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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Gay offered the following:
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13 Amendment to Amendment (392851) (with title amendment)
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17 Section 5. Section 6 of chapter 99-395, Laws of
18 Florida, is amended to read:
19 Section 6. Sewage requirements in Monroe County.--
20 (1) The provisions of this section apply to all sewage
21 treatment, reuse, and disposal facilities and all onsite
22 sewage treatment and disposal systems in Monroe County, except
23 as provided in subsection (8):
24 (2) No new or expanded discharges shall be allowed
25 into surface waters.
26 (3) Existing surface water discharges shall be
27 eliminated before July 1, 2006.
28 (4) Existing sewage facilities that discharge to other
29 than surface waters and existing onsite sewage treatment and
30 disposal systems shall cease discharge or shall comply with
31 the applicable treatment requirements of subsection (6) by
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1 July 1, 2010, and with the rules of the Department of
2 Environmental Protection or the Department of Health, as
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4 (5) All new or expanded discharges into other than
5 surface waters and all onsite sewage treatment and disposal
6 systems permitted after the effective date of this act shall
7 comply with the requirements of subsection (6) and with the
8 rules of the Department of Environmental Protection or the
9 Department of Health, as applicable.
10 (6)(a) Sewage facilities with design capacities
11 greater than or equal to 100,000 gallons per day that do not
12 discharge to surface waters shall provide basic disinfection
13 as defined by Department of Environmental Protection rule and
14 the level of treatment that will produce an effluent that
15 contains not more, on a permitted annual average basis, than
16 the following concentrations:
17 1. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) of 5 mg/l.
18 2. Suspended Solids of 5 mg/l.
19 3. Total Nitrogen, expressed as N, of 3 mg/l.
20 4. Total Phosphorus, expressed as P, of 1 mg/l.
21 (b) Sewage facilities with design capacities less than
22 100,000 gallons per day that do not discharge to surface
23 waters shall provide basic disinfection as defined by
24 Department of Environmental Protection rule and the level of
25 treatment that will produce an effluent that contains not
26 more, on a permitted annual average basis, than the following
27 concentrations:
28 1. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) of 10 mg/l.
29 2. Suspended Solids of 10 mg/l.
30 3. Total Nitrogen, expressed as N, of 10 mg/l.
31 4. Total Phosphorus, expressed as P, of 1 mg/l.
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1 (c) Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems shall
2 provide the level of treatment that will produce an effluent
3 that contains not more, on a permitted annual average basis,
4 than the following concentrations:
5 1. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) of 10 mg/l.
6 2. Suspended Solids of 10 mg/l.
7 3. Total Nitrogen, expressed as N, of 10 mg/l.
8 4. Total Phosphorus, expressed as P, of 1 mg/l.
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10 In addition, onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
11 discharging to injection wells shall provide basic
12 disinfection as defined by Department of Health rule.
13 (7) Class V injection wells, as defined by Department
14 of Environmental Protection or Department of Health rule,
15 shall meet the following requirements and shall otherwise
16 comply with Department of Environmental Protection or
17 Department of Health rules, as applicable:
18 (a) If the design capacity of the facility is less
19 than 1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well shall be at
20 least 90 feet deep and cased to a minimum depth of 60 feet or
21 to such greater cased depth and total well depth as may be
22 required by Department of Environmental Protection rule.
23 (b) If the design capacity of the facility is equal to
24 or greater than 1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well
25 shall be cased to a minimum depth of 2,000 feet or to such
26 greater depth as may be required by Department of
27 Environmental Protection rule.
28 (8) The requirements of subsections (2)-(7) do not
29 apply to the following:
30 (a) Class 1 injection wells as defined by Department
31 of Environmental Protection rule, including any authorized
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1 mechanical integrity tests.
2 (b) Authorized mechanical integrity tests associated
3 with Class V wells as defined by Department of Environmental
4 Protection rule.
5 (c) The following types of reuse systems authorized by
6 Department of Environmental Protection domestic wastewater
7 rules:
8 1. Slow-rate land application systems;
9 2. Industrial uses of reclaimed water; and
10 3. Use of reclaimed water for toilet flushing, fire
11 protection, vehicle washing, construction dust control, and
12 decorative water features.
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14 However, disposal systems serving as backups to reuse systems
15 shall comply with the other provisions of this act.
16 (d) In areas that are scheduled to be served by a
17 central sewage facility before July 1, 2010, interim
18 construction standards for new, expanded, or existing onsite
19 sewage treatment and disposal systems shall be allowed. An
20 area shall only be considered as scheduled to be served by a
21 central sewage facility where such facility is supported by a
22 binding and specific federal or state appropriation, federal
23 agency grant, or construction contract.
24 1. Interim construction standards for new onsite
25 sewage treatment and disposal systems in such areas shall
26 include an aerobic treatment unit, and the system shall
27 produce on a permitted annual average basis an effluent that
28 contains no more than a concentration of 1 mg/l of Total
29 Phosphorus, expressed as P.
30 2. Interim construction standards for expansion of
31 approved existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
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1 in such areas that include a septic tank shall be retrofitted
2 with an approved outlet filter device. If the approved
3 existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal system includes
4 a drainfield, the existing drainfield shall be replaced with a
5 drainfield having a design effluent loading rate not exceeding
6 1.2 gallons per square foot per day and shall have 1 foot of
7 approved nutrient reducing material underlying the entire area
8 of the drainfield. If the approved existing onsite sewage
9 treatment and disposal system includes an injection well, the
10 system shall include basic disinfection as defined by
11 Department of Health rule, and produce on a permitted annual
12 average basis an effluent that contains no more than a
13 concentration of 1 mg/l of Total Phosphorus, expressed as P.
14 3. Interim construction standards for cesspits or
15 undocumented systems in such areas that require an existing
16 system approval shall be defined by rule of the Department of
17 Health.
18 (9) If it is demonstrated that a discharge, even if it
19 is otherwise in compliance with this act or chapter 403,
20 Florida Statutes, will cause or contribute to a violation of
21 state water quality standards, the Department of Environmental
22 Protection shall:
23 (a) Require more stringent effluent limitations;
24 (b) Order the point or method of discharge changed;
25 (c) Limit the duration or volume of the discharge; or
26 (d) Prohibit the discharge.
27 (10) All sewage treatment facilities shall monitor
28 effluent for total nitrogen and total phosphorus concentration
29 as required by Department of Environmental Protection rule
30 beginning October 1, 1999. All onsite sewage treatment and
31 disposal systems issued a construction permit after the
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1 effective date of this act shall be monitored for total
2 nitrogen and total phosphorus concentrations as required by
3 Department of Health rule.
4 (11) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
5 require the levels of operator certification and staffing
6 necessary to ensure proper operation and maintenance of sewage
7 facilities. The Department of Health shall ensure proper
8 operation and maintenance of onsite sewage treatment and
9 disposal systems.
10 (12) The Department of Environmental Protection and
11 the Department of Health shall adopt rules necessary to carry
12 out the provisions of this act.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
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20 providing an exemption from certain sewage
21 treatment and disposal system requirements in
22 Monroe County for areas scheduled to be served
23 by a central sewage facility by a specified
24 date; providing requirements for interim
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