Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1684
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (Simpson)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 20.255,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         20.255 Department of Environmental Protection.—There is
    8  created a Department of Environmental Protection.
    9         (8) The department may adopt rules requiring or
   10  incentivizing electronic submission of forms, documents, fees,
   11  or reports required under chapter 161, chapter 253, chapter 373,
   12  chapter 376, chapter 377, or chapter 403. The rules must
   13  reasonably accommodate technological or financial hardship and
   14  must provide procedures for obtaining an exemption due to such
   15  hardship.
   16         Section 2. Section 125.022, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   17  read:
   18         125.022 Development permits.—
   19         (1) When reviewing an application for a development permit
   20  that is certified by a professional listed in s. 403.0877, a
   21  county may not request additional information from the applicant
   22  more than three times, unless the applicant waives the
   23  limitation in writing. Before a third request for additional
   24  information, the applicant must be offered a meeting to attempt
   25  to resolve outstanding issues. Except as provided in subsection
   26  (4), if the applicant believes the request for additional
   27  information is not authorized by ordinance, rule, statute, or
   28  other legal authority, the county, at the applicant’s request,
   29  shall proceed to process the application for approval or denial.
   30         (2) When a county denies an application for a development
   31  permit, the county shall give written notice to the applicant.
   32  The notice must include a citation to the applicable portions of
   33  an ordinance, rule, statute, or other legal authority for the
   34  denial of the permit.
   35         (3) As used in this section, the term “development permit”
   36  has the same meaning as in s. 163.3164 but does not include
   37  building permits.
   38         (4) For any development permit application filed with the
   39  county after July 1, 2012, a county may not require as a
   40  condition of processing or issuing a development permit that an
   41  applicant obtain a permit or approval from any state or federal
   42  agency unless the agency has issued a final agency action that
   43  denies the federal or state permit before the county action on
   44  the local development permit.
   45         (5) Issuance of a development permit by a county does not
   46  in any way create any rights on the part of the applicant to
   47  obtain a permit from a state or federal agency and does not
   48  create any liability on the part of the county for issuance of
   49  the permit if the applicant fails to obtain requisite approvals
   50  or fulfill the obligations imposed by a state or federal agency
   51  or undertakes actions that result in a violation of state or
   52  federal law. A county may attach such a disclaimer to the
   53  issuance of a development permit and may include a permit
   54  condition that all other applicable state or federal permits be
   55  obtained before commencement of the development.
   56         (6) This section does not prohibit a county from providing
   57  information to an applicant regarding what other state or
   58  federal permits may apply.
   59         Section 3. Section 166.033, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   60  read:
   61         166.033 Development permits.—
   62         (1) When reviewing an application for a development permit
   63  that is certified by a professional listed in s. 403.0877, a
   64  municipality may not request additional information from the
   65  applicant more than three times, unless the applicant waives the
   66  limitation in writing. Before a third request for additional
   67  information, the applicant must be offered a meeting to attempt
   68  to resolve outstanding issues. Except as provided in subsection
   69  (4), if the applicant believes the request for additional
   70  information is not authorized by ordinance, rule, statute, or
   71  other legal authority, the municipality, at the applicant’s
   72  request, shall proceed to process the application for approval
   73  or denial.
   74         (2) When a municipality denies an application for a
   75  development permit, the municipality shall give written notice
   76  to the applicant. The notice must include a citation to the
   77  applicable portions of an ordinance, rule, statute, or other
   78  legal authority for the denial of the permit.
   79         (3) As used in this section, the term “development permit”
   80  has the same meaning as in s. 163.3164 but does not include
   81  building permits.
   82         (4) For any development permit application filed with the
   83  municipality after July 1, 2012, a municipality may not require
   84  as a condition of processing or issuing a development permit
   85  that an applicant obtain a permit or approval from any state or
   86  federal agency unless the agency has issued a final agency
   87  action that denies the federal or state permit before the
   88  municipal action on the local development permit.
   89         (5) Issuance of a development permit by a municipality does
   90  not in any way create any right on the part of an applicant to
   91  obtain a permit from a state or federal agency and does not
   92  create any liability on the part of the municipality for
   93  issuance of the permit if the applicant fails to obtain
   94  requisite approvals or fulfill the obligations imposed by a
   95  state or federal agency or undertakes actions that result in a
   96  violation of state or federal law. A municipality may attach
   97  such a disclaimer to the issuance of development permits and may
   98  include a permit condition that all other applicable state or
   99  federal permits be obtained before commencement of the
  100  development.
  101         (6) This section does not prohibit a municipality from
  102  providing information to an applicant regarding what other state
  103  or federal permits may apply.
  104         Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (6) of section
  105  211.3103, Florida Statutes is amended to read:
  106         211.3103 Levy of tax on severance of phosphate rock; rate,
  107  basis, and distribution of tax.—
  108         (6)
  109         (c) For purposes of this section, “phosphate-related
  110  expenses” means those expenses that provide for infrastructure
  111  or services in support of the phosphate industry, including
  112  environmental education, reclamation or restoration of phosphate
  113  lands, maintenance and restoration of reclaimed lands and county
  114  owned environmental lands which were formerly phosphate lands,
  115  community infrastructure on such reclaimed lands and county
  116  owned environmental lands which were formerly phosphate lands,
  117  and similar expenses directly related to support of the
  118  industry.
