Florida SB 1510: Department of Environmental Protection

Bill Text

1510 
Department of Environmental Protection 
2026-03-03T09:21:10Z 
Deleting provisions creating the Environmental Regulation Commission; requiring that residential properties of a specified size located in a certain area connect to a central sewer system or upgrade to a specified type of nutrient-reducing wastewater treatment system; authorizing remediation plans for certain properties to have certain requirements related to existing conventional onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems; revising legislative findings and intent for the Florida Communities Trust; revising the approval criteria for certain onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems, etc. 
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 By the Committee on Fiscal Policy; the Appropriations Committee 
 on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; the 
 Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and Senator 
 Massullo 

 594-03337-26 20261510c3 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Department of Environmental 
 3 Protection; amending s. 20.255, F.S.; deleting 
 4 provisions creating the Environmental Regulation 
 5 Commission; amending s. 163.3205, F.S.; requiring an 
 6 applicant for specified permits to incorporate certain 
 7 additional protections in the development and 
 8 implementation of an erosion and sediment control plan 
 9 for the construction of a solar facility; specifying 
 10 requirements for such plan; specifying requirements 
 11 for an operational phase stormwater management system 
 12 serving a solar facility in a specified jurisdiction; 
 13 providing applicability; requiring an operator of a 
 14 solar facility or a proposed solar facility to 
 15 implement specified construction and operational 
 16 permit requirements; amending s. 259.035, F.S.; 
 17 expanding the membership of the Acquisition and 
 18 Restoration Council; providing requirements for 
 19 membership; defining the term “metropolitan”; 
 20 requiring the council to administer the Florida 
 21 Communities Trust; requiring the council to coordinate 
 22 with the department for rulemaking and grant cycle 
 23 administration of the trust; conforming provisions to 
 24 changes made by the act; amending s. 259.105, F.S.; 
 25 conforming a provision to changes made by the act; 
 26 amending s. 373.469, F.S.; requiring that residential 
 27 properties of a specified size located in a certain 
 28 area connect to a central sewer system or upgrade to a 
 29 specified type of nutrient-reducing wastewater 
 30 treatment system; requiring a permitting agency to 
 31 notify a property owner of such requirement if the 
 32 agency, before a certain date, receives an application 
 33 to repair, modify, or replace a conventional onsite 
 34 sewage treatment and disposal system on certain 
 35 property; amending s. 373.807, F.S.; authorizing 
 36 remediation plans for certain properties to have 
 37 certain requirements related to existing conventional 
 38 onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems; 
 39 repealing s. 373.811, F.S., relating to prohibited 
 40 activities within a basin management action plan; 
 41 amending s. 380.093, F.S.; revising the definition of 
 42 the term “community eligible for a reduced cost 
 43 share”; amending s. 380.502, F.S.; revising 
 44 legislative findings and intent for the Florida 
 45 Communities Trust; providing for the transfer of the 
 46 administration and oversight of the trust from the 
 47 department to the Acquisition and Restoration Council 
 48 for a specified purpose; amending s. 380.504, F.S.; 
 49 deleting provisions relating to the membership, 
 50 appointments, and organizational structure of the 
 51 governing body of the trust; providing the purpose of 
 52 the trust; amending s. 380.507, F.S.; deleting 
 53 provisions authorizing the trust to make certain 
 54 loans; revising the powers of the trust; repealing ss. 
 55 380.512, 380.513, and 380.514, F.S., relating to an 
 56 annual report, corporate existence, and inconsistent 
 57 provisions of other laws superseded, respectively; 
 58 reenacting and amending s. 381.0065, F.S.; authorizing 
 59 the department to annually review and audit certain 
 60 inspection and maintenance reports for certain 
 61 systems; authorizing the department to adopt rules to 
 62 establish certain procedures; requiring the department 
 63 to concurrently process operating permits and 
 64 construction permits under certain circumstances; 
 65 requiring that an operating permit be obtained before 
 66 the use of an engineer-designed performance-based 
 67 system; providing a timeframe for the validity of 
 68 certain operating permits; requiring an operating 
 69 permit modification upon certain changes or 
 70 modifications; providing requirements for subsequent 
 71 property owners when a property with an onsite sewage 
 72 treatment and disposal system that requires