HB 1503 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to public access to records relating to
3	aquifer storage and recovery wells and other underground
4	injection control programs; creating s. 403.0879, F.S.;
5	requiring semiannual reports by the Department of
6	Environmental Protection regarding aquifer storage and
7	recovery wells and other underground injection control
8	programs; providing requirements for the report; providing
9	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. Section 403.0879, Florida Statutes, is created
14	to read:
15	403.0879 Reports on aquifer storage and recovery wells and
16	other underground injection control programs.--The department
17	shall publish on its public website, no later than 60 days
18	following the end of the 6th and 12th month of each calendar
19	year, a report containing cumulative statistics on the usage of
20	Florida’s aquifers for the state’s aquifer storage and recovery
21	wells and other underground injection control programs. Such
22	report shall include, at a minimum:
23	(1) The number of wells permitted, by type.
24	(2) The permit numbers for all permitted wells, the
25	applicant or operator, the date of application, and the date of
26	issuance for each permit.
27	(3) The injection zone, depth, and permitted flow rate for
28	each permitted well.
29	(4) The location, including county, of every such well,
30	and statistics attesting to the verified recovery rate in the
31	case of aquifer storage and recovery wells.
32	(5) The classification of treatment such water received
33	prior to injection, the source of such injected water, the
34	amount of injected water, and the amount of water recovered
35	during each operational cycle.
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37	The requirements of this section shall include information on
38	all injection wells as defined in subsection 62-528.200(37),
39	F.A.C., that are used to inject any amount of water. Included in
40	this definition are test injection wells as defined in
41	subsection 62-528.200(58), F.A.C., that are used to inject any
42	amount of water.
43	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.