Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade RER, Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM)
In short
Miami-Dade RER, Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) issues 4 permits we publish for Miami-Dade County, last verified 2026-09-27. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DERM Storage Tank Permit Fees (installation / repair / closure)only if it applies to you | Miami-Dade RER, Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) | 2026 schedule (IO-04-42): per-tank base fee $106; new tank system $800; repair/modification/as-built $265; tank closure $365; compliance monitoring well installation $150; renewal of an existing approval is 50% of the original fee. | one-time per project (installation, repair or closure); renewal of an approval is 50% of the original fee | 2026-09-27 |
| DERM Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Discharge Control Operating Permit | Miami-Dade RER, Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) | Currently operative IO-04-42 schedule (effective 2026-06-26): FOG Generator, by facility size, $168.75/yr (up to 4,000 sq ft), $337.50/yr (4,001-20,000 sq ft), $750/yr (over 20,000 sq ft, unchanged from the prior schedule). FOG Control Device Operator (hauler/servicer side) $300/yr. Re-inspection fee (second and subsequent) $75. | annual, calendar year January 1-December 31; renewal notice at least 45 days before expiration | 2026-09-27 |
| DERM Industrial Waste 5 (IW-5) — Hazardous Materials Users and Generators Operating Permitonly if it applies to you | Miami-Dade RER, Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) | Currently operative IO-04-42 schedule (effective 2026-06-26): new application flat fee $250. Annual renewal, tiered by named business category — Category A, $168.75/yr: retail auto parts with small machine shop, tire sales and related services (no brake work), used auto parts (dry storage only), animal grooming business and/or kennel. Category B, $253.13/yr: AC repairs with degreasing, body shops (no painting or priming). Category C, $630.00/yr: automobile and truck repairs (no fleet operations), boat maintenance and repair (no manufacturing), paint and body shops, radiator repairing, used auto parts with no metal shredding or dismantling, animal clinics and hospitals. Category D, $843.75/yr: fleet maintenance operations, paint and body shops conducting mechanical repairs unrelated to paint and body work. (Category E, $956.25/yr, covers hospitals and junkyards — not applicable to any of the ten target industries.) Surcharges: +$125 if not served by sanitary sewer; +$125 if within a wellfield protection area or served by a private water supply well. | annual renewal; new-application fee is one-time | 2026-09-27 |
| DERM Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits (IW-1 through IW-4, IWP)only if it applies to you | Miami-Dade RER, Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) | 2026 schedule (IO-04-42): IW-1 (dry process, no treatment) plan review $300. IW-2 (reclaim/holding tanks/SPCC) plan review $470, new application $500, annual fee by volume: up to 2,000 gal $1,000 / 2,001-20,000 gal $1,500 / over 20,000 gal $3,000. IW-3 (pretreatment to sanitary sewer) plan review $500, new application $500, annual by flow: 0-5,000 GPD $1,100 / 5,001-25,000 GPD $1,500. IWP (Significant Industrial Users) plan review $1,100 (minor modifications $300), new application $500, annual by flow: 0 GPD $1,000 / 1-5,000 GPD $1,700 / 5,001-30,000 GPD $2,500 / 30,001-100,000 GPD $3,000 / over 100,000 GPD $4,000. IW-4 (ground discharge, also requires an FDEP permit) plan review $650, new application $500, annual $1,700 (0-5,000 GPD) or $2,600 (over 5,000 GPD). | plan review one-time per project; operating fee annual by volume/flow tier | 2026-09-27 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
DERM Storage Tank Permit Fees (installation / repair / closure)
An auto-repair business installing, repairing, modifying or closing a fuel or chemical storage tank pays DERM's per-project component fees: $106 per tank as a base fee, $800 for a new tank system, $265 for a repair or modification, $365 for tank closure, and $150 for a compliance monitoring well where one is required. The standalone Storage Tank Facility Annual OPERATING Permit that Miami-Dade County used to charge separately is confirmed no longer required — DERM's own environmental-operating-permits page states a valid Florida Department of Environmental Protection storage tank registration now satisfies the ongoing-operation requirement in its place. Present these two facts together: the per-project fees above still apply to installation, repair and closure work, but there is no separate annual county operating-permit fee layered on top.
