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HB 1125, First Engrossed
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Monroe County; amending ch.
3 99-395, Laws of Florida; establishing effluent
4 water quality limitations for reuse systems;
5 provides interim construction standards for
6 new, expanded, or existing onsite sewage and
7 disposal systems scheduled to be served by a
8 central sewage facility before July 1, 2010;
9 providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 6 of chapter
14 99-395, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
15 Section 6. Sewage requirements in Monroe County.--
16 (8) The requirements of subsections (2)-(7) do not
17 apply to the following:
18 (a) Class 1 injection wells as defined by Department
19 of Environmental Protection rule, including any authorized
20 mechanical integrity tests.
21 (b) Authorized mechanical integrity tests associated
22 with Class V wells as defined by Department of Environmental
23 Protection rule.
24 (c) The following types of reuse systems authorized by
25 Department of Environmental Protection domestic wastewater
26 rules:
27 1. Slow-rate land application systems;
28 2. Industrial uses of reclaimed water; and
29 3. Use of reclaimed water for toilet flushing, fire
30 protection, vehicle washing, construction dust control, and
31 decorative water features.
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2 However, disposal systems serving as backups to reuse systems
3 shall comply with the other provisions of this act.
4 (d) In areas that are scheduled to be served by a
5 central sewage facility before July 1, 2010, interim
6 construction standards for new, expanded or existing onsite
7 sewage treatment and disposal systems shall be allowed.
8 1. Interim system requirements shall be allowed
9 through July 1, 2004, for onsite sewage treatment and disposal
10 systems under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, as
11 defined in 381.0065, Florida Statutes, in areas that are
12 scheduled to be served, according to an adopted local
13 comprehensive plan determined to be in compliance by the
14 Department of Community Affairs, by a central sewage facility
15 before July 1, 2010. The interim system requirements shall be
16 those interim standards for the Florida Keys contained in
17 Department of Health rules effective on March 3, 1998.
18 2. After July 1, 2004, interim system requirements
19 shall be allowed in an area scheduled to be served by a
20 central sewage facility only when all of the following
21 conditions are met:
22 a. An enforceable contract to provide the central
23 sewage facility and collection system has been signed;
24 b. The contract contains a binding schedule for
25 connecting the onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
26 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health to the
27 central sewage facility; and
28 c. There is an enforceable requirement for abandonment
29 of the onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems under the
30 jurisdiction of the Department of Health.
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1 3. Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems under
2 the jurisdiction of the Department of Health that are not
3 scheduled to be served in accordance with this paragraph shall
4 provide the level of treatment required under paragraph (c).
5 4. All onsite treatment and disposal systems under the
6 jurisdiction of the Department of Health in operation on July
7 1, 2010, shall provide the level of treatment required under
8 paragraph (c).
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