Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2104
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/06/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Altman) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 494 - 523
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) For a drinking water contamination violations, the
    6  department shall assess:
    7         1. A penalty of $2,000 for a maximum contaminant
    8  containment level (MCL) violation; plus $1,000 if the violation
    9  is for a primary inorganic, organic, or radiological maximum
   10  contaminant level or it is a fecal coliform bacteria violation;
   11  plus $1,000 if the violation occurs at a community water system;
   12  and plus $1,000 if any maximum contaminant level is exceeded by
   13  more than 100 percent.
   14         2. A penalty of $3,000 for failure to obtain a clearance
   15  letter before prior to placing a drinking water system into
   16  service if when the system would not have been eligible for
   17  clearance, the department shall assess a penalty of $3,000. All
   18  other failures to obtain a clearance letter before placing a
   19  drinking water system into service shall result in a penalty of
   20  $1,500.
   21         3. A penalty of $2,000 for failure to properly complete a
   22  required public notice of violations, exceedances, or failures
   23  that may pose an acute risk to human health, plus $2,000 if the
   24  violation occurs at a community water system. All other failures
   25  to properly complete a required public notice relating to
   26  maximum contaminant level violations shall result in a penalty
   27  of $1,000, plus $1,000 if the violation occurs at a community
   28  water system.
   29         4. A penalty of $1,000 for failure to submit a consumer
   30  confidence report.
   31         5. A penalty of $1,000 for failure to provide or meet
   32  licensed operator or staffing requirements at a drinking water
   33  facility, plus $1,000 if the violation occurs at a community
   34  water system.
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