Bill Text: FL S1438 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Aquifer Replenishment

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources [S1438 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S1438-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 1438
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation;
       and Senator Broxson
       
       
       
       
       592-03013-17                                          20171438c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to aquifer replenishment; amending s.
    3         403.087, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
    4         Environmental Protection to include certain additional
    5         conditions on permits issued for projects that involve
    6         underground injection of reclaimed water or other
    7         water resources; providing applicability; creating s.
    8         403.0878, F.S.; authorizing the department to adopt
    9         rules establishing voluntary facility classifications
   10         and associated operator licensing requirements for
   11         certain water treatment facilities; providing an
   12         effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 403.087, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         403.087 Permits; general issuance; denial; revocation;
   19  prohibition; penalty.—
   20         (4) The department shall issue permits on such conditions
   21  as are necessary to effect the intent and purposes of this
   22  section. For projects that propose underground injection of
   23  reclaimed water or other water resources intended to protect,
   24  augment, or replenish the state’s groundwater resources, the
   25  department may include conditions, such as the establishment of
   26  a zone of discharge for groundwater standards, and any
   27  associated institutional controls within the area, such as
   28  property interests, use restrictions and access controls, and
   29  well construction limitations. This subsection does not apply to
   30  those natural processes that introduce surface or stormwater
   31  into groundwater resources.
   32         Section 2. Section 403.0878, Florida Statutes, is created
   33  to read:
   34         403.0878 Classifications for sustainable water resources.
   35  The Legislature recognizes that communities are providing
   36  treatment for reclaimed water, stormwater, and other water
   37  resources as a means of promoting the availability of sufficient
   38  water for existing and future reasonable-beneficial uses and
   39  natural systems in accordance with chapter 373. The department
   40  may adopt rules establishing voluntary facility classifications
   41  and associated operator licensing requirements for such
   42  treatment facilities.
   43         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
   44