Florida Senate - 2020                             CS for SB 1036
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Infrastructure and Security; and Senator
       Albritton
       
       
       
       
       596-03787-20                                          20201036c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to diesel exhaust fluid; creating s.
    3         330.401, F.S.; requiring the governing body of each
    4         public airport that meets certain criteria to create a
    5         diesel exhaust fluid safety mitigation and exclusion
    6         plan for submission to the Department of
    7         Transportation; providing plan requirements; requiring
    8         the plan to be fully implemented by a specified date;
    9         requiring an annual certification of compliance;
   10         providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13  
   14         Section 1. Section 330.401, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         330.401 Diesel exhaust fluid safety mitigation and
   17  exclusion plan; certification.—
   18         (1)(a) The governing body of each public airport as defined
   19  in s. 330.27 at which:
   20         1. Aviation fuels receive onsite treatment with fuel system
   21  icing inhibitors by means of injection or mixing systems; and
   22         2. Any aircraft fuel delivery vehicle or ground service
   23  equipment the exhaust system of which is being treated with
   24  diesel exhaust fluid is operated within 150 feet of any aircraft
   25  
   26  shall create a diesel exhaust fluid safety mitigation and
   27  exclusion plan.
   28         (b) The plan must include, at a minimum:
   29         1. A full inventory of all diesel exhaust fluid on the
   30  premises of the airport.
   31         2. Designation of specific areas where diesel exhaust fluid
   32  may be stored on the premises of the airport. To the extent
   33  practicable, such areas may not be located within or on a
   34  vehicle operated for the fueling or servicing of aircraft or at
   35  any aviation fuel transfer facility or bulk aviation fuel
   36  storage facility.
   37         3. Designation of specific areas where diesel exhaust fluid
   38  may be added to vehicles. Such areas may not be located in
   39  aircraft operating areas.
   40         4. Incorporation of best practices for ensuring the proper
   41  labeling and storage of diesel exhaust fluid.
   42         5. Incorporation of training in the proper use and storage
   43  of diesel exhaust fluid for all persons on the premises of the
   44  airport who may come in contact with such fluid in the ordinary
   45  course of their duties.
   46         (2) The diesel exhaust fluid safety mitigation and
   47  exclusion plan must be approved by the governing body by
   48  September 1, 2020. The governing body must, by October 1, 2020,
   49  submit the plan to the Department of Transportation and certify
   50  that all diesel exhaust fluid has been secured within the
   51  premises of the airport.
   52         (3) The diesel exhaust fluid safety mitigation and
   53  exclusion plan must be fully implemented on the premises of each
   54  airport by January 1, 2021.
   55         (4) By January 1 of each year, beginning in 2022, each
   56  public airport must certify to the department the airport’s
   57  compliance with its diesel exhaust fluid safety mitigation and
   58  exclusion plan.
   59         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.