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2005 Florida Statutes

Section 403.7255, Florida Statutes 2005

403.7255  Department to adopt rules.--

(1)  The department shall adopt rules which establish requirements and procedures for the placement of signs at sites which may have been contaminated by hazardous wastes. Sites shall include any site in the state that is listed or proposed for listing on the Superfund Site List of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any site identified by the department as a suspected or confirmed contaminated site where there may be a risk of exposure to the public. The requirements of this section shall not apply to sites reported under ss. 376.3071 and 376.3072 The rules shall establish the appropriate size for such signs, which size shall be no smaller than 2 feet by 2 feet, and shall provide in clearly legible print appropriate warning language for the waste or other materials at the site and a telephone number which may be called for further information.

(2)  Violations of this act are punishable as provided in s. 403.161(4).

(3)  The provisions of this act are independent of and cumulative to any other requirements and remedies in this chapter or chapter 376, or any rules promulgated thereunder.

History.--ss. 2, 3, 4, ch. 90-15; s. 412, ch. 94-356.