Title: Construction Materials Mining Activities

Summary: Specifies ground vibration limit for construction materials mining activities within 1 mile of certain areas; authorizes CFO to direct State Fire Marshal to modify standards, limits, & regulations for use of explosives used in such construction materials mining activities.

Full Text:
An act relating to construction materials mining activities; amending s. 552.30, F.S.; specifying a ground vibration limit for construction materials mining activities within mile of certain areas; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to direct the State Fire Marshal to modify the standards, limits, and regulations for the use of explosives in connection with such construction materials mining activities; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 552.30, Florida Statutes, to read: 552.30 Construction materials mining activities.-(4)(a) Beginning July 1, 2022, and notwithstanding any other law, rule, or ordinance, the ground vibration limit for construction materials mining activities within mile of residentially zoned areas may not exceed.15 inches per second. (b) Notwithstanding this sectio nor any other law, the Chief Financial Officer may direct the State Fire Marshal to modify the standards, limits, and regulations for the use of explosives in connection with construction materials mining activities within mile of residentially zoned ar eas, HB 2022 including, but not limited to, the temporary cessation of blasting. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.