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FL Stat § 403.713 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.713 - Ownership and control of solid waste and recovered materials.

403.713 Ownership and control of solid waste and recovered materials.—(1) Nothing in this act or in any local act or ordinance shall be construed to limit the free flow of solid waste across municipal or county boundaries provided such solid waste is transported or disposed of pursuant to the provisions of this part. However, any local government that undertakes resource recovery from solid waste pursuant to general law or special act may control the collection and disposal of solid waste, as defined by general law or such special act, which is generated within the territorial boundaries of such local government and other local governments which enter into interlocal agreements for the disposal of solid waste with the local government sponsoring the resource recovery facility.(2) Any local government which undertakes resource recovery from solid waste pursuant to general law or special act may institute a flow control ordinance for the purpose of ensuring that the resource recovery facility receives an adequate quantity of solid waste from solid waste generated within its jurisdiction. Such authority shall not extend to recovered materials, whether separated at the point of generation or after collection, that are intended to be held for purposes of recycling pursuant to requirements of this part; however, the handling of such materials shall be subject to applicable state and local public health and safety laws.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-342; s. 1, ch. 83-293; s. 20, ch. 88-130; s. 23, ch. 93-207.
FL Stat § 403.7145 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.7145 - Recycling.

403.7145 Recycling.—(1) The Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings constitute the Capitol recycling area. The Florida House of Representatives, the Florida Senate, and the Office of the Governor, the Secretary of State, and each Cabinet officer who heads a department that occupies office space in the Capitol, shall institute a recycling program for their respective offices in the House and Senate office buildings and the Capitol. Provisions shall be made to collect and sell wastepaper and empty beverage containers generated by employee activities in these offices. The collection and sale of such materials shall be reported to Leon County using the department’s designated reporting format and coordinated with Department of Management Services recycling activities to maximize the efficiency and economy of this program. The Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Secretary of State, and the Cabinet officers may authorize the use of proceeds from recyclable material sales for employee benefits and other purposes, in order to provide incentives to their respective employees for participation in the recycling program. Such proceeds may also be used to offset any costs of the recycling program. As a demonstration of leading by example, the Capitol Building’s recycling rates shall be posted on the website of the Department of Management Services and shall include the details of the recycling rates for each Department of Management Services pool facility. The Department of Environmental Protection shall post recycling rates of each state-owned facility reported to the Department of Management Services.(2) Each state agency, the judicial branch of state government, and the State University System shall collect and sell, to the greatest extent practicable, recyclable materials and products used during the operation of facilities and offices and may use the proceeds of the sale of such materials and products for employee benefits and other purposes and thereby provide incentives for employees to participate in the recycling program. Such proceeds may also be used to offset any recycling program costs.(3) The department shall develop and contract for an innovative recycling pilot project for the Capitol recycling area. The project shall be designed to collect recyclable materials and create a more sustainable recycling system. Components of the project shall be designed to increase convenience, incentivize and measure participation, reduce material volume, and assist in achieving the recycling goals enumerated in s. 403.706.History.—s. 22, ch. 88-130; s. 307, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 74, ch. 93-207; s. 37, ch. 2000-258; s. 12, ch. 2010-143.
FL Stat § 403.715 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.715 - Certification of resource recovery or recycling equipment.

403.715 Certification of resource recovery or recycling equipment.—For purposes of implementing the tax exemption provided by s. 212.08(7)(q), the department shall establish a system for the examination and certification of resource recovery or recycling equipment. Application for certification of equipment shall be submitted to the department on forms prescribed by it which include such pertinent information as the department may require. The department may require appropriate certification by a certified public accountant or professional engineer that the equipment for which this exemption is being sought complies with the exemption criterion set forth in s. 212.08(7)(q). Within 30 days after receipt of an application by the department, a representative of the department may inspect the equipment. Within 30 days after such inspection, the department shall issue a written decision granting or denying certification.History.—s. 4, ch. 78-329; s. 29, ch. 87-6; s. 23, ch. 88-130; s. 34, ch. 2000-153; s. 6, ch. 2000-228.
FL Stat § 403.716 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.716 - Training of operators of solid waste management and other facilities.

403.716 Training of operators of solid waste management and other facilities.—(1) The department shall establish qualifications for, and encourage the development of training programs for, operators of landfills, coordinators of local recycling programs, and operators of other solid waste management facilities.(2) The department shall work with accredited community colleges, career centers, state universities, and private institutions in developing educational materials, courses of study, and other such information to be made available for persons seeking to be trained as operators of solid waste management facilities.(3) A person may not perform the duties of an operator of a landfill without first completing an operator training course approved by the department or qualifying as an interim operator in compliance with requirements established by the department by rule. An owner of a landfill may not employ any person to perform the duties of an operator unless such person has completed an approved landfill operator training course or qualified as an interim operator in compliance with requirements established by the department by rule. The department may establish by rule operator training requirements for other solid waste management facilities and facility operators.(4) The department has authority to adopt minimum standards and other rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this section. The department shall ensure the safe, healthy, and lawful operation of solid waste management facilities in this state. The department may establish by rule various classifications for operators to cover the need for differing levels of training required to operate various types of solid waste management facilities due to different operating requirements at such facilities.(5) For purposes of this section, the term “operator” means any person, including the owner, who is principally engaged in, and is in charge of, the actual operation, supervision, and maintenance of a solid waste management facility and includes the person in charge of a shift or period of operation during any part of the day.History.—s. 39, ch. 88-130; s. 63, ch. 90-331; s. 93, ch. 91-221; s. 25, ch. 93-207; s. 402, ch. 94-356; s. 15, ch. 97-103; s. 105, ch. 98-200; s. 23, ch. 2000-211; s. 34, ch. 2004-357; s. 18, ch. 2007-184.
FL Stat § 403.71851 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.71851 - Electronic recycling grants.

