Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1438
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/28/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Broxson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 403.087, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         403.087 Permits; general issuance; denial; revocation;
    8  prohibition; penalty.—
    9         (4) The department shall issue permits on such conditions
   10  as are necessary to effect the intent and purposes of this
   11  section. For projects that propose underground injection of
   12  reclaimed water or other water resources intended to protect,
   13  augment, or replenish the state’s groundwater resources, the
   14  department may include conditions, such as the establishment of
   15  a zone of discharge for groundwater standards, and any
   16  associated institutional controls within the area, such as
   17  property interests, use restrictions and access controls, and
   18  well construction limitations. This subsection does not apply to
   19  those natural processes that introduce surface or stormwater
   20  into groundwater resources.
   21         Section 2. Section 403.0878, Florida Statutes, is created
   22  to read:
   23         403.0878 Classifications for sustainable water resources.
   24  The Legislature recognizes that communities are providing
   25  treatment for reclaimed water, stormwater, and other water
   26  resources as a means of promoting the availability of sufficient
   27  water for existing and future reasonable-beneficial uses and
   28  natural systems in accordance with chapter 373. The department
   29  may adopt rules establishing voluntary facility classifications
   30  and associated operator licensing requirements for such
   31  treatment facilities.
   32         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35  And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   37  and insert:
   38                        A bill to be entitled                      
   39         An act relating to aquifer replenishment; amending s.
   40         403.087, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
   41         Environmental Protection to include certain additional
   42         conditions on permits issued for projects that involve
   43         underground injection of reclaimed water or other
   44         water resources; providing applicability; creating s.
   45         403.0878, F.S.; authorizing the department to adopt
   46         rules establishing voluntary facility classifications
   47         and associated operator licensing requirements for
   48         certain water treatment facilities; providing an
   49         effective date.