Amendment
Bill No. 1473
Amendment No. 364765
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Clarke offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 4488 and 4489, insert:
5     Section 76.  Study of exposure risks and potential adverse
6effects of hurricane wind and storm surge on field-erected
7aboveground storage tank systems at bulk product facilities.--
8     (1)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall
9contract for a study to evaluate the exposure risks and
10potential adverse effects of hurricane wind and storm surge on
11field-erected aboveground storage tank systems, including tanks,
12piping, pumps, and related components, at bulk product
13facilities as defined in s. 376.031(3), Florida Statutes. The
14study's scope shall include, but need not be limited to:
15     (a)  Evaluating the frequency, strength, and probability
16estimates for hurricane winds and storm surge on the coastal
17areas of the state where existing bulk product facilities are
18located and where new bulk product facilities are likely to be
19constructed.
20     (b)  Evaluating the need and timing for requirements for
21the establishment of minimum ballast levels for field-erected
22aboveground storage tanks at bulk product facilities based on
23the frequency, strength, and probability estimates for hurricane
24winds and storm surge, and based on levels calculated by a
25professional engineer specific to each individual field-erected
26aboveground storage tank, taking into account the type of tank,
27the type of product stored, tank diameter, tank height, and
28other relevant factors.
29     (c)  Evaluating the need and feasibility for requirements
30for:
31     1.  Professionally engineered permanent anchoring systems
32for field-erected aboveground storage tanks in high-risk surge
33zones.
34     2.  Professionally engineered temporary cable tie-down
35systems, which could be preconstructed or prefabricated and
36retained in storage until needed, that would not interfere with
37normal daily operations and that could be set up in advance of
38an approaching storm.
39     (d)  Evaluating the need for potential siting
40considerations or engineering mitigation that would prevent or
41limit the installation of new field-erected aboveground storage
42tank systems at bulk product facilities in areas that are
43potentially high-risk areas for hurricane winds and storm surge
44unless the systems are designed and engineered to withstand
45hurricane winds and storm surge.
46     (e)  Identifying all current and proposed industry
47standards for professionally engineered dike fields surrounding
48field-erected aboveground storage tanks at bulk product
49facilities, including standards for materials and designs that
50will withstand hurricane winds and storm surges yet allow access
51for emergency firefighting vehicles in accordance with industry
52reference standards contained in National Fire Protection
53Association publication NFPA No. 30.
54     (2)  The study shall include recommendations for changes,
55if needed, to aboveground storage tank system laws and agency
56rules in order to decrease damage from hurricanes and improve
57recovery of field-erected aboveground storage tank systems after
58storm damage. All recommendations shall be accompanied by a
59cost-benefit analysis, which shall include an analysis of:
60     (a)  The costs for modifying existing field-erected
61aboveground storage tank systems and dike fields, and the costs
62associated with new construction of field-erected aboveground
63storage tank systems and dike fields, to meet any proposed new
64requirements.
65     (b)  The potential adverse effect on petroleum inventory
66capacity in the state resulting from any proposed new
67requirements. All industry segments with field-erected
68aboveground storage tanks, including, but not limited to, those
69used for petroleum and electric utility, shall be included in
70the petroleum inventory capacity analysis.
71     (3)  The department shall report the findings and
72recommendations of the study to the Governor, the President of
73the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
74March 1, 2008.
75     (4)  The Department of Environmental Protection is
76authorized to use up to $250,000 from the Inland Protection
77Trust Fund for the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 fiscal years for the
78cost of the study set forth in this section.
79     Section 77.  Compilation and review of existing data and
80information relating to environmental risks associated with oil
81and natural gas exploration and production in the eastern Gulf
82of Mexico.--
83     (1)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall
84compile and review existing data and information to evaluate the
85environmental risks from all activities associated with the
86possible future exploration for and production of oil and
87natural gas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico currently subject to
88federal moratoria. The department shall immediately request from
89the appropriate state agencies and private research institutes
90all available data and information necessary to complete this
91task. The appropriate state agencies must submit the data and
92information to the department at the earliest possible date, and
93private research institutes are encouraged to submit relevant
94data and information to the maximum extent practicable. The
95department's effort shall include data and information available
96through appropriate federal executive branch agencies. To the
97maximum extent practicable, the department's efforts shall take
98into consideration current technologies for controlling
99discharges from oil and gas exploration rigs and production
100platforms and shall include, but need not be limited to:
101     (a)  Evaluating the probability of a discharge from oil and
102gas exploration rigs and production platforms.
103     (b)  Evaluating the magnitude of any probable discharge
104from oil and gas exploration rigs and production platforms.
105     (c)  Evaluating the Gulf of Mexico currents and circulation
106patterns and the likelihood of any probable discharge's reaching
107the coastal waters and shorelines of the state.
108     (d)  Evaluating the environmental impacts of any probable
109discharge on the fish and wildlife resources in the coastal
110waters of the state.
111     (2)  The department shall report the findings of the
112evaluation to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
113Speaker of the House of Representatives within 120 days after
114the effective date of this act.
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118     Remove lines 313 and insert:
119grants program; providing appropriations; directing the
120Department of Environmental Protection to contract for a
121study of exposure risks and potential adverse effects of
122hurricane wind and storm surge on field-erected
123aboveground storage tank systems at bulk product
124facilities; providing requirements for the scope of the
125study; providing an appropriation from the Inland
126Protection Trust Fund for the cost of the study; directing
127the department to compile and review existing data and
128information relating to environmental risks associated
129with oil and natural gas exploration and production in the
130eastern Gulf of Mexico; providing requirements and
131criteria for the evaluation of such risks; requiring the
132department to submit a report to the Governor and the
133Legislature; providing an


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