DERM Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Discharge Control Operating Permit
Any restaurant, coffee shop, or food-truck commissary kitchen that handles, prepares or processes food and discharges, or could discharge, fats, oils or grease to the public sanitary sewer needs a FOG operating permit from DERM, countywide, in addition to any municipal CU/occupational license inside a city. This applies to the food truck's fixed commissary kitchen, not the truck itself, which lacks a fixed sewer connection. The current annual fee is $168.75 for a facility up to 4,000 sq ft, $337.50 for 4,001-20,000 sq ft, and $750 above 20,000 sq ft; a separate $300/yr fee applies to a FOG control device operator (hauler/servicer) rather than the food business itself. These generator figures were corrected during independent verification from a stale 2023 schedule that quoted lower amounts. The exact Code section that authorizes this permit is not settled across the County's own citations — one source names §24-42.6, another names §24-5 together with §21-49.2 — and that discrepancy has not been resolved.
DERM Industrial Waste 5 (IW-5) — Hazardous Materials Users and Generators Operating Permit
An auto-repair or veterinary business that generates or uses hazardous materials or waste as defined by DERM's own named category list needs an IW-5 operating permit, countywide — DERM's Chapter 24 jurisdiction reaches inside every municipality (after that city's own CU/occupational-license process) as well as the unincorporated area. The current annual fee ranges from $168.75/yr (Category A: for example an animal grooming business and/or kennel, or a tire shop doing no brake work) up to $843.75/yr (Category D: fleet maintenance operations); a standard veterinary clinic or animal hospital sits in Category C at $630.00/yr. These figures were corrected during independent verification: an earlier draft carried figures from a schedule effective October 1, 2023, and DERM has since reissued under IO-04-42 (effective June 26, 2026) at higher rates across every tier. Applying requires the business's Certificate of Use (or, inside a municipality, its municipal Occupational License/CU), a wellfield protection area verification, zoning confirmation and water/sewer documentation. Confirm which specific IO number and effective date is current before relying on any figure here.
DERM Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits (IW-1 through IW-4, IWP)
A restaurant or auto-repair shop whose actual discharge involves a reclaim system, pretreatment, ground discharge or larger-scale process wastewater — as opposed to ordinary sanitary use, which needs no authorization, or the more common IW-5/FOG scenario recorded separately — may need one of DERM's industrial wastewater discharge permits (IW-1 through IW-4, or an IWP for a Significant Industrial User) instead. Most small auto shops and restaurants fall under the IW-5 hazardous-materials permit or the FOG permit rather than this category. Fees range from a $300 plan review (IW-1, dry process) up to a $4,000 annual fee for the largest IWP flow tier. Whether a specific business's actual discharge crosses into one of these categories, rather than staying within ordinary sanitary use or the IW-5/FOG programs, is a determination DERM makes case by case; contact DERM directly rather than assuming either answer for a given business.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Miami-Dade County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Environmental operating permits — confirms the standalone Storage Tank Facility Annual Operating Permit is no longer required (a valid Florida DEP tank registration now suffices)Miami-Dade DERM · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
- Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Discharge Control Operating Permit — permit pageMiami-Dade DERM · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
- Hazardous Materials/Waste Users and Generators Operating Permit (IW-5) — permit pageMiami-Dade DERM · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
- Implementing Order IO-04-42, DERM environmental fee schedule (IW-5, storage tank, FOG/GDO, IW-1 through IW-4/IWP), ordered June 16, 2026, effective June 26, 2026Miami-Dade DERM · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
Other offices serving Miami-Dade County
- Miami-Dade Regulatory and Economic Resources (RER), Zoning Permits Section
- Miami-Dade RER, Building and Neighborhood Compliance
- Miami-Dade RER, Contractor Licensing Section (Construction Trades Qualifying Board)
- Miami-Dade County Tax Collector, Local Business Tax Section
- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR), Fire Prevention Division
- Miami-Dade RER, Neighborhood Regulations Division (Neighborhood Compliance)
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