  119         Section 5. Section 253.0345, Florida Statutes, is amended
  120  to read:
  121         253.0345 Special events; submerged land leases.—
  122         (1) The trustees may are authorized to issue leases or
  123  letters of consent consents of use or leases to riparian
  124  landowners, special and event promoters, and boat show owners to
  125  allow the installation of temporary structures, including docks,
  126  moorings, pilings, and access walkways, on sovereign submerged
  127  lands solely for the purpose of facilitating boat shows and
  128  displays in, or adjacent to, established marinas or government
  129  owned government owned upland property. Riparian owners of
  130  adjacent uplands who are not seeking a lease or letter of
  131  consent of use shall be notified by certified mail of any
  132  request for such a lease or letter of consent before of use
  133  prior to approval by the trustees. The trustees shall balance
  134  the interests of any objecting riparian owners with the economic
  135  interests of the public and the state as a factor in determining
  136  whether if a lease or letter of consent of use should be
  137  executed over the objection of adjacent riparian owners. This
  138  section does shall not apply to structures for viewing motorboat
  139  racing, high-speed motorboat contests, or high-speed displays in
  140  waters where manatees are known to frequent.
  141         (2) A lease or letter of consent for a Any special event
  142  under provided for in subsection (1):
  143         (a) Shall be for a period not to exceed 45 30 days and a
  144  duration not to exceed 10 consecutive years.
  145         (b) Shall include a lease fee, if applicable, based solely
  146  on the period and actual size of the preemption and conditions
  147  to allow reconfiguration of temporary structures within the
  148  lease area with notice to the department of the configuration
  149  and size of preemption within the lease area.
  150         (c) The lease or letter of consent of use may also contain
  151  appropriate requirements for removal of the temporary
  152  structures, including the posting of sufficient surety to
  153  guarantee appropriate funds for removal of the structures should
  154  the promoter or riparian owner fail to do so within the time
  155  specified in the agreement.
  156         (3) Nothing in This section does not shall be construed to
  157  allow any lease or letter of consent of use that would result in
  158  harm to the natural resources of the area as a result of the
  159  structures or the activities of the special events agreed to.
  160         Section 6. Section 253.0346, Florida Statutes, is created
  161  to read:
  162         253.0346 Lease of sovereignty submerged lands for marinas,
  163  boatyards, and marine retailers.—
  164         (1) For purposes of this section, the term “first-come,
  165  first-served basis” means the facility operates on state-owned
  166  submerged land for which:
  167         (a) There is not a club membership, stock ownership, equity
  168  interest, or other qualifying requirement.
  169         (b) Rental terms do not exceed 12 months and do not include
  170  automatic renewal rights or conditions.
  171         (2) For marinas that are open to the public on a first
  172  come, first-served basis and for which at least 90 percent of
  173  the slips are open for rent to the public, a discount of 30
  174  percent on the annual lease fee shall apply if dockage rate
  175  sheet publications and dockage advertising clearly state that
  176  slips are open for rent to the public on a first-come, first
  177  served basis.
  178         (3) For a facility designated by the department as a Clean
  179  Marina, Clean Boatyard, or Clean Marine Retailer under the Clean
  180  Marina Program:
  181         (a) A discount of 10 percent on the annual lease fee shall
  182  apply if the facility:
  183         1. Actively maintains designation under the program.
  184         2. Complies with the terms of the lease.
  185         3. Does not change use during the term of the lease.
  186         (b) Extended-term lease surcharges shall be waived if the
  187  facility:
  188         1. Actively maintains designation under the program.
  189         2. Complies with the terms of the lease.
  190         3. Does not change use during the term of the lease.
  191         4. Is available to the public on a first-come, first-served
  192  basis.
  193         (c) If the facility is in arrears on lease fees or fails to
  194  comply with paragraph (b), the facility is not eligible for the
  195  discount or waiver under this subsection until arrears have been
  196  paid and compliance with the program has been met.
  197         (4) This section applies to new leases or amendments to
  198  leases effective after July 1, 2013.
  199         Section 7. Paragraphs (e) and (f) are added to subsection
  200  (2) of section 253.0347, Florida Statutes, to read:
  201         253.0347 Lease of sovereignty submerged lands for private
  202  residential docks and piers.—
  203         (2)
  204         (e) A lessee of sovereignty submerged land for a private
  205  residential single-family dock designed to moor up to four boats
  206  is not required to pay lease fees for a preempted area equal to
  207  or less than 10 times the riparian shoreline along sovereignty
  208  submerged land on the affected waterbody or the square footage
  209  authorized for a private residential single-family dock under
  210  rules adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  211  Improvement Trust Fund for the management of sovereignty
  212  submerged lands, whichever is greater.
  213         (f) A lessee of sovereignty submerged land for a private
  214  residential multifamily dock designed to moor boats up to the
  215  number of units within the multifamily development is not
  216  required to pay lease fees for a preempted area equal to or less
  217  than 10 times the riparian shoreline along sovereignty submerged
  218  land on the affected waterbody times the number of units with
  219  docks in the private multifamily development.
