Biosolids Management; Prohibiting the land application of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products from exceeding the appropriate agronomic rate; requiring the owner or operator of certain land application sites to maintain application records for a specified timeframe and make such records available to the Department of Environmental Protection upon request; requiring the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, on a specified basis and beginning on a specified date, to publish and make publicly available recommended agronomic rates for the reuse of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products; prohibiting Class AA biosolids fertilizer products and certain Class AA biosolids compost products from being marketed or distributed for agricultural land application unless specified requirements are met, etc.
Tributaries of the St. Johns River; Requires DEP to hire project lead to oversee implementation of act, to develop project plan for restoration of Ocklawaha River, & to develop specified outdoor recreation plan; creates Northeast Florida River & Springs Recreation & Economic Development Advisory Council; requires Department of Commerce to develop specified economic development program for Marion & Putnam Counties.
Public Waters; Prohibiting local governments and special districts from applying for a permit to establish or maintain a public mooring field under certain circumstances; requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Health to adopt and enforce certain rules; requiring counties, municipalities, special districts, and, if applicable, the state to close certain beach waters and public bathing places, etc.
Advanced Wastewater Treatment; Requires certain sewage disposal facilities to submit specified reports to DEP; requires DEP, in consultation with water management districts & sewage disposal facilities, to submit specified reports to Governor & Legislature & post such reports on its website.
Tributaries of the St. Johns River; Citing this act as the "Northeast Florida Rivers, Springs, and Community Investment Act"; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, by a specified date, to hire a project lead to oversee the implementation of the act; requiring the department to develop, by a specified date, a project plan for the restoration of the Ocklawaha River; providing that the project plan is an environmental restoration or enhancement project subject to a general permit from the department and water management districts; providing for the creation of the Northeast Florida River and Springs Recreation and Economic Development Advisory Council by a specified date, etc.
Stormwater Treatment ; Prohibits certain stormwater treatment & net improvement activities; requires DEP to require specified documentation for issuance of environmental resource permit for regional stormwater management systems; provides requirements for environmental resource permits authorizing such systems; authorizes certain permit applicants to purchase & use certain pollution reduction allocations & water quality enhancement credits; requires DEP & water management districts to use specified information to establish drainage areas; provides that certain use of enhancement credits constitutes stormwater treatment; provides that certain pollutant load reductions may not be referred to as enhancement credits; requires DEP to file specified rules for adoption by specified date; provides for water quality enhancement provisional permits; provides for modification of such permits under certain conditions; requires DEP & water management districts to recognize enhancement credits established in provisional permits; clarifies types of mitigation measures for compensating stormwater treatment which DEP or water management district governing boards must consider.
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Providing for the ratification of certain rules for cleanup target levels for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); requiring the department to adopt interim screening values until the United States Environmental Protection Agency establishes final standards for additional PFAS compounds; prohibiting fire service providers from using certain Class B firefighting foam after a specified date except under certain circumstances, etc.
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Prohibits, beginning on specified date, certain use & sale, purchase, or distribution of aqueous film-forming foam; requires, beginning on specified date, certain entities to submit aqueous film-forming foam inventories & disposal plans to DEP; prohibits, beginning on specified date, possession & use of aqueous film-forming foam; authorizes DEP to administer certain grants or cost share programs; provides penalties & injunctive relief; requires certain public entities disposing of domestic wastewater biosolids and treated effluent to quarterly conduct specified samplings & submit results to DEP; limits purpose such samplings until specified standards are established by EPA & adopted by DEP.
Biosolids Management; Prohibiting the land application of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products from exceeding the appropriate agronomic rate; requiring the owner or operator of certain land application sites to maintain application records for a specified timeframe and make such records available to the Department of Environmental Protection upon request; requiring the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, on a specified basis and beginning on a specified date, to publish and make publicly available recommended agronomic rates for the reuse of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products; prohibiting Class AA biosolids fertilizer products and certain Class AA biosolids compost products from being marketed or distributed for agricultural land application unless specified requirements are met, etc.
Biosolids Management ; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc.
