Florida Senate - 2013 SB 934
By Senator Lee
24-00475A-13 2013934__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to stormwater management permits;
3 creating s. 373.41305, F.S.; authorizing certain
4 municipalities and counties to adopt stormwater
5 adaptive management plans and obtain conceptual
6 permits for urban redevelopment projects; providing
7 requirements for establishment of such permits by
8 water management districts in consultation with the
9 Department of Environmental Protection; providing that
10 certain urban redevelopment projects qualify for a
11 noticed general permit; prohibiting provisions for
12 such permits from conflicting with specified federally
13 delegated pollution reduction programs; providing an
14 effective date.
15
16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Section 373.41305, Florida Statutes, is created
19 to read:
20 373.41305 Conceptual permits for urban redevelopment
21 projects.—
22 (1) A municipality or county that creates a community
23 redevelopment area or an urban infill and redevelopment area
24 pursuant to chapter 163 may adopt a stormwater adaptive
25 management plan that addresses the quantity and quality of
26 stormwater discharges for the area and may obtain a conceptual
27 permit from a water management district or the department.
28 (2) The water management district, in consultation with the
29 department, shall establish the conceptual permit. The permit:
30 (a) Must allow for the rate and volume of stormwater
31 discharges for stormwater management systems of urban
32 redevelopment projects located within a community redevelopment
33 area created under part III of chapter 163 or an urban infill
34 and redevelopment area designated under s. 163.2517 to continue
35 up to the maximum rate and volume of stormwater discharges
36 within the area as of the date that the stormwater adaptive
37 management plan is adopted.
38 (b) Must presume that stormwater discharges for stormwater
39 management systems of urban redevelopment projects located
40 within a community redevelopment area created under part III of
41 chapter 163 or an urban infill and redevelopment area designated
42 under s. 163.2517, which demonstrate a net improvement of the
43 quality of the discharged water that existed as of the date that
44 the stormwater adaptive management plan is adopted for any
45 applicable pollutants of concern in the receiving water body, do
46 not cause or contribute to violations of water quality criteria.
47 (c) Must not prescribe additional or more stringent
48 limitations concerning the quantity and quality of stormwater
49 discharges from stormwater management systems beyond those
50 provided in this section.
51 (d) Must be issued for a duration of at least 20 years,
52 unless a shorter duration is requested by the applicant, and may
53 be renewed.
54 (3) Urban redevelopment projects that meet the criteria
55 established in the conceptual permit pursuant to this section
56 qualify for a noticed general permit that authorizes
57 construction and operation for the duration of the conceptual
58 permit.
59 (4) Notwithstanding subsections (1)-(3), a permit issued
60 pursuant to this section must not conflict with the requirements
61 of a federally approved program pursuant to s. 403.0885 or with
62 the implementation of s. 403.067(7) regarding total maximum
63 daily loads and basin management plans.
64 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.