  220         Section 8. Subsection (4) of section 373.118, Florida
  221  Statutes, is amended to read:
  222         373.118 General permits; delegation.—
  223         (4) The department shall adopt by rule one or more general
  224  permits for local governments to construct, operate, and
  225  maintain public marina facilities, public mooring fields, public
  226  boat ramps, including associated courtesy docks, and associated
  227  parking facilities located in uplands. Such general permits
  228  adopted by rule shall include provisions to ensure compliance
  229  with part IV of this chapter, subsection (1), and the criteria
  230  necessary to include the general permits in a state programmatic
  231  general permit issued by the United States Army Corps of
  232  Engineers under s. 404 of the Clean Water Act, Pub. L. No. 92
  233  500, as amended, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq. A facility
  234  authorized under such general permits is exempt from review as a
  235  development of regional impact if the facility complies with the
  236  comprehensive plan of the applicable local government. Such
  237  facilities shall be consistent with the local government manatee
  238  protection plan required pursuant to chapter 379 and shall
  239  obtain Clean Marina Program status prior to opening for
  240  operation and maintain that status for the life of the facility.
  241  Marinas and mooring fields authorized under any such general
  242  permit shall not exceed an area of 50,000 square feet over
  243  wetlands and other surface waters. Mooring fields authorized
  244  under such general permits may not exceed 100 vessels. All
  245  facilities permitted under this section shall be constructed,
  246  maintained, and operated in perpetuity for the exclusive use of
  247  the general public. The Board of Trustees of the Internal
  248  Improvement Trust Fund may delegate to the department authority
  249  to issue leases for mooring fields that meet the requirements of
  250  permits issued under this subsection. The department shall
  251  initiate the rulemaking process within 60 days after the
  252  effective date of this act.
  253         Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 373.233, Florida
  254  Statutes, is amended to read:
  255         373.233 Competing applications.—
  256         (1) If two or more applications that which otherwise comply
  257  with the provisions of this part are pending for a quantity of
  258  water that is inadequate for both or all, or that which for any
  259  other reason are in conflict, the governing board or the
  260  department has shall have the right to approve or modify the
  261  application that which best serves the public interest if it
  262  deems the application complete.
  263         Section 10. Subsection (4) of section 373.236, Florida
  264  Statutes, is amended to read:
  265         373.236 Duration of permits; compliance reports.—
  266         (4) Where necessary to maintain reasonable assurance that
  267  the conditions for issuance of a 20-year permit can continue to
  268  be met, the governing board or department, in addition to any
  269  conditions required pursuant to s. 373.219, may require a
  270  compliance report by the permittee every 10 years during the
  271  term of a permit. The Suwannee River Water Management District
  272  may require a compliance report by the permittee every 5 years
  273  through July 1, 2015, and thereafter every 10 years during the
  274  term of the permit. This report shall contain sufficient data to
  275  maintain reasonable assurance that the initial conditions for
  276  permit issuance are met. Following review of this report, the
  277  governing board or the department may modify the permit to
  278  ensure that the use meets the conditions for issuance. Permit
  279  modifications pursuant to this subsection are shall not be
  280  subject to competing applications, provided there is no increase
  281  in the permitted allocation or permit duration, and no change in
  282  source, except for changes in source requested by the district.
  283  In order to promote the sustainability of natural systems
  284  through the diversification of water supplies through the
  285  development of seawater desalination plants, a water management
  286  district shall not reduce an existing permitted allocation of
  287  water during the permit term as a result of planned future
  288  construction of, or additional water becoming available from, a
  289  new seawater desalination plant that does not receive funding
  290  from a water management district. Except as expressly provided
  291  herein, nothing in this subsection may shall not be construed to
  292  alter a district’s limit the existing authority of the
  293  department or the governing board to modify or revoke a
  294  consumptive use permit pursuant to chapter 373.
  295         Section 11. Subsection (6) of section 373.246, Florida
  296  Statutes, is amended to read:
  297         373.246 Declaration of water shortage or emergency.—
  298         (6) The governing board or the department shall notify each
  299  permittee in the district by electronic mail or regular mail of
  300  any change in the condition of his or her permit or any
  301  suspension of his or her permit or of any other restriction on
  302  the permittee’s use of water for the duration of the water
  303  shortage.
  304         Section 12. Subsection (1) of section 373.308, Florida
  305  Statutes, is amended to read:
  306         373.308 Implementation of programs for regulating water
  307  wells.—
  308         (1) The department shall authorize the governing board of a
  309  water management district to implement a program for the
  310  issuance of permits for the location, construction, repair, and
  311  abandonment of water wells. Upon authorization from the
  312  department, issuance of well permits will be the sole
  313  responsibility of the water management district, delegated local
  314  government, or local county health department. Other local
  315  governmental entities may not impose additional or duplicate
  316  requirements or fees or establish a separate program for the
  317  permitting of the location, abandonment, boring, or other
  318  activities reasonably associated with the installation and
  319  abandonment of a groundwater well.
  320         Section 13. Subsections (1) and (10) of section 373.323,
  321  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  322         373.323 Licensure of water well contractors; application,
  323  qualifications, and examinations; equipment identification.—
  324         (1) Every person who wishes to engage in business as a
  325  water well contractor shall obtain from the water management
  326  district a license to conduct such business. Licensure under
  327  this part by a water management district shall be the only water
  328  well construction license required for the construction, repair,
  329  or abandonment of water wells in the state or any political
  330  subdivision thereof.
