Senate Bill sb0640

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 640

    By Senator Wasserman Schultz





    32-563-01                                           See HB 125

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to solid waste management

  3         facilities; amending s. 403.707, F.S.;

  4         requiring any solid waste management facility

  5         that accepts construction and demolition debris

  6         for disposal to be constructed in compliance

  7         with certain rules of the Department of

  8         Environmental Protection, unless the facility

  9         owner or operator provides reasonable assurance

10         that disposal at the facility is not expected

11         to result in violations of groundwater

12         standards; providing an effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (12) of section

17  403.707, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

18         403.707  Permits.--

19         (12)  The department shall establish a separate

20  category for solid waste management facilities which accept

21  only construction and demolition debris for disposal or

22  recycling.  The department shall establish a reasonable

23  schedule for existing facilities to comply with this section

24  to avoid undue hardship to such facilities.  However, a

25  permitted solid waste disposal unit which receives a

26  significant amount of waste prior to the compliance deadline

27  established in this schedule shall not be required to be

28  retrofitted with liners or leachate control systems.

29  Facilities accepting materials defined in s. 403.703(17)(b)

30  must implement a groundwater monitoring system adequate to

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 640
    32-563-01                                           See HB 125




  1  detect contaminants that may reasonably be expected to result

  2  from such disposal prior to the acceptance of those materials.

  3         (b)  Any facility that accepts construction and

  4  demolition debris for disposal must be constructed with a

  5  liner and leachate control system that complies with

  6  department rules, unless the owner or operator provides

  7  reasonable assurance The department shall not require liners

  8  and leachate collection systems at individual facilities

  9  unless it demonstrates, based upon the types of waste

10  received, the methods for controlling types of waste disposed

11  of, the proximity of groundwater and surface water, and the

12  results of the hydrogeological and geotechnical

13  investigations, that the facility is not reasonably expected

14  to result in violations of groundwater standards and criteria

15  otherwise.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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20                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires any solid waste management facility that accepts
22    construction and demolition debris for disposal to be
      constructed with a liner and leachate control system that
23    complies with rules of the Department of Environmental
      Protection, unless the facility owner or operator
24    provides reasonable assurance that such disposal is not
      expected to result in groundwater contamination.
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