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House Bill 1073




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1073

        By Representatives Wiles, Thrasher and Wise






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to land reclamation; amending

  3         s. 378.601, F.S.; exempting certain heavy

  4         mineral mining operations from requirements for

  5         development of regional impact review;

  6         requiring certain permits or plan approvals;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 378.601,

12  Florida Statutes, to read:

13         378.601  Heavy minerals.--

14         (5)  Any heavy mineral mining operation which annually

15  mines less than 500 acres and whose proposed consumption of

16  water is 3 million gallons per day or less shall not be

17  required to undergo development of regional impact review

18  pursuant to s. 380.06, provided permits and plan approvals

19  pursuant to either this section and part IV of chapter 373, or

20  s. 378.901, are issued.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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25                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Exempts from development of regional impact review heavy
27    mineral mining operations which annually mine less than
      500 acres and consume 3 million gallons of water or less
28    per day, provided the Department of Environmental
      Protection has issued permits and plan approvals relating
29    to surface water management and storage and heavy
      minerals reclamation, or has issued a life-of-the-mine
30    permit.

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