  331         (10) Water well contractors licensed under this section may
  332  install, repair, and modify pumps and tanks in accordance with
  333  the Florida Building Code, Plumbing; Section 612—Wells pumps and
  334  tanks used for private potable water systems. In addition,
  335  licensed water well contractors may install pumps, tanks, and
  336  water conditioning equipment for all water well systems.
  337         Section 14. Subsections (13) through (15) are added to
  338  section 373.406, Florida Statutes, to read:
  339         373.406 Exemptions.—The following exemptions shall apply:
  340         (13) Nothing in this part, or in any rule, regulation, or
  341  order adopted pursuant to this part, applies to the
  342  construction, alteration, operation, or maintenance of any
  343  wholly owned, manmade, excavated farm ponds, as defined in s.
  344  403.927, constructed entirely in uplands.
  345         (14) Nothing in this part, or in any rule, regulation, or
  346  order adopted pursuant to this part, may require a permit for
  347  activities affecting wetlands created solely by the unauthorized
  348  flooding or interference with the natural flow of surface water
  349  caused by an unaffiliated adjoining landowner. Requests to
  350  qualify for this exemption must be made within 7 years after the
  351  cause of such unauthorized flooding or unauthorized interference
  352  with the natural flow of surface water and must be submitted in
  353  writing to the district or department. Such activities may not
  354  begin before the district or department confirms in writing that
  355  the activity qualifies for the exemption. This exemption does
  356  not expand the jurisdiction of the department or water
  357  management districts and does not apply to activities that
  358  discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the United
  359  States, including wetlands, subject to federal jurisdiction
  360  under section 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. s. 1344.
  361         (15) Any independent water control district created and
  362  operating pursuant to chapter 298 for which a valid
  363  environmental resource permit or management and storage of
  364  surface waters permit has been issued pursuant to this part is
  365  exempt from further wetlands regulations imposed pursuant to
  366  chapters 125, 163, and 166.
  367         Section 15. Subsection (4) of section 376.30713, Florida
  368  Statutes, is amended to read:
  369         376.30713 Preapproved advanced cleanup.—
  370         (4) The department is authorized to enter into contracts
  371  contract for a total of up to $15 $10 million of preapproved
  372  advanced cleanup work in each fiscal year. However, no facility
  373  shall be preapproved for more than $5 million $500,000 of
  374  cleanup activity in each fiscal year. For the purposes of this
  375  section the term “facility” shall include, but not be limited
  376  to, multiple site facilities such as airports, port facilities,
  377  and terminal facilities even though such enterprises may be
  378  treated as separate facilities for other purposes under this
  379  chapter.
  380         Section 16. Subsection (3) of section 376.313, Florida
  381  Statutes, is amended to read:
  382         376.313 Nonexclusiveness of remedies and individual cause
  383  of action for damages under ss. 376.30-376.317.—
  384         (3) Except as provided in s. 376.3078(3) and (11), nothing
  385  contained in ss. 376.30-376.317 prohibits any person from
  386  bringing a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction
  387  for all damages resulting from a discharge or other condition of
  388  pollution covered by ss. 376.30-376.317 which was not authorized
  389  pursuant to chapter 403. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit
  390  or diminish a party’s right to contribution from other parties
  391  jointly or severally liable for a prohibited discharge of
  392  pollutants or hazardous substances or other pollution
  393  conditions. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) or
  394  subsection (5), in any such suit, it is not necessary for such
  395  person to plead or prove negligence in any form or manner. Such
  396  person need only plead and prove the fact of the prohibited
  397  discharge or other pollutive condition and that it has occurred.
  398  The only defenses to such cause of action shall be those
  399  specified in s. 376.308.
  400         Section 17. Subsection (22) is added to section 403.031,
  401  Florida Statutes, to read:
  402         403.031 Definitions.—In construing this chapter, or rules
  403  and regulations adopted pursuant hereto, the following words,
  404  phrases, or terms, unless the context otherwise indicates, have
  405  the following meanings:
  406         (22) “Beneficiary” means any person, partnership,
  407  corporation, business entity, charitable organization, not-for
  408  profit corporation, state, county, district, authority, or
  409  municipal unit of government or any other separate unit of
  410  government created or established by law.
  411         Section 18. Subsection (43) is added to section 403.061,
  412  Florida Statutes, to read:
  413         403.061 Department; powers and duties.—The department shall
  414  have the power and the duty to control and prohibit pollution of
  415  air and water in accordance with the law and rules adopted and
  416  promulgated by it and, for this purpose, to:
  417         (43) Adopt rules requiring or incentivizing the electronic
  418  submission of forms, documents, fees, or reports required under
  419  chapter 161, chapter 253, chapter 373, chapter 376, chapter 377,
  420  or this chapter. The rules must reasonably accommodate
  421  technological or financial hardship and provide procedures for
  422  obtaining an exemption due to such hardship.
  423  
  424  The department shall implement such programs in conjunction with
  425  its other powers and duties and shall place special emphasis on
  426  reducing and eliminating contamination that presents a threat to
  427  humans, animals or plants, or to the environment.
