House Bill 1133c1
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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 CS/HB 1133
By the Committee on Environmental Protection and
Representatives Eggelletion and Suarez
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to environmental control;
3 creating s. 403.741, F.S.; creating the State
4 University System Hazardous Substance
5 Compliance Assistance Center; providing purpose
6 of the center; specifying tasks of the center;
7 creating two full-time positions; providing an
8 appropriation; providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Section 403.741, Florida Statutes, is
13 created to read:
14 403.741 State University System Hazardous Substance
15 Compliance Assistance Center.--
16 (1) There is hereby established the State University
17 System Hazardous Substance Compliance Assistance Center. The
18 purpose of the center is to educate and assist institutions of
19 the State University System in achieving and maintaining
20 compliance with both state and federal hazardous waste
21 regulations in order to avoid fines and reduce risks to
22 students, staff, faculty, and the general public.
23 (2) The State University System Hazardous Substance
24 Compliance Assistance Center shall be established at the
25 Florida State University Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute,
26 and shall perform the following tasks for the institutions of
27 the State University System:
28 (a) Design and implement a computerized onsite
29 hazardous substances inventory and waste management system for
30 institutions of the State University System.
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1 (b) Provide outreach, education, and training programs
2 for contractors and small business vendors of the State
3 University System regarding compliance with federal and state
4 hazardous waste regulations.
5 (c) Cooperate with other pollution prevention and
6 recycling programs within the State University System.
7 (d) Assist institutions of the State University System
8 in development of curriculum regarding the proper management
9 and disposal of hazardous substances.
10 (e) Provide engineering and technical assistance in
11 modeling soil and groundwater contamination to institutions of
12 the State University System.
13 (f) Provide technical assistance to independent and
14 state colleges and universities, depending upon available
15 resources.
16 Section 2. There are created two full-time employee
17 positions entitled Director of Services of the State
18 University System Hazardous Substance Compliance Assistance
19 Center and Assistant Director of Services of the State
20 University System Hazardous Substance Compliance Assistance
21 Center. The director shall be appointed by the Dean of the
22 College of Arts and Sciences at Florida State University. The
23 director shall have an engineering degree; at least 10 years'
24 experience in federal and state hazardous waste regulatory
25 compliance; experience in coordinating, on a statewide basis,
26 state and federal hazardous waste programs; and experience
27 teaching environmental regulatory compliance courses,
28 including hazardous waste regulation. The assistant director
29 shall be appointed by the director.
30 Section 3. There is appropriated from the General
31 Revenue Fund to the Florida State University Geophysical Fluid
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1 Dynamics Institute, the sum of $1 million for fiscal year
2 2000-2001, and $1 million annually thereafter, for the purpose
3 of carrying out the provisions of this act.
4 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
5 law.
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