Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1568
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/17/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 131 and 132
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Paragraph (l) of subsection (4) of section
    6  381.0065, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 7 of chapter
    7  2020-150, Laws of Florida, is amended to read
    8         381.0065 Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems;
    9  regulation.—
   10         (4) PERMITS; INSTALLATION; AND CONDITIONS.—A person may not
   11  construct, repair, modify, abandon, or operate an onsite sewage
   12  treatment and disposal system without first obtaining a permit
   13  approved by the department. The department may issue permits to
   14  carry out this section, except that the issuance of a permit for
   15  work seaward of the coastal construction control line
   16  established under s. 161.053 shall be contingent upon receipt of
   17  any required coastal construction control line permit from the
   18  department. A construction permit is valid for 18 months after
   19  the date of issuance and may be extended by the department for
   20  one 90-day period under rules adopted by the department. A
   21  repair permit is valid for 90 days after the date of issuance.
   22  An operating permit must be obtained before the use of any
   23  aerobic treatment unit or if the establishment generates
   24  commercial waste. Buildings or establishments that use an
   25  aerobic treatment unit or generate commercial waste shall be
   26  inspected by the department at least annually to assure
   27  compliance with the terms of the operating permit. The operating
   28  permit for a commercial wastewater system is valid for 1 year
   29  after the date of issuance and must be renewed annually. The
   30  operating permit for an aerobic treatment unit is valid for 2
   31  years after the date of issuance and must be renewed every 2
   32  years. If all information pertaining to the siting, location,
   33  and installation conditions or repair of an onsite sewage
   34  treatment and disposal system remains the same, a construction
   35  or repair permit for the onsite sewage treatment and disposal
   36  system may be transferred to another person, if the transferee
   37  files, within 60 days after the transfer of ownership, an
   38  amended application providing all corrected information and
   39  proof of ownership of the property. A fee is not associated with
   40  the processing of this supplemental information. A person may
   41  not contract to construct, modify, alter, repair, service,
   42  abandon, or maintain any portion of an onsite sewage treatment
   43  and disposal system without being registered under part III of
   44  chapter 489. A property owner who personally performs
   45  construction, maintenance, or repairs to a system serving his or
   46  her own owner-occupied single-family residence is exempt from
   47  registration requirements for performing such construction,
   48  maintenance, or repairs on that residence, but is subject to all
   49  permitting requirements. A municipality or political subdivision
   50  of the state may not issue a building or plumbing permit for any
   51  building that requires the use of an onsite sewage treatment and
   52  disposal system unless the owner or builder has received a
   53  construction permit for such system from the department. A
   54  building or structure may not be occupied and a municipality,
   55  political subdivision, or any state or federal agency may not
   56  authorize occupancy until the department approves the final
   57  installation of the onsite sewage treatment and disposal system.
   58  A municipality or political subdivision of the state may not
   59  approve any change in occupancy or tenancy of a building that
   60  uses an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system until the
   61  department has reviewed the use of the system with the proposed
   62  change, approved the change, and amended the operating permit.
   63         (l) For the Florida Keys, the department shall adopt a
   64  special rule for the construction, installation, modification,
   65  operation, repair, maintenance, and performance of onsite sewage
   66  treatment and disposal systems which considers the unique soil
   67  conditions and water table elevations, densities, and setback
   68  requirements. On lots where a setback distance of 75 feet from
   69  surface waters, saltmarsh, and buttonwood association habitat
   70  areas cannot be met, an injection well, approved and permitted
   71  by the department, may be used for disposal of effluent from
   72  onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems. The following
   73  additional requirements apply to onsite sewage treatment and
   74  disposal systems in Monroe County:
   75         1. The county, each municipality, and those special
   76  districts established for the purpose of the collection,
   77  transmission, treatment, or disposal of sewage shall ensure, in
   78  accordance with the specific schedules adopted by the
   79  Administration Commission under s. 380.0552, the completion of
   80  onsite sewage treatment and disposal system upgrades to meet the
   81  requirements of this paragraph.
   82         2. Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems must cease
   83  discharge by December 31, 2015, or must comply with department
   84  rules and provide the level of treatment which, on a permitted
   85  annual average basis, produces an effluent that contains no more
   86  than the following concentrations:
   87         a. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) of 10 mg/l.
   88         b. Suspended Solids of 10 mg/l.
   89         c. Total Nitrogen, expressed as N, of 10 mg/l or a
   90  reduction in nitrogen of at least 70 percent. A system that has
   91  been tested and certified to reduce nitrogen concentrations by
   92  at least 70 percent shall be deemed to be in compliance with
   93  this standard.
   94         d. Total Phosphorus, expressed as P, of 1 mg/l.
   95  
   96  In addition, onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
   97  discharging to an injection well must provide basic disinfection
   98  as defined by department rule.
   99         3. In areas not scheduled to be served by a central
  100  sewerage system, onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
  101  must, by December 31, 2015, comply with department rules and
  102  provide the level of treatment described in subparagraph 2.
  103         4. In areas scheduled to be served by a central sewerage
  104  system by December 31, 2015, if the property owner has paid a
  105  connection fee or assessment for connection to the central
  106  sewerage system, the property owner may install a holding tank
  107  with a high water alarm or an onsite sewage treatment and
  108  disposal system that meets the following minimum standards:
  109         a. The existing tanks must be pumped and inspected and
  110  certified as being watertight and free of defects in accordance
  111  with department rule; and
  112         b. A sand-lined drainfield or injection well in accordance
  113  with department rule must be installed.
  114         5. Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems must be
  115  monitored for total nitrogen and total phosphorus concentrations
  116  as required by department rule.
  117         6. The department shall enforce proper installation,
  118  operation, and maintenance of onsite sewage treatment and
  119  disposal systems pursuant to this chapter, including ensuring
  120  that the appropriate level of treatment described in
  121  subparagraph 2. is met.
  122         7. The authority of a local government, including a special
  123  district, to mandate connection of an onsite sewage treatment
  124  and disposal system is governed by s. 4, chapter 99-395, Laws of
  125  Florida.
  126         8. Notwithstanding any other law, an onsite sewage
  127  treatment and disposal system installed after July 1, 2010, in
  128  unincorporated Monroe County, excluding special wastewater
  129  districts, that complies with the standards in subparagraph 2.
  130  is not required to connect to a central sewerage system until
  131  December 31, 2020.
  132         9.The department may grant a waiver from the timeframe
  133  specified in subparagraph 3. to the owner of an individual
  134  septic system to install a new onsite sewage treatment and
  135  disposal system and allow the owner to continue using his or her
  136  current septic tank, provided that the individual septic systems
  137  were identified in the original master plan and approved by the
  138  permitting entities for the central sewerage system as being
  139  excluded for service; the septic tanks are operated and
  140  maintained on an annual basis; and when the owner’s septic tank
  141  is found to be failing, the new onsite sewage treatment and
  142  disposal system as required by subparagraph 1. must be commenced
  143  within 1 year.
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  145  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  146  And the title is amended as follows:
  147         Delete line 23
  148  and insert:
  149         systems; amending s. 381.0065, F.S., as amended by s.
  150         7 of chapter 2020-150, Laws of Florida; authorizing
  151         the department to grant certain septic tank owners
  152         waivers from specified requirements for onsite sewage
  153         treatment and disposal systems under certain
  154         circumstances; amending s. 381.0067, F.S.; conforming