Bill Text: FL S0558 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Land Application of Septage

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation [S0558 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-S0558-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 558
       
       
       
       By Senator Hays
       
       
       
       
       20-00605-12                                            2012558__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the land application of septage;
    3         amending s. 381.0065, F.S.; terminating the future
    4         imposition of the prohibition of the land application
    5         of septage from onsite sewage treatment and disposal
    6         systems; providing an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 381.0065, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         381.0065 Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems;
   13  regulation.—
   14         (7) LAND APPLICATION OF SEPTAGE PROHIBITED.—Effective
   15  January 1, 2016, the land application of septage from onsite
   16  sewage treatment and disposal systems is prohibited. By February
   17  1, 2011, the department, in consultation with the Department of
   18  Environmental Protection, shall provide a report to the
   19  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
   20  House of Representatives, recommending alternative methods to
   21  establish enhanced treatment levels for the land application of
   22  septage from onsite sewage and disposal systems. The report
   23  shall include, but is not limited to, a schedule for the
   24  reduction in land application, appropriate treatment levels,
   25  alternative methods for treatment and disposal, enhanced
   26  application site permitting requirements including any
   27  requirements for nutrient management plans, and the range of
   28  costs to local governments, affected businesses, and individuals
   29  for alternative treatment and disposal methods. The report shall
   30  also include any recommendations for legislation or rule
   31  authority needed to reduce land application of septage.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.