| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to pollution control standards and 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | liability; amending s. 403.182, F.S.; providing that 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Secretary of Environmental Protection has 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | exclusive jurisdiction in setting standards or 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | procedures for evaluating environmental conditions and 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | assessing potential liability for the presence of 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | contaminants on certain agricultural lands; 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | prohibiting the secretary from delegating such 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | authority to a local governmental entity; providing 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | construction and applicability; providing an effective 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | date. 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 1. Subsection (11) is added to section 403.182, 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Florida Statutes, to read: 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 403.182 Local pollution control programs. — 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (11)(a) Notwithstanding this section or any existing local 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | pollution control programs, the Secretary of Environmental 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Protection has exclusive jurisdiction in setting standards or 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | procedures for evaluating environm ental conditions and assessing 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | potential liability for the presence of contaminants on land 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | that is classified as agricultural land pursuant to s. 193.461 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and being converted to a nonagricultural use. The exclusive 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 51 | 51 | | jurisdiction includes defining what const itutes all appropriate 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | inquiry consistent with 40 C.F.R. part 312 and guidance 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | thereunder. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) The secretary may not delegate the authority to set 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | standards or procedures for evaluating environmental conditions 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | and assessing potential liability under par agraph (a) to a 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | county, a municipality, or another unit of local government 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | through a local pollution control program under this section. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | This subsection does not preempt the enforcement authority of a 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | county, a municipality, or another unit of local gover nment 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | through a local pollution control program under this section. 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (c) This subsection does not apply to former agricultural 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | land for which a permit has been approved by a local government 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | to initiate development or for which development was completed 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | on or before July 1, 2022. 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 41 |
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