Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1576
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/24/2014           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Montford) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (356190) 
    2  
    3         Delete lines 335 - 401
    4  and insert:
    5         (6) A local government may apply for an extension of up to
    6  5 years from the department for any project in an adopted
    7  recovery or prevention strategy. The department may grant the
    8  extension if the local government provides sufficient evidence
    9  to the department that an extension is in the best interest of
   10  the public. For a local government in a rural area of critical
   11  state concern, as defined in s. 288.0656, the department may
   12  grant an extension of up to 10 years.
   13         Section 9. Section 373.807, Florida Statutes, is created to
   14  read:
   15         373.807 Protection of water quality in Outstanding Florida
   16  Springs.—By July 1, 2014, the department shall initiate
   17  assessment, pursuant to 403.067(3), of each Outstanding Florida
   18  Spring for which an impairment determination has not been made
   19  under the numeric nutrient standards in effect for spring vents.
   20  Assessments must be completed by July 1, 2017.
   21         (1)(a) Simultaneously with the adoption of a nutrient total
   22  maximum daily load for an Outstanding Florida Spring, the
   23  department, or the department in conjunction with a water
   24  management district, shall initiate development of a basin
   25  management action plan, as specified in s. 403.067. For an
   26  Outstanding Florida Spring with a nutrient total maximum daily
   27  load adopted prior to July 1, 2014, the department, or the
   28  department in conjunction with a water management district,
   29  shall initiate development of a basin management action plan by
   30  July 1, 2014. During the development of a basin management
   31  action plan, if the department identifies onsite sewage
   32  treatment and disposal systems as nonpoint sources of nutrient
   33  pollution that need addressing within a local government
   34  jurisdiction, the department shall notify the local government
   35  within 30 days, which shall develop an onsite sewage treatment
   36  and disposal system remediation plan pursuant to subsection (3)
   37  for inclusion in the basin management action plan.
   38         (b) A basin management action plan for an Outstanding
   39  Florida Spring shall be adopted within 3 years of its initiation
   40  and must include, at a minimum:
   41         1. A list of all specific projects identified to implement
   42  a nutrient total maximum daily load.
   43         2. A list of all specific projects identified in an onsite
   44  sewage treatment and disposal system remediation plan, if
   45  applicable.
   46         3. A priority rank for each listed project.
   47         4. The estimated cost for each listed project.
   48         5.For each listed project, the estimated date of
   49  completion.
   50         6. The source and amount of financial assistance to be made
   51  available by the department, a water management district, or
   52  other entity for each listed project.
   53         7.An estimate of each listed project’s nutrient load
   54  reduction.
   55         8.A map and legal descriptions depicting the spring
   56  protection and management zones established pursuant to s.
   57  373.803.
   58         9.Identification of each point source or category of
   59  nonpoint sources, including but not limited to, urban turf
   60  fertilizer, sports turf fertilizer, agricultural fertilizer,
   61  onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems, wastewater
   62  treatment facilities, animal wastes, and stormwater facilities.
   63  An estimated allocation of the pollutant load must be provided
   64  for each point source or category of nonpoint sources.
   65         10. An implementation plan to achieve the adopted nutrient
   66  total maximum daily load within 15 years of the adoption of a
   67  basin management action plan. The plan must include measureable
   68  interim milestones to be achieved within 5 and 10 years to
   69  achieve the adopted nutrient total maximum daily load.
   70         (c) For a basin management action plan adopted before July
   71  1, 2014, that addresses an Outstanding Florida Spring, the
   72  department, or the department in conjunction with a water
   73  management district, shall revise the plan by July 1, 2017,
   74  pursuant to this section.
   75         (d) Upon approval of an onsite sewage treatment and
   76  disposal system remediation plan, the plan shall be deemed
   77  incorporated as part of the appropriate basin management action
   78  plan until such time as the basin management action plan is
   79  revised pursuant to s. 403.067(7).
   80         (e) A local government may apply for an extension of up to
   81  5 years from the department for any project in an adopted basin
   82  management action plan. The department may grant the extension
   83  if the local government provides sufficient evidence to the
   84  department that an extension is in the best interest of the
   85  public. For a local government in a rural area of critical state
   86  concern, as defined in s. 288.0656, the department may grant an
   87  extension of up to 10 years.
   88