| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to landfills; amending s. 403.708, F.S.; |
| 3 | authorizing the disposal of yard trash at specified Class |
| 4 | I landfills; requiring such landfills to obtain a modified |
| 5 | operating permit; requiring permittees to certify certain |
| 6 | collection and beneficial use of landfill gas; providing |
| 7 | an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (12) of section |
| 12 | 403.708, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 13 | 403.708 Prohibition; penalty.- |
| 14 | (12) A person who knows or should know of the nature of |
| 15 | the following types of solid waste may not dispose of such solid |
| 16 | waste in landfills: |
| 17 | (c) Yard trash in lined landfills classified by department |
| 18 | rule as Class I landfills, unless the Class I landfill uses an |
| 19 | active gas-collection system to collect landfill gas generated |
| 20 | at the disposal facility and provides or arranges for a |
| 21 | beneficial use of the gas. A qualifying permitted Class I |
| 22 | landfill shall obtain a minor permit modification to its |
| 23 | operating permit which describes the beneficial use being made |
| 24 | of the landfill gas and modifies the facility's operation plan |
| 25 | before receiving yard trash as authorized by this paragraph. The |
| 26 | permittee must certify that gas collection and beneficial use |
| 27 | will continue after closure of the disposal facility that is |
| 28 | accepting yard trash. Yard trash that is source separated from |
| 29 | solid waste may be accepted at a solid waste disposal area where |
| 30 | separate yard trash composting facilities are provided and |
| 31 | maintained. The department recognizes that incidental amounts of |
| 32 | yard trash may be disposed of in Class I landfills. In any |
| 33 | enforcement action taken pursuant to this paragraph, the |
| 34 | department shall consider the difficulty of removing incidental |
| 35 | amounts of yard trash from a mixed solid waste stream. |
| 36 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |