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  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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