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| 10 | 10 | | 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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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to environmental management; amending 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | s. 373.4131, F.S.; requiring that nonindustrial 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | stormwater management systems be designed with side 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | slopes that meet certain minimum design requirements; 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | providing an exception; superseding certain side slope 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | rules; amending s. 376.313, F.S.; revising 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | construction relating to causes of action for damages 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | to real or personal property directly resulting fr om 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | certain discharges or other conditions of pollution; 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | providing an effective date. 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Subsection (7) is added to section 373.4131, 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Florida Statutes, to read: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 373.4131 Statewide environmental resource permitting 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | rules.— 18 |
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| 32 | | - | (7) For purposes of water quality, a nonindustrial 19 |
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| 33 | | - | stormwater management system, in or adjacent to residential or 20 |
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| 34 | | - | urban areas that are accessible to the general public, side 21 |
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| 35 | | - | slope must be designed, except as provided i n paragraph (a), 22 |
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| 36 | | - | with a horizontal-to-vertical ratio no steeper than 4:1 to a 23 |
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| 37 | | - | depth of at least 2 feet below the control elevation and must be 24 |
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| 38 | | - | stabilized with vegetation to prevent erosion and provide for 25 |
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| 32 | + | (7) A nonindustrial stormwater management system, in or 19 |
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| 33 | + | adjacent to residential or urban areas that are accessible to 20 |
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| 34 | + | the general public, side slope must be designed, except as 21 |
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| 35 | + | provided in paragraph (a), with a horizontal-to-vertical ratio 22 |
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| 36 | + | no steeper than 4:1 to a depth of at least 2 feet below the 23 |
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| 37 | + | control elevation and must be stabilized with vegetation to 24 |
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| 38 | + | prevent erosion and provide for pollutant removal. 25 |
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| 51 | | - | pollutant removal. 26 |
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| 52 | | - | (a) A nonindustrial stormwater management system, in or 27 |
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| 53 | | - | adjacent to residential or urban areas that are accessible to 28 |
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| 54 | | - | the general public, side slope may be designed with a steeper 29 |
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| 55 | | - | than 4:1 horizontal-to-vertical ratio if the slope incorporates 30 |
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| 56 | | - | adequate temporary and permanent erosion a nd sediment control 31 |
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| 57 | | - | best management practices. 32 |
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| 58 | | - | (b) All side slope rules adopted by the department, water 33 |
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| 59 | | - | management districts, or delegated local programs under this 34 |
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| 60 | | - | part as of July 1, 2024, are superseded by this subsection and 35 |
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| 61 | | - | may be repealed without f urther rulemaking pursuant to s. 120.54 36 |
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| 62 | | - | by publication of a notice of repeal in the Florida 37 |
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| 63 | | - | Administrative Register and subsequent filing of a list of the 38 |
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| 64 | | - | rules repealed with the Department of State. 39 |
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| 65 | | - | Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 376.313, Florid a 40 |
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| 66 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 41 |
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| 67 | | - | 376.313 Nonexclusiveness of remedies and individual cause 42 |
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| 68 | | - | of action for damages under ss. 376.30 -376.317.— 43 |
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| 69 | | - | (3) Except as provided in s. 376.3078(3) and (11), nothing 44 |
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| 70 | | - | contained in ss. 376.30-376.317 do not prohibit a prohibits any 45 |
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| 71 | | - | person from bringing a cause of action in a court of competent 46 |
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| 72 | | - | jurisdiction for all damages to real or personal property 47 |
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| 73 | | - | directly resulting from a discharge or other condition of 48 |
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| 74 | | - | pollution covered by ss. 376.30 -376.317 and which was not 49 |
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| 75 | | - | authorized by any government approval or permit issued pursuant 50 |
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| 51 | + | (a) A nonindustrial stormwater management system, in o r 26 |
