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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Dockery) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(866008):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 1573 and 1574

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insert:

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     Section 24.  Subsection (1) of section 403.506, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     403.506  Applicability, thresholds, and certification.--

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     (1)  The provisions of this act shall apply to any

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electrical power plant as defined herein, except that the

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provisions of this act shall not apply to any electrical power

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plant or steam generating plant of less than 75 megawatts in

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gross capacity including its associated facilities or to any

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substation to be constructed as part of an associated

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transmission line unless the applicant has elected to apply for

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certification of such electrical power plant or substation under

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this act. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any unit

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capacity expansions expansion of 75 35 megawatts or less, in the

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aggregate, of an existing exothermic reaction cogeneration

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electrical generating facility unit that was exempt from this

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act when it was originally built; however, this exemption shall

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not apply if the unit uses oil or natural gas for purposes other

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than unit startup. No construction of any new electrical power

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plant or expansion in steam generating capacity as measured by

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an increase in the maximum electrical generator rating of any

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existing electrical power plant may be undertaken after October

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1, 1973, without first obtaining certification in the manner as

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herein provided, except that this act shall not apply to any

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such electrical power plant which is presently operating or

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under construction or which has, upon the effective date of

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chapter 73-33, Laws of Florida, applied for a permit or

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certification under requirements in force prior to the effective

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date of such act.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 2097, after the second semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 403.506, F.S.; revising the thresholds and

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applicability standards of the Florida Electrical Power

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Plant Siting Act; deleting a provision that exempts from

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the act a steam generating plant; exempting from the act

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the associated facilities of an electrical power plant;

3/12/2008  4:25:00 PM     592-04900-08