HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 673 CS
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2	Senate House
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12	Representative Gottlieb offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove lines 33 through 50, and insert:
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17	Section 1. Section 552.30, Florida Statutes, is amended to
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19	552.30 Construction materials mining activities.--
20	(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 552.25, the State
21	Fire Marshal shall have the sole and exclusive authority to
22	promulgate standards, limits, and regulations regarding the use
23	of explosives in conjunction with construction materials mining
24	activities. Such authority to regulate use shall include,
25	directly or indirectly, the operation, handling, licensure, or
26	permitting of explosives and setting standards or limits,
27	including, but not limited to, ground vibration, frequency,
28	intensity, blast pattern, air blast and time, date, occurrence,
29	and notice restrictions. As used in this section, "construction
30	materials mining activities" means the extraction of limestone
31	and sand suitable for production of construction aggregates,
32	sand, cement, and road base materials for shipment offsiteby
33	any person or company primarily engaged in the commercial mining
34	of any such natural resources.
35	(2) The State Fire Marshal shall establish statewide
36	ground vibration limits for construction materials mining
37	activities which conform to those limits established in the
38	United States Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 8507,
39	Appendix B - Alternative Blasting Level Criteria (Figure B-1).
40	The State Fire Marshal may, at his or her sole discretion, by
41	rule or formal agreement, delegate to the applicable
42	municipality or county, the monitoring and enforcement
43	components of regulations governing the use of explosives, as
44	recognized in this section, by construction materials mining
45	activities. Such delegation may include the assessment and
46	collection of reasonable fees by the municipality or county for
47	the purpose of carrying out the delegated activities.
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53	activities"; eliminating a requirement of the State Fire Marshal
54	to establish statewide ground vibration limits for construction
55	materials mining activities; eliminating authority of the State
56	Fire Marshal to delegate to applicable municipalities or
57	counties the monitoring and enforcement components of
58	regulations governing the use of explosives by construction
59	materials mining activities; creating ss. 552.32-552.44, F.S.;
60	providing a