Florida SB 1474: Biosolids Management

Bill Text

1474 
Biosolids Management 
2026-02-25T06:51:14Z 
Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc. 
Committee Substitute 2 
2026 
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2027-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1474 

 By the Committees on Rules; and Environment and Natural 
 Resources; and Senator Gaetz 

 595-03179-26 20261474c2 
 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: 
 12 
 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 30 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, 2027.