Florida Statutes
Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)
403.7255 - Placement of signs.


(1) Signs must be placed by the owner or operator at any site in the state which is listed or proposed for listing on the Superfund Site List of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any site identified by the department as a site contaminated by hazardous waste where there is a risk of exposure to the public. This section does not apply to sites reported under ss. 376.3071 and 376.3072. The department shall establish requirements and procedures for the placement of signs, and may do so in rules, permits, orders, or other authorizations. The authorization shall establish the appropriate size for such signs, which size shall be no smaller than 2 feet by 2 feet, and shall provide in clearly legible print appropriate warning language for the waste or other materials at the site and a telephone number that may be called for further information.
(2) Violations of this act are punishable as provided in s. 403.161(4).
(3) The provisions of this act are independent of and cumulative to any other requirements and remedies in this chapter or chapter 376, or any rules promulgated thereunder.
History.—ss. 2, 3, 4, ch. 90-15; s. 412, ch. 94-356; s. 24, ch. 2007-184; s. 34, ch. 2020-158.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXIX - Public Health

Chapter 403 - Environmental Control

Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)

403.702 - Legislative findings; public purpose.

403.703 - Definitions.

403.7031 - Limitations on definitions adopted by local ordinance.

403.7032 - Recycling.

403.7033 - Departmental analysis of particular recyclable materials.

403.704 - Powers and duties of the department.

403.7043 - Compost standards and applications.

403.7045 - Application of act and integration with other acts.

403.7046 - Regulation of recovered materials.

403.7047 - Regulation of fossil fuel combustion products.

403.7049 - Determination of full cost for solid waste management; local solid waste management fees.

403.705 - State solid waste management program.

403.7055 - Methane capture.

403.706 - Local government solid waste responsibilities.

403.70605 - Solid waste collection services in competition with private companies.

403.7061 - Requirements for review of new waste-to-energy facility capacity by the Department of Environmental Protection.

403.70611 - Requirements relating to solid waste disposal facility permitting.

403.7063 - Use of private services in solid waste management.

403.7065 - Procurement of products or materials with recycled content.

403.707 - Permits.

403.7071 - Management of storm-generated debris.

403.70715 - Research, development, and demonstration permits.

403.7072 - Citation of rule.

403.708 - Prohibition; penalty.

403.709 - Solid Waste Management Trust Fund; use of waste tire fees.

403.7095 - Solid waste management grant program.

403.712 - Revenue bonds.

403.7125 - Financial assurance.

403.713 - Ownership and control of solid waste and recovered materials.

403.714 - Duties of state agencies.

403.7145 - Recycling.

403.715 - Certification of resource recovery or recycling equipment.

403.716 - Training of operators of solid waste management and other facilities.

403.717 - Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements.

403.718 - Waste tire fees.

403.7185 - Lead-acid battery fees.

403.71851 - Electronic recycling grants.

403.71852 - Collection of lead-containing products.

403.7186 - Environmentally sound management of mercury-containing devices and lamps.

403.7191 - Toxics in packaging.

403.7192 - Batteries; requirements for consumer, manufacturers, and sellers; penalties.

403.7193 - Environmental representations.

403.72 - Identification, listing, and notification.

403.721 - Standards, requirements, and procedures for generators and transporters of hazardous waste and owners and operators of hazardous waste facilities.

403.7211 - Hazardous waste facilities managing hazardous wastes generated offsite; federal facilities managing hazardous waste.

403.7215 - Tax on gross receipts of commercial hazardous waste facilities.

403.722 - Permits; hazardous waste disposal, storage, and treatment facilities.

403.7222 - Prohibition of hazardous waste landfills.

403.7223 - Waste elimination and reduction assistance program.

403.7225 - Local hazardous waste management assessments.

403.7226 - Technical assistance by the department.

403.723 - Siting of hazardous waste facilities.

403.7234 - Small quantity generator notification and verification program.

403.7236 - Local government information to be sent to the department.

403.7238 - Expanded local hazardous waste management programs.

403.724 - Financial responsibility.

403.7255 - Placement of signs.

403.726 - Abatement of imminent hazard caused by hazardous substance.

403.7264 - Amnesty days for purging small quantities of hazardous wastes.

403.7265 - Local hazardous waste collection program.

403.727 - Violations; defenses, penalties, and remedies.

403.728 - Qualifications of operation personnel of hazardous waste facilities.

403.74 - Management of hazardous materials by governmental agencies.

403.75 - Definitions relating to used oil.

403.751 - Prohibited actions; used oil.

403.753 - Public educational program about collection and recycling of used oil.

403.7531 - Notice by retail dealer.

403.754 - Registration of persons transporting, processing, burning, or marketing used oil; fees; reports and records.

403.7545 - Regulation of used oil as hazardous waste.

403.757 - Coordination with other state agencies.

403.758 - Enforcement and penalty.

403.759 - Disposition of fees, fines, and penalties.

403.760 - Public used oil collection centers.

403.761 - Incentives program.

403.763 - Grants to local governments.

403.767 - Certification of used oil transporters.

403.769 - Permits for used oil processing and rerefining facilities.

403.7721 - Rule of construction; chs. 85-269 and 85-277.