  428         Section 19. Paragraph (a) of subsection (11) of section
  429  403.0872, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  430         403.0872 Operation permits for major sources of air
  431  pollution; annual operation license fee.—Provided that program
  432  approval pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s. 7661a has been received from
  433  the United States Environmental Protection Agency, beginning
  434  January 2, 1995, each major source of air pollution, including
  435  electrical power plants certified under s. 403.511, must obtain
  436  from the department an operation permit for a major source of
  437  air pollution under this section. This operation permit is the
  438  only department operation permit for a major source of air
  439  pollution required for such source; provided, at the applicant’s
  440  request, the department shall issue a separate acid rain permit
  441  for a major source of air pollution that is an affected source
  442  within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. s. 7651a(1). Operation permits
  443  for major sources of air pollution, except general permits
  444  issued pursuant to s. 403.814, must be issued in accordance with
  445  the procedures contained in this section and in accordance with
  446  chapter 120; however, to the extent that chapter 120 is
  447  inconsistent with the provisions of this section, the procedures
  448  contained in this section prevail.
  449         (11) Each major source of air pollution permitted to
  450  operate in this state must pay between January 15 and April
  451  March 1 of each year, upon written notice from the department,
  452  an annual operation license fee in an amount determined by
  453  department rule. The annual operation license fee shall be
  454  terminated immediately in the event the United States
  455  Environmental Protection Agency imposes annual fees solely to
  456  implement and administer the major source air-operation permit
  457  program in Florida under 40 C.F.R. s. 70.10(d).
  458         (a) The annual fee must be assessed based upon the source’s
  459  previous year’s emissions and must be calculated by multiplying
  460  the applicable annual operation license fee factor times the
  461  tons of each regulated air pollutant actually emitted, as
  462  calculated in accordance with the department’s emissions
  463  computation and reporting rules. The annual fee shall apply only
  464  to those regulated pollutants, except carbon monoxide and
  465  greenhouse gases, for which an allowable numeric emission
  466  limiting standard is specified in (except carbon monoxide)
  467  allowed to be emitted per hour by specific condition of the
  468  source’s most recent construction or operation permit, times the
  469  annual hours of operation allowed by permit condition; provided,
  470  however, that:
  471         1. The license fee factor is $25 or another amount
  472  determined by department rule which ensures that the revenue
  473  provided by each year’s operation license fees is sufficient to
  474  cover all reasonable direct and indirect costs of the major
  475  stationary source air-operation permit program established by
  476  this section. The license fee factor may be increased beyond $25
  477  only if the secretary of the department affirmatively finds that
  478  a shortage of revenue for support of the major stationary source
  479  air-operation permit program will occur in the absence of a fee
  480  factor adjustment. The annual license fee factor may never
  481  exceed $35.
  482         2. For any source that operates for fewer hours during the
  483  calendar year than allowed under its permit, the annual fee
  484  calculation must be based upon actual hours of operation rather
  485  than allowable hours if the owner or operator of the source
  486  documents the source’s actual hours of operation for the
  487  calendar year. For any source that has an emissions limit that
  488  is dependent upon the type of fuel burned, the annual fee
  489  calculation must be based on the emissions limit applicable
  490  during actual hours of operation.
  491         3. For any source whose allowable emission limitation is
  492  specified by permit per units of material input or heat input or
  493  product output, the applicable input or production amount may be
  494  used to calculate the allowable emissions if the owner or
  495  operator of the source documents the actual input or production
  496  amount. If the input or production amount is not documented, the
  497  maximum allowable input or production amount specified in the
  498  permit must be used to calculate the allowable emissions.
  499         4. For any new source that does not receive its first
  500  operation permit until after the beginning of a calendar year,
  501  the annual fee for the year must be reduced pro rata to reflect
  502  the period during which the source was not allowed to operate.
  503         5. For any source that emits less of any regulated air
  504  pollutant than allowed by permit condition, the annual fee
  505  calculation for such pollutant must be based upon actual
  506  emissions rather than allowable emissions if the owner or
  507  operator documents the source’s actual emissions by means of
  508  data from a department-approved certified continuous emissions
  509  monitor or from an emissions monitoring method which has been
  510  approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  511  under the regulations implementing 42 U.S.C. ss. 7651 et seq.,
  512  or from a method approved by the department for purposes of this
  513  section.
  514         2.6. The amount of each regulated air pollutant in excess
  515  of 4,000 tons per year allowed to be emitted by any source, or
  516  group of sources belonging to the same Major Group as described
  517  in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, may not
  518  be included in the calculation of the fee. Any source, or group
  519  of sources, which does not emit any regulated air pollutant in
  520  excess of 4,000 tons per year, is allowed a one-time credit not
  521  to exceed 25 percent of the first annual licensing fee for the
  522  prorated portion of existing air-operation permit application
  523  fees remaining upon commencement of the annual licensing fees.
  524         3.7. If the department has not received the fee by March 1
  525  February 15 of the calendar year, the permittee must be sent a
  526  written warning of the consequences for failing to pay the fee
  527  by April March 1. If the fee is not postmarked by April March 1
  528  of the calendar year, the department shall impose, in addition
  529  to the fee, a penalty of 50 percent of the amount of the fee,
  530  plus interest on such amount computed in accordance with s.
  531  220.807. The department may not impose such penalty or interest
  532  on any amount underpaid, provided that the permittee has timely
  533  remitted payment of at least 90 percent of the amount determined
  534  to be due and remits full payment within 60 days after receipt
  535  of notice of the amount underpaid. The department may waive the
  536  collection of underpayment and shall not be required to refund
  537  overpayment of the fee, if the amount due is less than 1 percent
  538  of the fee, up to $50. The department may revoke any major air
  539  pollution source operation permit if it finds that the
  540  permitholder has failed to timely pay any required annual
  541  operation license fee, penalty, or interest.
