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Newsletter - Third Quarter 1999
 
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Petroleum Contamination Cleanup In Florida
 
 September 1, 1999
 

On June 17, 1999, Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed into law HB 2151, which contains several important changes to the DEP petroleum contamination cleanup program. One of the more significant changes is a new initiative to conduct free product recovery in advance of the normal preapproval program priority order at sites which are eligible for state cleanup. Effective June 17, 1999, the DEP is authorized to encumber up to $5 million of the cleanup budget to fund this initiative. DEP has circulated a June 17, 1999, memorandum entitled "Free Product Recovery Initiative" that discusses the parameters of this new program.

Other changes contained in the bill include:

  • Various modifications to the Petroleum Cleanup Participation Program
  • Establishment of a pilot program for several sites to allow use of innovative mediation technologies
  • Establishment of a negotiation process for sites contaminated by both eligible and non-eligible discharges under which liability and cleanup tasks will be allocated between the two discharges.

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