Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management
In short
Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management issues 2 permits we publish for Palm Beach County, last verified 2026-09-28. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellfield Protection Operating/Closure Permitonly if it applies to you | Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management | ERM's Wellfield Protection Program fees are published in a standalone fee schedule adopted under Resolution R2022-1570 rather than as dollar figures written into ULDC Article 14, Chapter B itself; the current amount is whatever that resolution's schedule states for the applicable permit type. | operating permits are subject to periodic renewal/inspection set by ERM; the renewal period is not itemized in ERM's published fee schedule | 2026-09-28 |
| Other ERM Environmental Permits (Beachfront Lighting, Lake Excavation, Native Vegetation Removal, Petroleum Storage/Cleanup, Surface Water Protection)only if it applies to you | Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management | ERM issues each of these permit categories case by case, with an application and, where applicable, inspection fee assessed by project scope under the ERM fee schedule rather than a single flat rate covering all six categories. | one-time or project-based, set by permit category | 2026-09-28 |
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
Wellfield Protection Operating/Closure Permit
A business that uses, stores or produces a regulated substance above 5 gallons (liquid) or 25 pounds (solid) inside one of the county's mapped Wellfield Protection Zones 1 through 4 must notify ERM, and Zone 1 prohibits the activity outright while Zones 2 through 4 may require an Operating Permit plus secondary containment and groundwater monitoring. This reaches auto-repair shops handling fuel and solvents, contractors doing site work, and — where they store bulk regulated chemicals — veterinary clinics, salons and retail stores. The zone map can overlay both incorporated and unincorporated parcels, so a business inside a municipality should confirm with that city whether it runs a parallel wellfield program in addition to ERM's countywide one. The permit fee itself is set by a separate Board resolution (R2022-1570) rather than written into the ULDC text, so the exact current amount should be confirmed directly with ERM.
Other ERM Environmental Permits (Beachfront Lighting, Lake Excavation, Native Vegetation Removal, Petroleum Storage/Cleanup, Surface Water Protection)
ERM's permitting page lists six further environmental permit categories beyond Wellfield Protection: Beachfront Lighting, Lake Excavation and Littoral Zone work, Native Vegetation Removal, Petroleum Contamination Cleanup, Petroleum Storage Tanks, and Surface Water Protection. These mainly reach contractors doing site clearing, excavation or shoreline work, and auto-repair shops with petroleum storage tanks on site. ERM's permitting page describes its mission as countywide land and water natural-resource protection; restaurant and coffee-shop food safety is a state DBPR/FDACS function under Fla. Stat. §509.032(7), described in a separate Palm Beach County record. Each of these six permit categories is assessed case by case by project scope rather than through a single published flat fee.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Palm Beach 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.
- ERM Fee Schedule, adopted under Resolution R2022-1570Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- ERM permitting and regulation overviewPalm Beach County Environmental Resources Management · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Unified Land Development Code, Article 14 (Environmental), Chapter B — Wellfield ProtectionPalm Beach County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Wellfield Protection Program — zones, thresholds and permit requirementPalm Beach County Environmental Resources Management · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
Other offices serving Palm Beach County
- Palm Beach County Constitutional Tax Collector, Local Business Tax Section
- Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Zoning Division
- Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Building Division
- Palm Beach County Public Safety Department, Animal Care and Control Division
- Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, sitting as the Child Care Facilities Board (delegated to the Child Care Advisory Council, staffed by Florida DOH-Palm Beach)
- Palm Beach County Construction Industry Licensing Board, Contractors Certification Division
- Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Community Risk Reduction Division
- Palm Beach County Public Safety Department, Consumer Affairs Division
- Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department
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