  542         4.8. Notwithstanding the computational provisions of this
  543  subsection, the annual operation license fee for any source
  544  subject to this section shall not be less than $250, except that
  545  the annual operation license fee for sources permitted solely
  546  through general permits issued under s. 403.814 shall not exceed
  547  $50 per year.
  548         5.9. Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
  549  403.087(6)(a)5.a., authorizing air pollution construction permit
  550  fees, the department may not require such fees for changes or
  551  additions to a major source of air pollution permitted pursuant
  552  to this section, unless the activity triggers permitting
  553  requirements under Title I, Part C or Part D, of the federal
  554  Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 7470-7514a. Costs to issue and
  555  administer such permits shall be considered direct and indirect
  556  costs of the major stationary source air-operation permit
  557  program under s. 403.0873. The department shall, however,
  558  require fees pursuant to the provisions of s. 403.087(6)(a)5.a.
  559  for the construction of a new major source of air pollution that
  560  will be subject to the permitting requirements of this section
  561  once constructed and for activities triggering permitting
  562  requirements under Title I, Part C or Part D, of the federal
  563  Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 7470-7514a.
  564         Section 20. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
  565  403.088, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  566         403.088 Water pollution operation permits; conditions.—
  567         (2)
  568         (b)1. If the department finds that the proposed discharge
  569  will reduce the quality of the receiving waters below the
  570  classification established for them, it shall deny the
  571  application and refuse to issue a permit. The department may not
  572  use the results from a field procedure or laboratory method to
  573  make such a finding or to determine facility compliance unless
  574  the field procedure or laboratory method has been adopted by
  575  rule or noticed and approved by department order pursuant to
  576  department rule. Field procedures and laboratory methods must
  577  satisfy the quality assurance requirements of department rule
  578  and must produce data of known and verifiable quality. The
  579  results of field procedures and laboratory methods shall be
  580  evaluated for sources of uncertainty to assure suitability for
  581  the intended purposes as properly documented with each procedure
  582  or method.
  583         2. If the department finds that the proposed discharge will
  584  not reduce the quality of the receiving waters below the
  585  classification established for them, it may issue an operation
  586  permit if it finds that such degradation is necessary or
  587  desirable under federal standards and under circumstances which
  588  are clearly in the public interest.
  589         Section 21. Section 403.0893, Florida Statutes, is amended
  590  to read:
  591         403.0893 Stormwater funding; dedicated funds for stormwater
  592  management.—In addition to any other funding mechanism legally
  593  available to local government to construct, operate, or maintain
  594  stormwater systems, a county or municipality may:
  595         (1) Create one or more stormwater utilities and adopt
  596  stormwater utility fees sufficient to plan, construct, operate,
  597  and maintain stormwater management systems set out in the local
  598  program required pursuant to s. 403.0891(3). Stormwater utility
  599  fees adopted pursuant to this subsection may be charged to the
  600  beneficiaries of a stormwater utility. If stormwater utility
  601  fees charged to a beneficiary of a stormwater utility are not
  602  paid when due, the county or municipality may file suit in a
  603  court of competent jurisdiction or utilize any lawful method to
  604  collect delinquent fees;
  605         (2) Establish and set aside, as a continuing source of
  606  revenue, other funds sufficient to plan, construct, operate, and
  607  maintain stormwater management systems set out in the local
  608  program required pursuant to s. 403.0891(3); or
  609         (3) Create, alone or in cooperation with counties,
  610  municipalities, and special districts pursuant to the Interlocal
  611  Cooperation Act, s. 163.01, one or more stormwater management
  612  system benefit areas. All property owners within said area may
  613  be assessed a per acreage fee to fund the planning,
  614  construction, operation, maintenance, and administration of a
  615  public stormwater management system for the benefited area. Any
  616  benefit area containing different land uses which receive
  617  substantially different levels of stormwater benefits shall
  618  include stormwater management system benefit subareas which
  619  shall be assessed different per acreage fees from subarea to
  620  subarea based upon a reasonable relationship to benefits
  621  received. The fees shall be calculated to generate sufficient
  622  funds to plan, construct, operate, and maintain stormwater
  623  management systems called for in the local program required
  624  pursuant to s. 403.0891(3). For fees assessed pursuant to this
  625  section, counties or municipalities may use the non-ad valorem
  626  levy, collection, and enforcement method as provided for in
  627  chapter 197.
  628         Section 22. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
  629  403.7046, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is
  630  added to that section, to read:
  631         403.7046 Regulation of recovered materials.—
  632         (3) Except as otherwise provided in this section or
  633  pursuant to a special act in effect on or before January 1,
  634  1993, a local government may not require a commercial
  635  establishment that generates source-separated recovered
  636  materials to sell or otherwise convey its recovered materials to
  637  the local government or to a facility designated by the local
  638  government, nor may the local government restrict such a
  639  generator’s right to sell or otherwise convey such recovered
  640  materials to any properly certified recovered materials dealer
  641  who has satisfied the requirements of this section. A local
  642  government may not enact any ordinance that prevents such a
  643  dealer from entering into a contract with a commercial
  644  establishment to purchase, collect, transport, process, or
  645  receive source-separated recovered materials.
