(1)(a) The department shall administer and supervise amnesty days and shall contract with a department-approved, bonded waste handling company for implementation. The waste collected from the entities named in this section shall be transported out of the state for proper disposal at a federally approved facility.
(b) If a local government has established a local or regional hazardous waste collection center pursuant to s. 403.7265(2) and such center is in operation, the department and the local government may enter into a contract whereby the local government shall administer and supervise amnesty days. If a contract is entered into, the department shall provide to the local government, from funds appropriated to the department for amnesty days, an amount of money as determined by the department that is equal to the amount of money that would have been spent by the department to administer and supervise amnesty days in the local government’s area. A local government that wishes to administer and supervise amnesty days shall notify the department at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the state fiscal year during which the amnesty days are scheduled to be held in the local government’s area.
(2) The department shall establish maximum amounts of hazardous waste to be accepted from any one entity during amnesty days. Amnesty days shall continue, at no cost to participants reporting with less than 100 pounds of hazardous waste, until funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose have been exhausted.
(3) Local governments are required to participate in the program by selecting a highly visible site for amnesty days, publicizing the event, and sending a representative to work at amnesty days activities when they occur.
(4) Amnesty days shall be funded on a continuing basis, as needed, from the Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund. The department is authorized to use up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated for amnesty days for administrative costs and up to 5 percent of such funds for public education related to amnesty days.
History.—s. 34, ch. 83-310; s. 37, ch. 84-338; s. 39, ch. 86-186; s. 7, ch. 88-393; s. 413, ch. 94-356; s. 51, ch. 2009-21; s. 26, ch. 2015-30.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 403 - Environmental Control
Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)
403.702 - Legislative findings; public purpose.
403.7031 - Limitations on definitions adopted by local ordinance.
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.
403.706 - Local government solid waste responsibilities.
403.70605 - Solid waste collection services in competition with private companies.
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.
403.7071 - Management of storm-generated debris.
403.70715 - Research, development, and demonstration permits.
403.708 - Prohibition; penalty.
403.709 - Solid Waste Management Trust Fund; use of waste tire fees.
403.7095 - Solid waste management grant program.
403.7125 - Financial assurance.
403.713 - Ownership and control of solid waste and recovered materials.
403.714 - Duties of state agencies.
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.
403.7185 - 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.
403.7215 - 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.
403.7545 - 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.
403.763 - Grants to local governments.
403.767 - Certification of used oil transporters.
403.769 - Permits for used oil processing and rerefining facilities.