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An act relating to the Florida Red Tide Mitigation and 2
Technology Development Initiative; amending s. 3
379.2273, F.S.; requiring the initiative to develop 4
recommendations for deployment of certain technologies 5
and approaches and submit a report to the Department 6
of Environmental Protection, the Fish and Wildlife 7
Conservation Commission, the Department of Agriculture 8
and Consumer Services, and specified state agencies; 9
requiring the department to submit an evaluation 10
regarding the technologies and approaches to Mote 11
Marine Laboratory within a specified time period and 12
amend regulatory or permitting processes and expedite 13
regulatory reviews under certain circum stances; 14
removing the expiration date of the initiative; 15
providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of 20
section 379.2273, Florida Statutes, are redesig nated as 21
paragraphs (d) and (e), respectively, and a new paragraph (c) is 22
added to that subsection, and subsection (4) of that section is 23
amended, to read: 24
379.2273 Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology 25
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Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council.— 26
(2) The Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology 27
Development Initiative is established as a partnership between 28
the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute within the commission 29
and Mote Marine Laboratory. 30
(c) Upon successful completi on of science-based laboratory 31
testing of prevention, control, and mitigation technologies and 32
approaches, the initiative shall develop recommendations for 33
field trial deployment of the technologies and approaches in 34
state waters. The initiative shall subm it a report on its 35
findings and recommendations to the department, the commission, 36
the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and other 37
state agencies with regulatory oversight of field trial 38
deployment of the technologies and approaches in state waters. 39
The department shall evaluate the technologies and approaches 40
and identify all existing state permits Mote Marine Laboratory 41
may use to deploy and test the technologies and approaches in 42
state waters. The department shall submit its evaluation to Mote 43
Marine Laboratory within 60 days after receipt of the report. If 44
the department determines existing state permits may not be 45
used, the department shall amend its regulatory or permitting 46
processes to ensure the timely deployment of any red tide or 47
similar harmful algal bloom mitigation and control technologies 48
and approaches recommended by the initiative. Upon successful 49
testing of the technologies and approaches, the department shall 50
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expedite regulatory reviews for the recurring use of the 51
technologies and approaches in state waters to control and 52
mitigate the impacts of red tide or similar harmful algal 53
blooms. 54
(4) This section expires June 30, 2025. 55
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 56