403.71851 Electronic recycling grants.—The Department of Environmental Protection is authorized to use funds from the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund as grants to Florida-based businesses with 5 or more years’ experience in electronics recycling that recycle electronics such as commercial telephone switching equipment, computers, televisions, computer monitors, and other products that utilize lead-containing cathode ray tubes. This funding shall be used for demonstration projects with one or more counties for countywide comprehensive electronics recycling where that term means recycling that provides service to the private sector, nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, and the residential sector. This funding may also be used for grants to counties to develop methods to collect and transport electronics to be recycled provided such methods are comprehensive in nature.History.—s. 2, ch. 99-215; s. 3, ch. 2001-224.
FL Stat § 403.71852 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.71852 - Collection of lead-containing products.

403.71852 Collection of lead-containing products.—The Department of Environmental Protection is directed to work with the Department of Management Services to implement a pilot program to collect lead-containing products, including end-of-life computers and other electronic equipment from state and local agencies. Local governments are encouraged to establish collection and recycling programs for publicly and privately owned lead-containing products, including end-of-life televisions, computers, and other electronic products, through existing recycling and household hazardous-waste-management programs.History.—s. 3, ch. 99-215.
FL Stat § 403.7193 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.7193 - Environmental representations.

403.7193 Environmental representations.—(1) Any person who represents in advertising or on the label or container of a consumer product that the consumer product that the person manufactures or distributes is not harmful to, or is beneficial to, the environment through the use of such terms as “environmentally friendly,” “ecologically sound,” “environmentally safe,” “recyclable,” “recycled,” “biodegradable,” “photodegradable,” “ozone friendly,” or any other like term must maintain records documenting and supporting the validity of such representation. The Department of Legal Affairs may request copies of those records at any time. For purposes of this section, a wholesaler or retailer who does not initiate a representation by advertising or by placing the representation on a package has not made the representation. This section does not apply to instructions for recycling on the label or container of a product.(2) Any person who makes false representations regarding the environment about any consumer product that the person manufactures or distributes commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable by a fine as provided in s. 775.083.History.—s. 30, ch. 93-207.
FL Stat § 403.72 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.72 - Identification, listing, and notification.

403.72 Identification, listing, and notification.—(1) The department shall adopt rules which list hazardous wastes and identify their characteristics and shall establish procedures by which hazardous waste may be identified. The department may consider ignitability, corrosivity, reactiveness, toxicity, infectiousness, radioactivity, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, bioaccumulative effect, and persistence and degradability in nature and any other characteristics relevant to each particular waste material.(2) Any generator or transporter of, or any person who owns or operates a facility that disposes of, stores, or treats, hazardous waste which is identified or listed by rule of the department shall, within 90 days of the effective date of the rule, file a written notification with the department, unless previous notification was given to the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to federal law. The notification shall state the location of the generator, transporter, or facility; shall generally describe the activity engaged in; and shall state the hazardous waste handled. The department shall adopt and make available to the public a notification form for this purpose.History.—s. 8, ch. 80-302; s. 8, ch. 82-27.
FL Stat § 403.7215 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.7215 - Tax on gross receipts of commercial hazardous waste facilities.

403.7215 Tax on gross receipts of commercial hazardous waste facilities.—(1) The owner or operator of each privately owned, permitted, commercial hazardous waste transfer, storage, treatment, or disposal facility shall, on or before January 25 of each year, file with the chief fiscal officer of the primary host local government a certified, notarized statement. The statement shall indicate the gross receipts from all charges imposed during the preceding calendar year for the storage, treatment, or disposal of hazardous waste at the facility.(2) A 3-percent tax is hereby levied on the annual gross receipts of a privately owned, permitted, commercial hazardous waste transfer, storage, treatment, or disposal facility, which tax is payable annually on or before July 1 by the owner of the facility to the primary host local government.(3) All moneys received by the appropriate local government pursuant to subsection (2) shall be appropriated and used to pay for:(a) The costs of collecting the tax;(b) Any local inspection costs incurred by the local government to ensure that the facility is operated pursuant to the provisions of this part and any rule adopted pursuant thereto;(c) Additional security costs incurred as a result of operating the facility, including monitoring, fire protection, and police protection;(d) Hazardous waste contingency planning implementation;(e) Road construction or repair costs for public roads adjacent to and within 1,000 feet of the facility;(f) Any other cost incurred by the local government as a result of the operation of the facility, if all other costs specified in paragraphs (a)-(e) have been paid; and(g) Any other purposes relating to environmental protection within the jurisdiction of the local government, including, but not limited to, the establishment of a system for the collection and disposal of household, agricultural and other types of hazardous waste, the protection or improvement of the quality of the air or water, or the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands, provided all other costs specified in this section have been paid.(4) The primary host local government is responsible for regulating, controlling, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this section.History.—s. 17, ch. 83-310; s. 24, ch. 88-130; s. 33, ch. 88-393; s. 1, ch. 89-285; s. 36, ch. 91-305.Note.—Former s. 203.10.
FL Stat § 403.7222 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.7222 - Prohibition of hazardous waste landfills.

