| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to the Florida Red Tide Mitigation and 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Technology Development Initiative; amending s. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 379.2273, F.S.; requiring the initiative to develop 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | recommendations for deployment of certain technologies 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | and approaches and submit a report to the Department 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | of Environmental Protection, the Fish and Wildlife 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Conservation Commission, the Department of Agriculture 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and Consumer Services, and specified state agencies; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | requiring the department to submit an evaluation 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | regarding the technologies and approaches to Mote 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Marine Laboratory within a specified time period and 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | amend regulatory or permitting processes and expedite 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | regulatory reviews under certain circum stances; 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | removing the expiration date of the initiative; 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | providing an effective date. 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | section 379.2273, Florida Statutes, are redesig nated as 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | paragraphs (d) and (e), respectively, and a new paragraph (c) is 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | added to that subsection, and subsection (4) of that section is 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | amended, to read: 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 379.2273 Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology 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 | | Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council.— 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) The Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Development Initiative is established as a partnership between 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute within the commission 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and Mote Marine Laboratory. 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (c) Upon successful completi on of science-based laboratory 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | testing of prevention, control, and mitigation technologies and 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | approaches, the initiative shall develop recommendations for 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | field trial deployment of the technologies and approaches in 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | state waters. The initiative shall subm it a report on its 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | findings and recommendations to the department, the commission, 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and other 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | state agencies with regulatory oversight of field trial 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | deployment of the technologies and approaches in state waters. 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | The department shall evaluate the technologies and approaches 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | and identify all existing state permits Mote Marine Laboratory 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | may use to deploy and test the technologies and approaches in 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | state waters. The department shall submit its evaluation to Mote 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Marine Laboratory within 60 days after receipt of the report. If 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the department determines existing state permits may not be 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | used, the department shall amend its regulatory or permitting 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | processes to ensure the timely deployment of any red tide or 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | similar harmful algal bloom mitigation and control technologies 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | and approaches recommended by the initiative. Upon successful 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | testing of the technologies and approaches, the department shall 50 |
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