. DEP says temporary or emergency identification numbers, for a one-time generation of hazardous waste or an emergency cleanup, are handled by the district offices. Ask the district what the number was issued for.
• Biomedical waste is another agency's. DEP says the Florida Department of Health has primary authority over facilities that generate, transport, store or treat biomedical waste through processes other than incineration.

What the record shows

DEP sorts generators into three categories by the amount generated per month.

DEP says small quantity generators must re-notify every four years and large quantity generators by March 1 of each even-numbered year. Check the date of the notification behind a category. The rule is Chapter 62-730, F.A.C., which adopts portions of the federal regulations by reference.

For cleanups at these facilities, DEP's permitting page links corrective action and cleanup guidance, and that guidance page lists Chapter 62-777 among its rule links. The federal corrective action record is described on the RCRA CORRACTS page, and the Florida numbers are on the Contaminant Cleanup Target Levels page.

Where to look a site up

• DEP's Hazardous Waste Handler Search queries RCRA-regulated facilities by name, address, county or EPA identification number. DEP says it includes facilities' status and their compliance and enforcement histories under RCRA, with a mapping component.
• DEP's Waste Management Database Reports page links lists of registered commercial hazardous waste transporters, registered used oil handlers, and registered handlers of mercury-containing lamps and devices.
• Generator and notification questions go to Waste Compliance Assistance at 850-245-8707 or epost_HWreg@FloridaDEP.gov.

Getting the file

DEP's OCULUS document system gives access to public records associated with permitted facilities and activities. Documents are filed under a DEP program and facility, so have the facility or site name or the facility identification number. The paper records route and the fees are on the Public records and OCULUS page.

Sources

Florida Department of Environmental Protection pages, read October 6, 2026:

• Hazardous Waste Management, last modified July 7, 2026.
• Permitting and Corrective Action, last modified April 1, 2026.
• Hazardous Waste Compliance and Enforcement, last modified June 26, 2026.
• Corrective Action and Cleanup Guidance, last modified December 9, 2025.
• Waste Management Database Reports, last modified December 5, 2025.
• Public Records, last modified October 2, 2026.