403.7222 Prohibition of hazardous waste landfills.—(1) As used in this section, the term “hazardous waste landfill” means a disposal facility or part of a facility at which hazardous waste that has not undergone treatment is placed in or on land, including an injection well, which is not a land treatment facility. However, hazardous waste may not be disposed of through an injection well or other subsurface method of disposal, which is defined as a Class IV well in 40 C.F.R. s. 144.6(d), except those Class I wells permitted for hazardous waste disposal as of January 1, 1992. The department shall annually review the operations of any such Class I well permitted as of January 1, 1992, and prepare a report analyzing any impact on groundwater systems. This section may not be construed to refer to the products of membrane technology, including reverse osmosis, for the production of potable water where disposal is through a Class I well as defined in 40 C.F.R. s. 144.6(a), or to refer to remedial or corrective action activities conducted in accordance with 40 C.F.R. s. 144.13.(2) The Legislature declares that, due to the permeability of the soil and high water table in Florida, future hazardous waste landfills are prohibited. Therefore, the department may not issue a permit pursuant to s. 403.722 for a newly constructed hazardous waste landfill. However, if by executive order the Governor declares a hazardous waste management emergency, the department may issue a permit for a temporary hazardous waste landfill. Any such landfill shall be used only until such time as an appropriate alternative method of disposal can be derived and implemented. Such a permit may not be issued for a period exceeding 6 months without a further declaration of the Governor. A Class IV injection well, as defined in 40 C.F.R. s. 144.6(d), may not be permitted for construction or operation under this section.(3) This section does not prohibit the department from banning the disposal of hazardous waste in other types of waste management units in a manner consistent with federal requirements, except as provided under s. 403.804(2).(4) This section does not apply to a disposal facility or part of a facility that accepts fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, or flue-gas emission control materials from the operation of a fossil fuel-fired electric or steam generation facility, from a clean coal or other innovative technology process at a fossil fuel-fired electric or steam generation facility, or from any combination thereof.History.—s. 38, ch. 83-310; s. 36, ch. 86-186; s. 5, ch. 89-285; s. 64, ch. 90-331; s. 1, ch. 93-91; s. 409, ch. 94-356; s. 2, ch. 2013-68.
FL Stat § 403.7223 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.7223 - Waste elimination and reduction assistance program.

403.7223 Waste elimination and reduction assistance program.—(1) The Legislature finds that the reduction of the volume and toxicity of hazardous waste generated in the state is the most environmentally, economically, and technically efficient method of protecting the public health and the environment from the improper management of hazardous waste.(2) The department shall establish a waste reduction and elimination assistance program designed to assist all persons in reducing the amount and toxicity of the hazardous waste generated in the state to the maximum extent possible. The waste reduction assistance program may include, but not be limited to:(a) The establishment of a waste reduction clearinghouse of all available information concerning waste reduction, waste minimization, recycling programs, economic and energy savings, and production and environmental improvements;(b) Assistance in transferring information concerning waste reduction technologies through workshops, conferences, and handbooks;(c) Cooperation with university programs to develop waste reduction curricula and training;(d) Onsite technical assistance for hazardous waste generators; and(e) Researching and recommending incentive programs for innovative waste management and reduction programs.History.—s. 6, ch. 88-393.
FL Stat § 403.7226 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 403 - Environmental Control|Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)|403.7226 - Technical assistance by the department.

403.7226 Technical assistance by the department.—The department shall:(1) Provide technical assistance to county governments and regional planning councils to ensure consistency in implementing local hazardous waste management assessments as provided in ss. 403.7225, 403.7234, and 403.7236. In order to ensure that each local assessment is properly implemented and that all information gathered during the assessment is uniformly compiled and documented, each county or regional planning council shall contact the department during the preparation of the local assessment to receive technical assistance. Each county or regional planning council shall follow guidelines established by the department, and adopted by rule as appropriate, in order to properly implement these assessments.(2) Identify short-term needs and long-term needs for hazardous waste management for the state on the basis of the information gathered through the local hazardous waste management assessments and other information from state and federal regulatory agencies and sources. The state needs assessment must be ongoing and must be updated when new data concerning waste generation and waste management technologies become available.History.—s. 26, ch. 83-310; s. 2, ch. 89-285; s. 41, ch. 93-207; s. 410, ch. 94-356; s. 22, ch. 2007-184.