SB 326 — Environmental Regulation

Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 326 By Senatorthe PerryCommittee 8-00240C-20on 2020326__Environment Aand billNatural toResources; be entitled An act relating to environmental regulation;

and Senator Perry 592-01157-20 2020326c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to environmental regulation;

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2122 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

2324 Section 1. Subsection (22) of section 403.706, Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (23), and a new subsection (22) is added to that section, to read:

5. A definition of the term “contaminated recyclable material” that is appropriate for the local community,community. taking into consideration available markets for recyclable material, available waste composition studies, and other relevant factors.

4. A definition of the term “contaminated recyclable material” that is appropriate for the local community,community. taking into consideration available markets for recyclable material, available waste composition studies, and other relevant factors.

(c) A(c) After a contract is executed, a residential recycling collector is not required to collect or transport contaminated recyclable material, except pursuant to a contract consistent with paragraph (a).

(d) A(d) After a contract is executed, a recovered materials processing facility is not required to process contaminated recyclable material, except pursuant to a contract consistent with paragraph (b).

137135 Nothing in This paragraph does not shall prohibit the department from taking appropriate enforcement action pursuant to this chapter to abate or prohibit any activity otherwise exempt from permitting pursuant to this paragraph if the department can demonstrate that the exempted activity has caused water pollution in violation of this chapter.

345343 The department may not adopt implementing rules for this paragraph, notwithstanding any other provision of law.

378376 Structures that qualify for this exemption are relieved from any requirement to obtain permission to use or occupy lands owned by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and, with the exception of those structures attached to a bulkhead on a parcel of land where there is no docking structure, may shall not be subject to any more stringent permitting requirements, registration requirements, or other regulation by any local government.

464462 Within 30 days after this act becomes a law, the department shall initiate rulemaking to adopt a no fee general permit for the repair, stabilization, or paving of existing roads that are maintained by the county and the repair or replacement of bridges that are part of the roadway where such activities do not cause significant adverse impacts to occur individually or cumulatively.