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11  Senator Jones moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 29 and 30,

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17         Section 4.  Notwithstanding any provision of chapter

18  380, part I, to the contrary, a local government within the

19  Florida Keys area of critical state concern may enact an

20  ordinance that:

21         (1)  Requires connection to a central sewerage system

22  within 30 days of notice of availability of services; and

23         (2)  Provides a definition of onsite sewage treatment

24  and disposal systems that does not exclude package sewage

25  treatment facilities if such facilities are in full compliance

26  with all regulatory requirements and treat sewage to advanced

27  wastewater treatment standards or utilize effluent reuse as

28  their primary method of effluent disposal.

29         Section 5.  Definition of terms used in this act.--As

30  used in this act, the term "existing" means permitted by the

31  Department of Environmental Protection or the Department of

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 1  Health as of the effective date of this act.

 2         Section 6.  Sewage requirements in Monroe County.--

 3         (1)  The provisions of this section apply to all sewage

 4  treatment, reuse, and disposal facilities and all onsite

 5  sewage treatment and disposal systems in Monroe County, except

 6  as provided in subsection (8):

 7         (2)  No new or expanded discharges shall be allowed

 8  into surface waters.

 9         (3)  Existing surface water discharges shall be

10  eliminated before July 1, 2006.

11         (4)  Existing sewage facilities that discharge to other

12  than surface waters and existing onsite sewage treatment and

13  disposal systems shall cease discharge or shall comply with

14  the applicable treatment requirements of subsection (6) by

15  July 1, 2010, and with the rules of the Department of

16  Environmental Protection or the Department of Health, as

17  applicable.

18         (5)  All new or expanded discharges into other than

19  surface waters and all onsite sewage treatment and disposal

20  systems permitted after the effective date of this act shall

21  comply with the requirements of subsection (6) and with the

22  rules of the Department of Environmental Protection or the

23  Department of Health, as applicable.

24         (6)(a)  Sewage facilities with design capacities

25  greater than or equal to 100,000 gallons per day that do not

26  discharge to surface waters shall provide basic disinfection

27  as defined by Department of Environmental Protection rule and

28  the level of treatment that will produce an effluent that

29  contains not more, on a permitted annual average basis, than

30  the following concentrations:

31         1.  Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) of 5 mg/l.

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 1         2.  Suspended Solids of 5 mg/l.

 2         3.  Total Nitrogen, expressed as N, of 3 mg/l.

 3         4.  Total Phosphorus, expressed as P, of 1 mg/l.

 4         (b)  Sewage facilities with design capacities less than

 5  100,000 gallons per day that do not discharge to surface

 6  waters shall provide basic disinfection as defined by

 7  Department of Environmental Protection rule and the level of

 8  treatment that will produce an effluent that contains not

 9  more, on a permitted annual average basis, than the following

10  concentrations:

11         1.  Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) of 10 mg/l.

12         2.  Suspended Solids of 10 mg/l.

13         3.  Total Nitrogen, expressed as N, of 10 mg/l.

14         4.  Total Phosphorus, expressed as P, of 1 mg/l.

15         (c)  Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems shall

16  provide the level of treatment that will produce an effluent

17  that contains not more, on a permitted annual average basis,

18  than the following concentrations:

19         1.  Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) of 10 mg/l.

20         2.  Suspended Solids of 10 mg/l.

21         3.  Total Nitrogen, expressed as N, of 10 mg/l.

22         4.  Total Phosphorus, expressed as P, of 1 mg/l.

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24  In addition, onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems

25  discharging to injection wells shall provide basic

26  disinfection as defined by Department of Health rule.

27         (7)  Class V injection wells, as defined by Department

28  of Environmental Protection or Department of Health rule,

29  shall meet the following requirements and shall otherwise

30  comply with Department of Environmental Protection or

31  Department of Health rules, as applicable:

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 1         (a)  If the design capacity of the facility is less

 2  than 1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well shall be at

 3  least 90 feet deep and cased to a minimum depth of 60 feet or

 4  to such greater cased depth and total well depth as may be

 5  required by Department of Environmental Protection rule.

 6         (b)  If the design capacity of the facility is equal to

 7  or greater than 1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well

 8  shall be cased to a minimum depth of 2,000 feet or to such

 9  greater depth as may be required by Department of

10  Environmental Protection rule.

11         (8)  The requirements of subsections (2)-(7) do not

12  apply to the following:

13         (a)  Class 1 injection wells as defined by Department

14  of Environmental Protection rule, including any authorized

15  mechanical integrity tests.

16         (b)  Authorized mechanical integrity tests associated

17  with Class V wells as defined by Department of Environmental

18  Protection rule.

19         (c)  The following types of reuse systems authorized by

20  Department of Environmental Protection domestic wastewater

21  rules:

22         1.  Slow-rate land application systems;

23         2.  Industrial uses of reclaimed water; and

24         3.  Use of reclaimed water for toilet flushing, fire

25  protection, vehicle washing, construction dust control, and

26  decorative water features.

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28  However, disposal systems serving as backups to reuse systems

29  shall comply with the other provisions of this act.

30         (9)  If it is demonstrated that a discharge, even if it

31  is otherwise in compliance with this act or chapter 403,

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 1  Florida Statutes, will cause or contribute to a violation of

 2  state water quality standards, the Department of Environmental

 3  Protection shall:

 4         (a)  Require more stringent effluent limitations;

 5         (b)  Order the point or method of discharge changed;

 6         (c)  Limit the duration or volume of the discharge; or

 7         (d)  Prohibit the discharge.

 8         (10)  All sewage treatment facilities shall monitor

 9  effluent for total nitrogen and total phosphorus concentration

10  as required by Department of Environmental Protection rule

11  beginning October 1, 1999.  All onsite sewage treatment and

12  disposal systems issued a construction permit after the

13  effective date of this act shall be monitored for total

14  nitrogen and total phosphorus concentrations as required by

15  Department of Health rule.

16         (11)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall

17  require the levels of operator certification and staffing

18  necessary to ensure proper operation and maintenance of sewage

19  facilities.  The Department of Health shall ensure proper

20  operation and maintenance of onsite sewage treatment and

21  disposal systems.

22         (12)  The Department of Environmental Protection and

23  the Department of Health shall adopt rules necessary to carry

24  out the provisions of this act.

25         Section 7.  No later than January 1, 2003, the

26  Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of

27  Health shall report to the Governor, the President of the

28  Senate, and the Speaker of the House on the then current state

29  of sewage treatment technology.  The report shall address the

30  treatment capabilities and operational and maintenance

31  requirements of various sizes and types of sewage facilities

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 1  and onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems, with special

 2  attention given to individual systems and facilities designed

 3  to treat 100,000 gallons per day or less of sewage.  The

 4  report shall also address the status of research on the fate

 5  and transport of nutrients after injection, and shall provide

 6  an overall assessment of water quality in Monroe County and

 7  include recommendations for changes to the sewage collection,

 8  treatment, and disposal requirements in Monroe County.

 9         Section 8.  No later than January 1, 2003, Monroe

10  County and the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority shall report to

11  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of

12  the House of Representatives on the implementation of charges,

13  fees, and assessments related to sewage collection, treatment,

14  and disposal in Monroe County, and on implementation of the

15  Monroe County Wastewater Master Plan.

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 1, line 12, after the semicolon,

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25         specifying ordinances which may be enacted by a

26         local government within the Florida Keys area

27         of critical state concern; providing a

28         definition; providing specified sewage

29         treatment and disposal system requirements in

30         Monroe County; requiring the Department of

31         Environmental Protection and the Department of

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