Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 738
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-00376-12                                            2012738__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to solid waste management facilities;
    3         amending s. 403.707, F.S.; specifying a permit term
    4         for a solid waste management facility that is designed
    5         with a leachate control system meeting the
    6         requirements of the Department of Environmental
    7         Protection; providing for the proration of the permit
    8         fee for existing permits; providing applicability;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 403.707, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         403.707 Permits.—
   16         (3)(a) All applicable provisions of ss. 403.087 and
   17  403.088, relating to permits, apply to the control of solid
   18  waste management facilities.
   19         (b) A permit issued to a solid waste management facility
   20  that is designed with a leachate control system that meets
   21  department requirements shall be issued for a term of 20 years
   22  unless the applicant requests a shorter permit term. Existing
   23  permit fees for a qualifying solid waste management facility
   24  shall be prorated to the permit term authorized by this section.
   25  This paragraph applies to a qualifying solid waste management
   26  facility that applies for an operating or construction permit or
   27  renews an existing operating or construction permit on or after
   28  July 1, 2012.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.