Senate Bill 0714c2

    Florida Senate - 2000                     CS for CS for SB 714

    By the Committees on Commerce and Economic Opportunities;
    Natural Resources; and Senator Forman




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to solid and hazardous waste

  3         management; directing the Department of

  4         Environmental Protection to include in its

  5         annual legislative budget request funding for

  6         the Southern Waste Information Exchange, Inc.,

  7         to operate and maintain a waste exchange;

  8         amending s. 403.703, F.S.; redefining the term

  9         "storage" and defining the term "hazardous

10         waste transfer facility"; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  The Legislature recognizes the need for

16  statewide solid and hazardous waste management assistance to

17  Florida's private businesses, industries, and the public

18  sector, including local units of government. In order to

19  assist the Department of Environmental Protection in providing

20  solid and hazardous waste management assistance to Florida's

21  public and private sectors on a continuing basis, the

22  Legislature recognizes the need for a waste exchange as part

23  of the state's comprehensive solid waste and hazardous waste

24  management programs and designates Southern Waste Information

25  Exchange, Inc., a nonprofit Florida 501(c)(3) organization, to

26  provide this service to Florida's private and public sectors.

27  The Department of Environmental Protection shall include in

28  its annual legislative budget request pursuant to section

29  216.023, Florida Statutes, funding for the Southern Waste

30  Information Exchange, Inc. The amount of the funding to be

31  included in the legislative budget request shall be based on

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  1  the department's evaluation of the total funding demands of

  2  the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund and of the funding needs

  3  requested by the Southern Waste Information Exchange, Inc., to

  4  operate, maintain, and expand a waste exchange service and

  5  similar related services as requested by the private sector

  6  and local governments.

  7         Section 2.  Subsection (26) of section 403.703, Florida

  8  Statutes, is amended and subsection (45) is added to that

  9  section to read:

10         403.703  Definitions.--As used in this act, unless the

11  context clearly indicates otherwise, the term:

12         (26)  "Storage" means the containment or holding of a

13  hazardous waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period

14  of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of

15  such hazardous waste. For the purposes of this chapter,

16  references to the terms "storage" and "storage facilities"

17  include management or storage of hazardous waste at hazardous

18  waste transfer facilities.

19         (45)  "Hazardous waste transfer facility" means any

20  transportation-related storage facility including loading

21  docks, parking areas, storage areas, and other similar areas

22  where manifested shipments of hazardous waste are stored or

23  held for a period of more than 24 hours but not more than 10

24  days.

25         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                      CS for Senate Bill 714

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  4  Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill
    714 amends s. 403.703, F.S., to define the term "hazardous
  5  waste transfer facility" and to specify that the terms
    "storage" and "storage facilities" include management or
  6  storage of hazardous waste at hazardous waste transfer
    facilities. The measure thereby has the effect of requiring
  7  that hazardous waste transfer facilities are to be regulated
    like other hazardous waste facilities, including the
  8  requirement to obtain a permit.

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