Florida Senate - 2026                             CS for SB 1474
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and
       Senator Gaetz
       
       
       
       
       592-02263-26                                          20261474c1
    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         and which meets specified requirements; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Present subsection (6) of section 403.0855,
   14  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7), and a new
   15  subsection (6) is added to that section, to read:
   16         403.0855 Biosolids management.—
   17         (6) The department may not issue or renew a permit for a
   18  land application site which authorizes disposal or land
   19  application of septage, as defined in rule 62-640.200(43),
   20  Florida Administrative Code, 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.