Bill Text: FL H0753 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Monroe County

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 550 (Ch. 2010-205) [H0753 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0753-Introduced.html

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HB 753

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Monroe County; amending chapter 99-395,
3	Laws of Florida; providing exceptions to requirements of
4	the Department of Environmental Protection regarding
5	minimum casing for injection wells used by facilities that
6	have a specified design capacity; providing requirements
7	for an injection well used as a backup to a primary
8	injection well; providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 6 of chapter 99-395,
13	Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
14	Section 6. Sewage requirements in Monroe County.-
15	(7) Class V injection wells, as defined by Department of
16	Environmental Protection or Department of Health rule, shall
17	meet the following requirements and shall otherwise comply with
18	Department of Environmental Protection or Department of Health
19	rules, as applicable:
20	(a) If the design capacity of the facility is less than
21	1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well shall be at least
22	90 feet deep and cased to a minimum depth of 60 feet or to such
23	greater cased depth and total well depth as may be required by
24	Department of Environmental Protection rule.
25	(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) for backup wells,
26	if the design capacity of the facility is equal to or greater
27	than 1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well shall be
28	cased to a minimum depth of 2,000 feet or to such greater depth
29	as may be required by Department of Environmental Protection
30	rule.
31	(c) If the injection well is used as a backup to a primary
32	injection well, the following conditions apply:
33	1. The backup well may be used only when the primary
34	injection well is out of service because of equipment failure,
35	power failure, or the need for mechanical integrity testing or
36	repair;
37	2. The backup well may not be used for a total of more
38	than 500 hours during any 5-year period, unless specifically
39	authorized in writing by the Department of Environmental
40	Protection;
41	3. The backup well shall be at least 90 feet deep and
42	cased to a minimum depth of 60 feet, or to such greater cased
43	depth and total well depth as may be required by rule of the
44	Department of Environmental Protection; and
45	4. Fluid injected into the backup well shall meet the
46	requirements of subsections (5) and (6).
47	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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