FL H0167

Landowners may record a notice in county records identifying their property as a former phosphate mine, which serves as legal notice and can provide a defense against liability claims related to natural geological substances on the site

Department of Health must conduct gamma radiation surveys of former phosphate land parcels within 120 days when a landowner petitions, with preliminary results provided within 30 days of survey completion

Landowners may request one additional survey within 60 days if they believe the initial survey was flawed, with the department required to complete the additional survey within 90 days

Civil actions involving phosphate mining-related pollution, hazardous discharge, or radiation claims require plaintiffs to submit a radiation survey prepared by a certified health physicist or radiation protection technologist with the complaint

"Former phosphate mine" is defined as land where phosphate mining occurred and may have been subject to radiation surveys and state reclamation requirements, but excludes phosphogypsum stacks

Effective date: July 1, 2026