HB 585 — Former Phosphate Mining Lands

F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 585 2025 A bill to be entitled An act relating to former phosphate mining lands;

defining the term "former phosphate mine";

376.308 Liabilities and defenses of facilities.— (2) In addition to the defense described in paragraph (1)(c), the only other defenses of a person specified in subsection (1) are to plead and prove that the occurrence was solely the result of any of the following or any combination of thePage following:1 of 5 CODING:

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hb585-00hb585-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 585 2025 (e) The condition giving rise to the causefollowing: of action is a natural geology substance of a former phosphate mine for which:

(e) The condition giving rise to the cause of action is a natural geology substance of a former phosphate mine, as defined in s.

378.213(3), for which:

The recordingrecorded notice shall servebe asin noticesubstantially that the landfollowing isform: a former phosphate mine.

NOTICE This property is a former phosphate mine as defined in s.

378.213(3), Florida Statutes.

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hb585-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 585 2025 Such recording shall serve as notice that the land is a former phosphate mine.

(3) As used in this section, the term "former phosphate mine" means an area of land upon which phosphate mining has been conducted and which may have been subject to a radiation survey in accordance with s.

404.0561 and state reclamation requirements of ss.

378.201-378.212, but does not include a phosphogypsum stack as defined in s.

403.4154(1).

The survey must document gamma radiation exposure Pagemeasurements 2and the locations of 4the CODING:measurements.

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hb585-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 585 2025 measurements and the locations of the measurements.

The department shall conduct one additional survey within 90 days after receipt of thePage petitioner's3 request.of 5 CODING:

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hb585-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 585 2025 the petitioner's request.

The survey must be prepared by a person Pagecertified 3as either a health physicist by the American Board of 4Health CODING:Physics or as a radiation protection technologist by the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists.

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hb585-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 585 2025 certified as either a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics or as a radiation protection technologist by the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists.

and the name of the person performingPage the4 surveyof and5 describeCODING: the person's relevant training, education, and experience.

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hb585-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 585 2025 performing the survey and describe the person's relevant training, education, and experience.

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