  646         (b) Before Prior to engaging in business within the
  647  jurisdiction of the local government, a recovered materials
  648  dealer must provide the local government with a copy of the
  649  certification provided for in this section. In addition, the
  650  local government may establish a registration process whereby a
  651  recovered materials dealer must register with the local
  652  government before prior to engaging in business within the
  653  jurisdiction of the local government. Such registration process
  654  is limited to requiring the dealer to register its name,
  655  including the owner or operator of the dealer, and, if the
  656  dealer is a business entity, its general or limited partners,
  657  its corporate officers and directors, its permanent place of
  658  business, evidence of its certification under this section, and
  659  a certification that the recovered materials will be processed
  660  at a recovered materials processing facility satisfying the
  661  requirements of this section. A local government may not use the
  662  registration information to compete with the recovered materials
  663  dealer until 90 days after the registration information is
  664  submitted. All counties, and municipalities whose population
  665  exceeds 35,000 according to the population estimates determined
  666  pursuant to s. 186.901, may establish a reporting process which
  667  shall be limited to the regulations, reporting format, and
  668  reporting frequency established by the department pursuant to
  669  this section, which shall, at a minimum, include requiring the
  670  dealer to identify the types and approximate amount of recovered
  671  materials collected, recycled, or reused during the reporting
  672  period; the approximate percentage of recovered materials
  673  reused, stored, or delivered to a recovered materials processing
  674  facility or disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility; and
  675  the locations where any recovered materials were disposed of as
  676  solid waste. Information reported under this subsection which,
  677  if disclosed, would reveal a trade secret, as defined in s.
  678  812.081(1)(c), is confidential and exempt from the provisions of
  679  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and s. 119.07(1). The
  680  local government may charge the dealer a registration fee
  681  commensurate with and no greater than the cost incurred by the
  682  local government in operating its registration program.
  683  Registration program costs are limited to those costs associated
  684  with the activities described in this paragraph. Any reporting
  685  or registration process established by a local government with
  686  regard to recovered materials shall be governed by the
  687  provisions of this section and department rules adopted
  688  promulgated pursuant thereto.
  689         (4) A recovered materials dealer, or an association whose
  690  members include recovered materials dealers, may initiate an
  691  action for injunctive relief or damages for alleged violations
  692  of this section. The court may award to the prevailing party or
  693  parties reasonable attorney fees and costs.
  694         Section 23. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
  695  403.813, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  696         403.813 Permits issued at district centers; exceptions.—
  697         (1) A permit is not required under this chapter, chapter
  698  373, chapter 61-691, Laws of Florida, or chapter 25214 or
  699  chapter 25270, 1949, Laws of Florida, for activities associated
  700  with the following types of projects; however, except as
  701  otherwise provided in this subsection, nothing in this
  702  subsection relieves an applicant from any requirement to obtain
  703  permission to use or occupy lands owned by the Board of Trustees
  704  of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or any water management
  705  district in its governmental or proprietary capacity or from
  706  complying with applicable local pollution control programs
  707  authorized under this chapter or other requirements of county
  708  and municipal governments:
  709         (e) The restoration of seawalls at their previous locations
  710  or upland of, or within 18 inches 1 foot waterward of, their
  711  previous locations. However, this shall not affect the
  712  permitting requirements of chapter 161, and department rules
  713  shall clearly indicate that this exception does not constitute
  714  an exception from the permitting requirements of chapter 161.
  715         Section 24. Section 403.8141, Florida Statutes, is created
  716  to read:
  717         403.8141 Special event permits.—The department shall issue
  718  permits for special events under s. 253.0345. The permits must
  719  be for a period that runs concurrently with the lease or letter
  720  of consent issued pursuant to s. 253.0345 and must allow for the
  721  movement of temporary structures within the footprint of the
  722  lease area.
  723         Section 25. Paragraph (b) of subsection (14) and paragraph
  724  (b) of subsection (19) of section 403.973, Florida Statutes, are
  725  amended, and paragraph (g) is added to subsection (3) of that
  726  section, to read:
  727         403.973 Expedited permitting; amendments to comprehensive
  728  plans.—
  729         (3)
  730         (g) Projects to construct interstate natural gas pipelines
  731  subject to certification by the Federal Energy Regulatory
  732  Commission are eligible for the expedited permitting process.
  733         (14)
  734         (b) Projects identified in paragraph (3)(f) or paragraph
  735  (3)(g) or challenges to state agency action in the expedited
  736  permitting process for establishment of a state-of-the-art
  737  biomedical research institution and campus in this state by the
  738  grantee under s. 288.955 are subject to the same requirements as
  739  challenges brought under paragraph (a), except that,
  740  notwithstanding s. 120.574, summary proceedings must be
  741  conducted within 30 days after a party files the motion for
  742  summary hearing, regardless of whether the parties agree to the
  743  summary proceeding.
  744         (19) The following projects are ineligible for review under
  745  this part:
  746         (b) A project, the primary purpose of which is to:
  747         1. Effect the final disposal of solid waste, biomedical
  748  waste, or hazardous waste in this state.
  749         2. Produce electrical power, unless the production of
  750  electricity is incidental and not the primary function of the
  751  project or the electrical power is derived from a fuel source
  752  for renewable energy as defined in s. 366.91(2)(d).
  753         3. Extract natural resources.
