Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (975266) for SB 1404
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1212 and 1213
    4  insert:
    5         Section 23. Section 403.70611, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         403.70611 Requirements relating to solid waste disposal
    8  facility permitting.—
    9         (1) Local government applicants for a permit to construct
   10  or expand a Class I landfill are encouraged to consider
   11  construction of a waste-to-energy facility as an alternative to
   12  additional landfill space.
   13         (2) The Department of Environmental Protection may not
   14  issue a construction permit for a new privately owned Class I
   15  landfill that will be located within 75 miles of an active Class
   16  I landfill.
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   19         And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Between lines 100 and 101
   21  insert:
   22         403.70611, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of
   23         Environmental Protection from issuing construction
   24         permit for certain Class I landfills; amending s.