Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2416
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Bullard moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         After line 27
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (7) of section 6 of chapter 99-395,
    6  Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
    7         Section 6. Sewage requirements in Monroe County.—
    8         (7) Class V injection wells, as defined by Department of
    9  Environmental Protection or Department of Health rule, shall
   10  meet the following requirements and shall otherwise comply with
   11  Department of Environmental Protection or Department of Health
   12  rules, as applicable:
   13         (a) If the design capacity of the facility is less than
   14  1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well shall be at least
   15  90 feet deep and cased to a minimum depth of 60 feet or to such
   16  greater cased depth and total well depth as may be required by
   17  Department of Environmental Protection rule.
   18         (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) for backup wells,
   19  if the design capacity of the facility is equal to or greater
   20  than 1,000,000 gallons per day, the injection well shall be
   21  cased to a minimum depth of 2,000 feet or to such greater depth
   22  as may be required by Department of Environmental Protection
   23  rule.
   24         (c) If the injection well is used as a backup to a primary
   25  injection well, the following conditions apply:
   26         1. The backup well may be used only when the primary
   27  injection well is out of service because of equipment failure,
   28  power failure, or the need for mechanical integrity testing or
   29  repair;
   30         2. The backup well may not be used for a total of more than
   31  500 hours during any 5-year period, unless specifically
   32  authorized in writing by the Department of Environmental
   33  Protection;
   34         3. The backup well shall be at least 90 feet deep and cased
   35  to a minimum depth of 60 feet, or to such greater cased depth
   36  and total well depth as may be required by rule of the
   37  Department of Environmental Protection; and
   38         4. Fluid injected into the backup well shall meet the
   39  requirements of subsections (5) and (6).
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   42  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   43         And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete line 6
   45  and insert:
   46         the gas; amending s. 6, ch. 99-395, Laws of Florida;
   47         providing exceptions to requirements of the Department
   48         of Environmental Protection regarding minimum casing
   49         for injection wells used by facilities that have a
   50         specified design capacity; providing requirements for
   51         an injection well used as a backup to a primary
   52         injection well; providing an effective date.
   53