  754         4. Produce oil.
  755         5. Construct, maintain, or operate an oil, petroleum,
  756  natural gas, or sewage pipeline.
  757         Section 26. The changes made by this act to ss. 403.031 and
  758  403.0893 apply only to stormwater utility fees billed on or
  759  after July 1, 2013, to a beneficiary of a stormwater utility for
  760  services provided on or after that date.
  761         Section 27. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
  762  
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  764         And the title is amended as follows:
  765         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  766  and insert:
  767                        A bill to be entitled                      
  768         An act relating to environmental regulation; amending
  769         s. 20.255, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
  770         Environmental Protection to adopt rules requiring or
  771         incentivizing the electronic submission of certain
  772         forms, documents, fees, and reports; amending ss.
  773         125.022 and 166.033, F.S.; providing requirements for
  774         the review of development permit applications by
  775         counties and municipalities; amending s. 211.3103,
  776         F.S.; revising the definition of the term “phosphate
  777         related expenses” to include maintenance and
  778         restoration of certain lands; amending s. 253.0345,
  779         F.S.; revising provisions for the duration of leases
  780         and letters of consent issued by the Board of Trustees
  781         of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund for special
  782         events; providing conditions for fees relating to such
  783         leases and letters of consent; creating s. 253.0346,
  784         F.S.; defining the term “first-come, first-served
  785         basis”; providing conditions for the discount and
  786         waiver of lease fees and surcharges for certain
  787         marinas, boatyards, and marine retailers; providing
  788         applicability; amending s. 253.0347, F.S.; providing
  789         exemptions from lease fees for certain lessees;
  790         amending s. 373.118, F.S.; deleting provisions
  791         requiring the department to adopt general permits for
  792         public marina facilities; deleting certain
  793         requirements under general permits for public marina
  794         facilities and mooring fields; limiting the number of
  795         vessels for mooring fields authorized under such
  796         permits; authorizing the department to issue certain
  797         leases; amending s. 373.233, F.S.; clarifying
  798         conditions for competing applications for consumptive
  799         use of water permits; amending s. 373.236, F.S.;
  800         prohibiting water management districts from reducing
  801         certain allocations as a result of activities
  802         involving a new seawater desalination plant that does
  803         not receive funding from a water management district;
  804         providing an exception; amending s. 373.246, F.S.;
  805         allowing the governing board or the department to
  806         notify a permittee by electronic mail of any change in
  807         the condition of his or her permit during a declared
  808         water shortage or emergency; amending s. 373.308,
  809         F.S.; providing that issuance of well permits is the
  810         sole responsibility of water management districts,
  811         delegated local governments, and local county health
  812         departments; prohibiting other local governmental
  813         entities from imposing requirements and fees or
  814         establishing programs for installation and abandonment
  815         of groundwater wells; amending s. 373.323, F.S.;
  816         providing that licenses issued by water management
  817         districts are the only water well construction
  818         licenses required for construction, repair, or
  819         abandonment of water wells; authorizing licensed water
  820         well contractors to install equipment for all water
  821         systems; amending s. 373.406, F.S.; exempting
  822         specified ponds, ditches, wetlands, and water control
  823         districts from surface water management and storage
  824         requirements; requiring that a request for an
  825         exemption be made within a certain time period and
  826         that activities not begin until such exemption is
  827         made; exempting certain water control districts from
  828         certain wetlands regulation; amending s. 376.30713,
  829         F.S.; increasing maximum costs for preapproved
  830         advanced cleanup in a fiscal year; amending s.
  831         376.313, F.S.; holding harmless a person who
  832         discharges pollution pursuant to ch. 403, F.S.;
  833         amending s. 403.031, F.S.; defining the term
  834         “beneficiary”; amending s. 403.061, F.S.; authorizing
  835         the department to adopt rules requiring or
  836         incentivizing the electronic submission of certain
  837         forms, documents, fees, and reports; amending s.
  838         403.0872, F.S.; extending the payment deadline of
  839         permit fees for major sources of air pollution and
  840         conforming the date for related notice by the
  841         department; revising provisions for the calculation of
  842         such annual fees; amending s. 403.088, F.S.; revising
  843         conditions for water pollution operation permits;
  844         requiring the department to meet certain standards in
  845         making determinations; amending s. 403.0893, F.S.;
  846         authorizing stormwater utility fees to be charged to
  847         the beneficiaries of the stormwater utility; amending
  848         s. 403.7046, F.S.; providing requirements for the
  849         review of recovered materials dealer registration
  850         applications; providing that a recovered materials
  851         dealer may seek injunctive relief or damages for
  852         certain violations; amending s. 403.813, F.S.;
  853         revising conditions under which certain permits are
  854         not required for seawall restoration projects;
  855         creating s. 403.8141, F.S.; requiring the Department
  856         of Environmental Protection to establish permits for
  857         special events; providing permit requirements;
  858         amending s. 403.973, F.S.; authorizing expedited
  859         permitting for natural gas pipelines, subject to
  860         specified certification; providing that natural gas
  861         pipelines are subject to certain requirements;
  862         providing that changes made by this act to ss. 403.031
  863         and 403.0893, F.S., apply only to stormwater utility
  864         fees billed on or after July 1, 2013, to a stormwater
  865         utility’s beneficiary for services provided on or
  866         after that date; providing an effective date.