HB 1559

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to recycling; amending ss. 288.90151 and
3	403.7032, F.S.; directing the Department of Environmental
4	Protection and Enterprise Florida, Inc., to create the
5	Recycling Business Assistance Center by a certain date;
6	providing requirements; requiring Enterprise Florida,
7	Inc., to consult with state agency personnel; amending s.
8	403.706, F.S.; requiring counties to meet specified goals
9	in reducing the disposal of solid waste in landfills;
10	amending s. 403.707, F.S.; providing for inspections of
11	waste-to-energy facilities by the Department of
12	Environmental Protection; directing Enterprise Florida,
13	Inc., and the Department of Environmental Protection to
14	contract for a specified study and to submit the study to
15	the Governor and the Legislature; amending s. 403.703,
16	F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; repealing s. 288.1185,
17	F.S., relating to the Recycling Markets Advisory
18	Committee; providing an effective date.
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20	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22	Section 1.  Subsection (9) is added to section 288.90151,
23	Florida Statutes, to read:
24	288.90151  Return on investment from activities of
25	Enterprise Florida, Inc.-
26	(9)  Enterprise Florida, Inc., in cooperation with the
27	Department of Environmental Protection, shall create the
28	Recycling Business Assistance Center by July 1, 2011, pursuant
29	to the requirements of s. 403.7032(4). In carrying out its
30	duties under this subsection, Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall
31	consult with state agency personnel appointed to serve as
32	economic development liaisons under s. 288.021.
33	Section 2.  Subsection (4) is added to section 403.7032,
34	Florida Statutes, to read:
35	403.7032  Recycling.-
36	(4)  The Department of Environmental Protection, in
37	cooperation with Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall create the
38	Recycling Business Assistance Center by July 1, 2011. The
39	purpose of the center shall be to serve as the mechanism for
40	coordination among state agencies and the private sector to
41	coordinate policy and overall strategic planning for developing
42	new markets and expanding and enhancing existing markets for
43	recyclable materials in this state, other states, and foreign
44	countries. The duties of the center shall include, at a minimum:
45	(a)  Identifying and developing new markets and expanding
46	and enhancing existing markets for recyclable materials;
47	(b)  Pursuing expanded end uses for recycled materials;
48	(c)  Targeting materials for concentrated market-
49	development efforts;
50	(d)  Developing proposals for new incentives for market
51	development, particularly focusing on targeted materials;
52	(e)  Providing guidance on issues such as permitting,
53	finance options for recycling-market development, site location,
54	research and development, grant program criteria for recycled
55	materials markets, and recycling markets education and
56	information;
57	(f)  Coordinating the efforts of various governmental
58	entities having market-development responsibilities in order to
59	optimize supply and demand for recyclable materials;
60	(g)  Evaluating source-reduced products as they relate to
61	state procurement policy. The evaluation shall include, but is
62	not limited to, the environmental and economic impact of source-
63	reduced product purchases to the state. For the purposes of this
64	subsection, the term "source-reduced" means any method, process,
65	product, or technology that significantly or substantially
66	reduces the volume or weight of a product while providing, at a
67	minimum, equivalent or generally similar performance and service
68	to and for the users of such materials;
69	(h)  Providing innovative solid waste management grants,
70	pursuant to s. 403.7095, to reduce the flow of solid waste to
71	disposal facilities and encourage the sustainable recovery of
72	materials from Florida's waste stream;
73	(i)  Providing below-market financing for companies that
74	manufacture products from recycled materials or convert
75	recyclable materials into raw materials for use in
76	manufacturing, pursuant to the Florida Recycling Loan Program as
77	administered by the Florida First Capital Finance Corporation;
78	(j)  Maintaining a continuously updated online directory
79	listing the public and private entities that collect, transport,
80	broker, process, or remanufacture recyclable materials in the
81	state;
82	(k)  Providing information to private entities and
83	industries in the state on the availability and benefits of
84	using recycled materials;
85	(l)  Distributing any materials prepared in implementing
86	this subsection to the public, private entities, industries,
87	governmental entities, or other organizations upon request; and
88	(m)  Coordinating with the Agency for Workforce Innovation
89	and its partners to provide job placement and job training
90	services to job seekers through the state's workforce services
91	programs.
92	Section 3.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
93	403.706, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
94	403.706  Local government solid waste responsibilities.-
95	(2)(a)  Each county shall implement a recyclable materials
96	recycling program. Each county must reduce the amount of solid
97	waste disposed of in landfills by 50 percent by 2012, 55 percent
98	by 2014, 60 percent by 2016, 70 percent by 2018, and 75 percent
99	by 2020. Counties that fail to meet such reduction requirements
100	and report progress on their efforts to do so to the department
101	using the department's designated reporting format shall be
102	placed on a noncompliance list posted on the department's
103	website. Counties and municipalities are encouraged to form
104	cooperative arrangements for implementing recycling programs.
105	Section 4.  Present subsections (8) through (14) of section
106	403.707, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (9)
107	through (15), respectively, and a new subsection (8) is added to
108	that section to read:
109	403.707  Permits.-
110	(8)  The department must conduct annually at least one
111	inspection of each waste-to-energy facility for the purposes of
112	determining compliance with permit conditions. The facility
113	shall be given only 24 hours' notice of the inspection required
114	under this subsection.
115	Section 5.  Enterprise Florida, Inc., in cooperation with
116	the Department of Environmental Protection, is directed to
117	contract with a solid waste consultant to conduct a study on the
118	impact of the recycling industry on the state's economy and to
119	submit the study to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
120	and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1,
121	2011.
122	Section 6.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
123	403.703, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
124	403.703  Definitions.-As used in this part, the term:
125	(6)  "Construction and demolition debris" means discarded
126	materials generally considered to be not water-soluble and
127	nonhazardous in nature, including, but not limited to, steel,
128	glass, brick, concrete, asphalt roofing material, pipe, gypsum
129	wallboard, and lumber, from the construction or destruction of a
130	structure as part of a construction or demolition project or
131	from the renovation of a structure, and includes rocks, soils,
132	tree remains, trees, and other vegetative matter that normally
133	results from land clearing or land development operations for a
134	construction project, including such debris from construction of
135	structures at a site remote from the construction or demolition
136	project site. Mixing of construction and demolition debris with
137	other types of solid waste will cause the resulting mixture to
138	be classified as other than construction and demolition debris.
139	The term also includes:
140	(b)  Except as provided in s. 403.707(10) s. 403.707(9)(j),
141	yard trash and unpainted, nontreated wood scraps
142	pallets from sources other than construction or
143	projects;
144	Section 7.  Section 288.1185, Florida Statutes, is
145	repealed.
146	Section 8.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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