Senate Bill sb3112

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SB 3112

    By Senator Bullard





    39-1548-04                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Monroe County; amending

  3         chapter 99-395, Laws of Florida, as amended;

  4         revising provisions relating to interim

  5         construction standards for new, expanded, or

  6         existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal

  7         systems scheduled to be served by a central

  8         sewage facility before July 1, 2010; 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.  Subsection (8) of section 6 of chapter

14  99-395, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 2001-337, Laws

15  of Florida, is amended to read:

16         Section 6.  Sewage requirements in Monroe County.--

17         (8)  The requirements of subsections (2)-(7) do not

18  apply to the following:

19         (a)  Class 1 injection wells as defined by Department

20  of Environmental Protection rule, including any authorized

21  mechanical integrity tests.

22         (b)  Authorized mechanical integrity tests associated

23  with Class V wells as defined by Department of Environmental

24  Protection rule.

25         (c)  The following types of reuse systems authorized by

26  Department of Environmental Protection domestic wastewater

27  rules:

28         1.  Slow-rate land application systems;

29         2.  Industrial uses of reclaimed water; and

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SB 3112
    39-1548-04                                              See HB




 1         3.  Use of reclaimed water for toilet flushing, fire

 2  protection, vehicle washing, construction dust control, and

 3  decorative water features.

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 5  However, disposal systems serving as backups to reuse systems

 6  shall comply with the other provisions of this act.

 7         (d)  In areas that are scheduled to be served by a

 8  central sewage facility before July 1, 2010, interim

 9  construction standards for new, expanded, or existing onsite

10  sewage treatment and disposal systems shall be allowed.

11         1.  Interim system requirements shall be allowed

12  through July 1, 2010 2004, for onsite sewage treatment and

13  disposal systems under the jurisdiction of the Department of

14  Health, as defined in s. 381.0065, Florida Statutes, in areas

15  that are scheduled to be served, according to an adopted local

16  comprehensive plan determined to be in compliance by the

17  Department of Community Affairs, by a central sewage facility

18  before July 1, 2010. The interim system requirements shall be

19  those interim standards for the Florida Keys contained in

20  Department of Health rules effective on March 3, 1998.

21         2.  After July 1, 2004, interim system requirements

22  shall be allowed in an area scheduled to be served by a

23  central sewage facility only when all of the following

24  conditions are met:

25         a.  An enforceable contract to provide the central

26  sewage facility and collection system has been signed;

27         b.  The contract contains a binding schedule for

28  connecting the onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems

29  under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health to the

30  central sewage facility; and

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SB 3112
    39-1548-04                                              See HB




 1         c.  There is an enforceable requirement for abandonment

 2  of the onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems under the

 3  jurisdiction of the Department of Health.

 4         2.3.  Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems

 5  under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health that are

 6  not scheduled to be served in accordance with this paragraph

 7  shall provide the level of treatment required under paragraph

 8  (c).

 9         3.4.  All onsite treatment and disposal systems under

10  the jurisdiction of the Department of Health in operation on

11  July 1, 2010, shall provide the level of treatment required

12  under paragraph (c).

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

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