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FL S0100

Bill

Status

Passed

4/6/2016

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Defines "background concentration" and "long-term natural attenuation" (natural attenuation approved as a site rehabilitation task for more than 5 years) for petroleum-contaminated sites and brownfield sites under Florida law

  • Requires the Department of Environmental Protection to include protocols for long-term natural attenuation where site conditions warrant, and expands cleanup criteria to consider interactive effects of contaminants (additive, synergistic, and antagonistic) rather than only additive effects

  • Revises the low-scored site initiative by increasing the per-site funding cap to the CATEGORY TWO threshold, raising the annual encumbrance limit from $10 million to $15 million, expanding groundwater monitoring from 6 to 12 months, and allowing limited remediation activities as part of the assessment plan

  • Increases the advanced cleanup program contracting cap from $15 million to $25 million per fiscal year, allows property owners and responsible parties to enter voluntary cost-share agreements to bundle multiple sites, and expands application format options for both aggregate and individual site cleanups

  • Expands eligibility for the Abandoned Tank Restoration Program by removing the June 30, 1996 application deadline and the December 31, 1998 reporting cutoff, and provides up to $100,000 in supplemental funding for additional remediation and monitoring needed to achieve a "No Further Action" determination under the Petroleum Cleanup Participation Program

Legislative Description

Pollution Discharge Removal and Prevention

Last Action

Chapter No. 2016-184

4/6/2016

Committee Referrals

Appropriations10/21/2015
Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government10/7/2015
Environmental Preservation and Conservation8/21/2015

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