FL S0832

Landowners may record a notice in county official records identifying their property as a former phosphate mine, defined as land where phosphate mining occurred that may have undergone state reclamation but excluding phosphogypsum stacks

The Department of Health must conduct a gamma radiation survey of a former phosphate land parcel within 120 days of a current landowner's petition, documenting radiation exposure measurements and their locations

Petitioners may request one additional survey within 60 days of receiving preliminary results if they reasonably believe the initial survey was flawed, with the department required to complete the additional survey within 90 days

Plaintiffs filing civil actions related to phosphate mining pollution or hazardous substance discharge must include a radiation survey of the property with the complaint, prepared by a certified health physicist or radiation protection technologist and verified under penalty of perjury

Creates a new legal defense for former phosphate mine sites where the condition giving rise to a cause of action involves a natural geological substance, provided a notice has been recorded and a Department of Health radiation survey has been conducted; effective date is July 1, 2025