| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Monroe County; amending chapter 99-395, |
| 3 | Laws of Florida, as amended; revising provisions relating |
| 4 | to interim construction standards for new, expanded, or |
| 5 | existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems |
| 6 | scheduled to be served by a central sewage facility before |
| 7 | July 1, 2010; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 6 of chapter 99-395, |
| 12 | Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 2001-337, Laws of |
| 13 | Florida, is amended to read: |
| 14 | Section 6. Sewage requirements in Monroe County.-- |
| 15 | (8) The requirements of subsections (2)-(7) do not apply |
| 16 | to the following: |
| 17 | (a) Class 1 injection wells as defined by Department of |
| 18 | Environmental Protection rule, including any authorized |
| 19 | mechanical integrity tests. |
| 20 | (b) Authorized mechanical integrity tests associated with |
| 21 | Class V wells as defined by Department of Environmental |
| 22 | Protection rule. |
| 23 | (c) The following types of reuse systems authorized by |
| 24 | Department of Environmental Protection domestic wastewater |
| 25 | rules: |
| 26 | 1. Slow-rate land application systems; |
| 27 | 2. Industrial uses of reclaimed water; and |
| 28 | 3. Use of reclaimed water for toilet flushing, fire |
| 29 | protection, vehicle washing, construction dust control, and |
| 30 | decorative water features. |
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| 32 | However, disposal systems serving as backups to reuse systems |
| 33 | shall comply with the other provisions of this act. |
| 34 | (d) In areas that are scheduled to be served by a central |
| 35 | sewage facility before July 1, 2010, interim construction |
| 36 | standards for new, expanded, or existing onsite sewage treatment |
| 37 | and disposal systems shall be allowed. |
| 38 | 1. Interim system requirements shall be allowed through |
| 39 | July 1, 2010 2004, for onsite sewage treatment and disposal |
| 40 | systems under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, as |
| 41 | defined in s. 381.0065, Florida Statutes, in areas that are |
| 42 | scheduled to be served, according to an adopted local |
| 43 | comprehensive plan determined to be in compliance by the |
| 44 | Department of Community Affairs, by a central sewage facility |
| 45 | before July 1, 2010. The interim system requirements shall be |
| 46 | those interim standards for the Florida Keys contained in |
| 47 | Department of Health rules effective on March 3, 1998. |
| 48 | 2. After July 1, 2004, interim system requirements shall |
| 49 | be allowed in an area scheduled to be served by a central sewage |
| 50 | facility only when all of the following conditions are met: |
| 51 | a. An enforceable contract to provide the central sewage |
| 52 | facility and collection system has been signed; |
| 53 | b. The contract contains a binding schedule for connecting |
| 54 | the onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems under the |
| 55 | jurisdiction of the Department of Health to the central sewage |
| 56 | facility; and |
| 57 | c. There is an enforceable requirement for abandonment of |
| 58 | the onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems under the |
| 59 | jurisdiction of the Department of Health. |
| 60 | 2.3. Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems under |
| 61 | the jurisdiction of the Department of Health that are not |
| 62 | scheduled to be served in accordance with this paragraph shall |
| 63 | provide the level of treatment required under paragraph (c). |
| 64 | 3.4. All onsite treatment and disposal systems under the |
| 65 | jurisdiction of the Department of Health in operation on July 1, |
| 66 | 2010, shall provide the level of treatment required under |
| 67 | paragraph (c). |
| 68 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |