Florida Senate - 2013                                    SB 1864
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       
       
       
       
       592-04036-13                                          20131864__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to ratification of rules implementing
    3         total maximum daily loads for impaired water bodies;
    4         ratifying specified rules of the Department of
    5         Environmental Protection for the sole and exclusive
    6         purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness
    7         pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires
    8         ratification of any rule meeting any of the specified
    9         thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in
   10         regulatory costs; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. (1) The following rules are ratified for the
   15  sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
   16  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   17         (a) Subsections (3) through (7) of rule 62-304.300, Florida
   18  Administrative Code, entitled “St. Marks River Basin TMDLs,”
   19  relating to total maximum daily loads for impaired water bodies
   20  within the St. Marks River Basin, as filed for adoption with the
   21  Department of State pursuant to the certification package dated
   22  March 2, 2012.
   23         (b) Subsections (10) and (11) of rule 62-304.330, Florida
   24  Administrative Code, entitled “Pensacola Bay Basin TMDLs,”
   25  relating to total maximum daily loads for impaired water bodies
   26  within the Pensacola Bay Basin, as filed for adoption with the
   27  Department of State pursuant to the certification package dated
   28  February 7, 2013.
   29         (c) Subsections (14) through (20) of rule 62-304.520,
   30  Florida Administrative Code, entitled “Indian River Lagoon Basin
   31  TMDLs,” relating to total maximum daily loads for impaired water
   32  bodies within the Indian River Lagoon, as filed for adoption
   33  with the Department of State pursuant to the certification
   34  package dated March 20, 2013.
   35         (d) Subsection (12) of rule 62-304.610, Florida
   36  Administrative Code, entitled “Hillsborough River Basin TMDLs,”
   37  relating to total maximum daily loads for impaired water bodies
   38  within the Hillsborough River Basin, as filed for adoption with
   39  the Department of State pursuant to the certification package
   40  dated August 20, 2012, and as further corrected by the letter
   41  from the Department of Environmental Protection to the
   42  Department of State dated February 13, 2013.
   43         (e) Subsections (13) and (14) of rule 62-304.645, Florida
   44  Administrative Code, entitled “Springs Coast Basin TMDLs,”
   45  relating to total maximum daily loads for impaired water bodies
   46  within the Springs Coast Basin, as filed for adoption with the
   47  Department of State pursuant to the certification package dated
   48  March 8, 2013.
   49         (f) Rule 62-304.900, Florida Administrative Code, entitled
   50  “Statewide TMDLs,” relating to a statewide total daily maximum
   51  load for mercury-impaired water bodies within the state, as
   52  filed for adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the
   53  certification package dated November 21, 2012.
   54         (2) This act serves no other purpose and shall not be
   55  codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes law,
   56  its enactment and effective dates shall be noted in the Florida
   57  Administrative Code or the Florida Administrative Register or
   58  both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking
   59  authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute
   60  legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law
   61  governing adoption or enforcement of the rules cited, and is
   62  intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule
   63  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any
   64  rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of
   65  authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the
   66  adoption of any rule cited.
   67         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.