| 1 | Representative(s) Brummer offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 86-104 and insert: |
| 5 | inputs into the river and associated springs. The Department of |
| 6 | Environmental Protection shall submit a report to the President |
| 7 | of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representative |
| 8 | before the 2007 Regular Session of the Legislature. |
| 9 | (b) The Department of Health shall contract for a study by |
| 10 | an independent entity to identify and quantify the nitrogen |
| 11 | loading from onsite wastewater treatment systems within the |
| 12 | Wekiva Study Area. The objectives of the study shall be |
| 13 | determined by the Department of Health's Technical Review and |
| 14 | Advisory Panel which shall also have oversight of the study. The |
| 15 | Department of Health shall present a report to the Governor, the |
| 16 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 17 | Representatives no later than February 1, 2007. The report shall |
| 18 | assess whether onsite wastewater treatment systems are a |
| 19 | significant source of nitrogen to the underlying groundwater |
| 20 | relative to other sources and shall recommend a range of |
| 21 | possible cost-effective onsite wastewater treatment system |
| 22 | nitrogen reduction strategies if contributions are significant. |
| 23 | Rulemaking pursuant to s. 369.318(2), Florida Statutes, shall be |
| 24 | suspended until the completion of the study. |
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| 27 | Remove lines 20-28 and insert: |
| 28 | and associated springs; requiring a report to the Legislature; |
| 29 | requiring the Department of Health to contract for independent |
| 30 | studies of sources of nitrogen input from onsite wastewater and |
| 31 | sewage treatment and disposal systems into the Wekiva Study |
| 32 | Area; requiring a report to the Legislature; providing report |
| 33 | requirements; suspending certain department rulemaking until |
| 34 | study completion; requiring the Department |