No. CS/SB 1196
Filed under Environment & Water.
Waste Facilities; Prohibiting a local government or the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for certain solid waste disposal and waste-to-energy facilities under certain circumstances, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDNeither a local government nor the Department of Environmental Protection may issue a construction permit for a new ash-incinerator solid waste facility or waste-to-energy facility sited within 2 miles of a qualifying water-conservation impoundment.
The impoundment must be a federally authorized structure of at least 100 acres used for storing surface water, restoring wetlands, protecting endangered species, flood control, or groundwater recharge, measured from the facility's stack.
The ban does not reach canals, facilities or modifications already in place by July 1, 2026, or any site in a county with fewer than 1.7 million residents.
AIA local government may not issue a construction permit for a new ash-incinerator solid waste facility, or for a waste-to-energy facility, if it would be sited within 2 miles of a qualifying water-conservation impoundment, measured from the facility's stack.
AIThe Department of Environmental Protection may not issue its own construction permit for a new ash-incinerator solid waste facility or a waste-to-energy facility, under the identical 2-mile impoundment restriction that binds local governments.
AIThe siting ban does not apply to canals, to any facility, operation, or modification already existing as of July 1, 2026, or to any parcel in a county with fewer than 1.7 million residents, which excludes most Florida counties entirely.