Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1404
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/11/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (464514) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 626 - 687
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 19. Paragraph (1)(f) of section 403.7045, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         403.7045 Application of act and integration with other
    9  acts. —
   10         (1) The following wastes or activities shall not be
   11  regulated pursuant to this act:
   12         (f) Industrial byproducts, if:
   13         1. A majority of the industrial byproducts are demonstrated
   14  to be sold, used, or reused within 1 year.
   15         2. The industrial byproducts are not discharged, deposited,
   16  injected, dumped, spilled, leaked, or placed upon any land or
   17  water so that such industrial byproducts, or any constituent
   18  thereof, may enter other lands or be emitted into the air or
   19  discharged into any waters, including groundwaters, or otherwise
   20  enter the environment such that a threat of contamination in
   21  excess of applicable department standards and criteria or a
   22  significant threat to public health is caused.
   23         3. The industrial byproducts are not hazardous wastes as
   24  defined under s. 403.703 and rules adopted under this section.
   25         Sludge from an industrial waste treatment works that meets
   26  the exemption requirements of this paragraph is not considered
   27  to be solid waste as defined in s. 403.703(32).
   28         Section 20. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 403.707,
   29  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   30         403.707 Permits.—
   31         (2)  Except as provided in s. 403.722(6), a permit under
   32  this section is not required for the following:, if the activity
   33  does not create a public nuisance or any condition adversely
   34  affecting the environment or public health and does not violate
   35  other state or local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, or
   36  orders:
   37         (a)  Disposal by persons of solid waste resulting from
   38  their own activities on their own property, if such waste is
   39  ordinary household waste from their residential property or is
   40  rocks, soils, trees, tree remains, and other vegetative matter
   41  that normally result from land development operations. Disposal
   42  of materials that could create a public nuisance or adversely
   43  affect the environment or public health, such as white goods;
   44  automotive materials, such as batteries and tires; petroleum
   45  products; pesticides; solvents; or hazardous substances, is not
   46  covered under this exemption.
   47         (b)  Storage in containers by persons of solid waste
   48  resulting from their own activities on their property, leased or
   49  rented property, or property subject to a homeowners or
   50  maintenance association for which the person contributes
   51  association assessments, if the solid waste in such containers
   52  is collected at least once a week.
   53         (c)  Disposal by persons of solid waste resulting from
   54  their own activities on their property, if the environmental
   55  effects of such disposal on groundwater and surface waters are:
   56         1.  Addressed or authorized by a site certification order
   57  issued under part II or a permit issued by the department under
   58  this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter; or
   59         2.  Addressed or authorized by, or exempted from the
   60  requirement to obtain, a groundwater monitoring plan approved by
   61  the department. If the facility has a permit or certification
   62  authorizing disposal activity, new areas where solid waste is
   63  disposed of that are being monitored by an existing or modified
   64  ground water monitoring plan are not required to be specifically
   65  authorized by permit or certification.
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   69         And the title is amended as follows:
   70         Delete lines 1694 - 1697
   71  and insert:
   72         disadvantaged small community”; amending s. 403.7045, F.S.;
   73  to exclude sludge from an industrial waste treatment works from
   74  the definition of “solid waste”; amending s. 403.707,
   75  F.S.;revising