| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to injection wells; amending s. 6, ch. 99- |
| 3 | 395, Laws of Florida; providing exceptions to requirements |
| 4 | of the Department of Environmental Protection regarding |
| 5 | minimum casing for injection wells used by facilities that |
| 6 | have a specified design capacity; providing requirements |
| 7 | for an injection well used as a backup to a primary |
| 8 | injection well; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 6 of chapter 99-395, |
| 13 | Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 14 | Section 6. Sewage requirements in Monroe County.-- |
| 15 | (7) Class V injection wells, as defined by Department of |
| 16 | Environmental Protection or Department of Health rule, shall |
| 17 | meet the following requirements and shall otherwise comply with |
| 18 | Department of Environmental Protection or Department of Health |
| 19 | rules, as applicable: |
| 20 | (a) If the design capacity of the facility is less than |
| 21 | 1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well shall be at least |
| 22 | 90 feet deep and cased to a minimum depth of 60 feet or to such |
| 23 | greater cased depth and total well depth as may be required by |
| 24 | Department of Environmental Protection rule. |
| 25 | (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) for backup wells, |
| 26 | if the design capacity of the facility is equal to or greater |
| 27 | than 1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well shall be |
| 28 | cased to a minimum depth of 2,000 feet or to such greater depth |
| 29 | as may be required by Department of Environmental Protection |
| 30 | rule. |
| 31 | (c) If the injection well is used as a backup to a primary |
| 32 | injection well, the following conditions apply: |
| 33 | 1. The backup well may be used only when the primary |
| 34 | injection well is out of service because of equipment failure, |
| 35 | power failure, or the need for mechanical integrity testing or |
| 36 | repair; |
| 37 | 2. The backup well may not be used for a total of more |
| 38 | than 500 hours during any 5-year period, unless specifically |
| 39 | authorized in writing by the Department of Environmental |
| 40 | Protection; |
| 41 | 3. The backup well shall be at least 90 feet deep and |
| 42 | cased to a minimum depth of 60 feet, or to such greater cased |
| 43 | depth and total well depth as may be required by rule of the |
| 44 | Department of Environmental Protection; and |
| 45 | 4. Fluid injected into the backup well shall meet the |
| 46 | requirements of subsections (5) and (6). |
| 47 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |