Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 908
                        Barcode 730310
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11  The Committee on Environmental Preservation (Constantine)
12  recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 1, between lines 27 and 28,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 369.318, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         369.318  Studies.--
21         (1)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall
22  study the efficacy and applicability of water quality and
23  wastewater treatment standards needed to achieve nitrogen
24  reductions protective of surface and groundwater quality
25  within the Wekiva Study Area and report to the Governor and
26  the Department of Community Affairs no later than December 1,
27  2004. Based on the December 2004 report, The Department of
28  Environmental Protection may adopt rules to implement the
29  specific recommendations set forth in sections C.2. and C.4.
30  of its report entitled "A Strategy for Water Quality
31  Protection: Wastewater Treatment in the Wekiva Study Area,"
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 908 Barcode 730310 1 dated December 2004, in order to achieve nitrogen reductions 2 protective of surface and groundwater quality in the Wekiva 3 Study Area and implement Recommendation 8 of the Wekiva River 4 Basin Coordinating Committee's final report dated March 16, 5 2004 shall, if appropriate, by March 1, 2005, initiate 6 rulemaking to achieve nitrogen reductions protective of 7 surface and groundwater quality or recommend any additional 8 statutory authority needed to implement the report 9 recommendations. 10 11 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 On page 1, line 3, after "Act;" 17 18 insert: 19 amending s. 369.318, F.S.; clarifying the 20 Department of Environmental Protection's 21 rulemaking authority to implement certain 22 recommendations; 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 9:53 AM 02/21/05 s0908.ep22.001