Senate Bill sb1648

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1648

    By Senator Hill





    1-1007-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public access to records

  3         relating to aquifer storage and recovery wells

  4         and other underground injection control

  5         programs; creating s. 403.0879, F.S.; requiring

  6         semiannual reports by the Department of

  7         Environmental Protection regarding aquifer

  8         storage and recovery wells and other

  9         underground injection control programs;

10         providing requirements for the report;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 403.0879, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         403.0879  Reports on aquifer storage and recovery wells

18  and other underground injection control programs.--The

19  department shall publish on its public website, no later than

20  60 days following the end of the 6th and 12th month of each

21  calendar year, a report containing cumulative statistics on

22  the usage of Florida's aquifers for the state's aquifer

23  storage and recovery wells and other underground injection

24  control programs. Such report must include, at a minimum:

25         (1)  The number of wells permitted, by type.

26         (2)  The permit numbers for all permitted wells, the

27  applicant or operator, the date of application, and the date

28  of issuance for each permit.

29         (3)  The injection zone, depth, and permitted flow rate

30  for each permitted well.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1648
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 1         (4)  The location, including county, of each well and

 2  statistics attesting to the verified recovery rate in the case

 3  of aquifer storage and recovery wells.

 4         (5)  The classification of treatment such water

 5  received prior to injection, the source of such injected

 6  water, the amount of injected water, and the amount of water

 7  recovered during each operational cycle.

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 9  The report required under this section must include

10  information on all injection wells, as defined in rule

11  62-528.200(37), Florida Administrative Code, which are used to

12  inject any amount of water. Included in this definition are

13  test injection wells, as defined in rule 62-528.200(58),

14  Florida Administrative Code, which are used to inject any

15  amount of water.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Requires the Department of Environmental Protection to
      periodically publish specified information concerning the
21    state's aquifer storage and recovery wells and
      underground injection control programs.
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