Florida Senate - 2026                                    SB 1474
       
       
        
       By Senator Gaetz
       
       
       
       
       
       1-01333A-26                                           20261474__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to biosolids management; amending s.
    3         403.0855, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of
    4         Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a
    5         permit for certain biosolids land application sites if
    6         there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility
    7         that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment
    8         within a specified distance of the application site
    9         and which meets specified requirements; providing an
   10         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. Present subsection (6) of section 403.0855,
   15  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7), and a new
   16  subsection (6) is added to that section, to read:
   17         403.0855 Biosolids management.—
   18         (6) The department may not issue or renew a permit for a
   19  biosolids land application site which authorizes disposal or
   20  land application of septage as Class B biosolids if there is a
   21  permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for
   22  higher levels of treatment which is:
   23         (a) Less than 50 miles from a proposed Class B biosolids
   24  land application site;
   25         (b) Owned or operated by the Federal Government or a
   26  federal agency, a state government body or agency, or a
   27  political subdivision of this state; and
   28         (c) Not defunct, used for other purposes, or out of
   29  capacity.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.