Florida HB 1285: Education

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An act relating to biosolids management; amending s. 2
403.0855, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of 3
Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a 4
permit for certain biosolids land application sites if 5
there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility 6
that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment 7
and which meets specified requirements; providing an 8
effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 403.0855, Florida 13
Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7), and a new 14
subsection (6) is added to that section, to read: 15
403.0855 Biosolids management.— 16
(6) The department may not issue or renew a permit for a 17
land application site which authorizes disposal or land 18
application of septage, as defined in s. 381.0065(2), as Class B 19
biosolids if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility 20
that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment which is: 21
(a) Less than 30 miles from a proposed Class B biosolids 22
land application site; 23
(b) Owned or operated by the Federal Government or a 24
federal agency, a state government body or agency, or a 25

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political subdivision of this state; and 26
(c) Not defunct, used for other purposes, or out of 27
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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2027. 29