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| 52 | + | adjacent to residential or urban areas that are accessible to 27 |
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| 53 | + | the general public, side slope may be designed with a steeper 28 |
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| 54 | + | than 4:1 horizontal-to-vertical ratio if the slope incorporates 29 |
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| 55 | + | adequate temporary and permanent erosion and sediment control 30 |
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| 56 | + | best management practices. A system designed or authorized to be 31 |
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| 57 | + | steeper than 4:1 must be fenced, greenscaped, or other barriers 32 |
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| 58 | + | installed sufficiently to prevent accidental incursion into the 33 |
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| 59 | + | system. 34 |
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| 60 | + | (b) All side slope rules adopted by the department, water 35 |
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| 61 | + | management districts, or delegated local programs under this 36 |
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| 62 | + | part as of July 1, 2024, are superseded by this subsection and 37 |
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| 63 | + | may be repealed without further rulemaking pursuant to s. 120.54 38 |
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| 64 | + | by publication of a notice of repeal in the Florida 39 |
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| 65 | + | Administrative Register and subsequent filing of a list of the 40 |
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| 66 | + | rules repealed with the Department of State. 41 |
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| 67 | + | Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 376.313, Florida 42 |
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| 68 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 43 |
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| 69 | + | 376.313 Nonexclusiveness of remedies and individual cause 44 |
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| 70 | + | of action for damages under ss. 376.30 -376.317.— 45 |
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| 71 | + | (3) Except as provided in s. 376.3078(3) and (11), nothing 46 |
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| 72 | + | contained in ss. 376.30-376.317 do not prohibit a prohibits any 47 |
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| 73 | + | person from bringing a cause of action in a court of competent 48 |
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| 74 | + | jurisdiction for all damages to real or personal property 49 |
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| 75 | + | directly resulting from a discharge or other condition of 50 |
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| 88 | | - | to chapter 373, chapter 376, or chapter 403. Nothing in This 51 |
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| 89 | | - | chapter does not shall prohibit or diminish a party's right to 52 |
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| 90 | | - | contribution from other parties jointly or severally liable for 53 |
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| 91 | | - | a prohibited discharge of pollutants or hazardous substances or 54 |
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| 92 | | - | other pollution conditions. Except as otherwise provided in 55 |
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| 93 | | - | subsection (4) or subsection (5), in any such suit, it is not 56 |
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| 94 | | - | necessary for such person to plead or prove negligence in any 57 |
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| 95 | | - | form or manner. Such person need only plead and prove the fact 58 |
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| 96 | | - | of the prohibited discharge or other pollutive condition and 59 |
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| 97 | | - | that it has occurred. The only strict-liability exceptions 60 |
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| 98 | | - | defenses to such cause of action are shall be those specified in 61 |
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| 99 | | - | s. 376.308 or s. 376.82. 62 |
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| 100 | | - | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 63 |
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| 88 | + | pollution covered by ss. 376.30 -376.317 and which was not 51 |
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| 89 | + | authorized by any government approval or permit issued pursuant 52 |
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| 90 | + | to chapter 373, chapter 376, or chapter 403. Nothing in This 53 |
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| 91 | + | chapter does not shall prohibit or diminish a party's right to 54 |
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| 92 | + | contribution from other parties jointly or severally liable for 55 |
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| 93 | + | a prohibited discharge of pollutants or hazardous substances or 56 |
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| 94 | + | other pollution conditions. Except as otherwise provide d in 57 |
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| 95 | + | subsection (4) or subsection (5), in any such suit, it is not 58 |
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| 96 | + | necessary for such person to plead or prove negligence in any 59 |
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| 97 | + | form or manner. Such person need only plead and prove the fact 60 |
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| 98 | + | of the prohibited discharge or other pollutive condition and 61 |
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| 99 | + | that it has occurred. The only strict-liability exceptions 62 |
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| 100 | + | defenses to such cause of action are shall be those specified in 63 |
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| 101 | + | s. 376.308 or s. 376.82. 64 |
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| 102 | + | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 65 |
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