Florida Senate - 2014 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1576
Ì966234+Î966234
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Appropriations (Montford) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (356190)
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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.
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