Florida Statutes 403.72 – Identification, listing, and notification
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 403.72
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Protection or any successor agency performing a like function. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Hazardous waste: means solid waste, or a combination of solid wastes, which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly transported, disposed of, stored, treated, or otherwise managed. See Florida Statutes 403.703
- Person: means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, or association; any municipal or private corporation organized or existing under the laws of this state or any other state; any county of this state; and any governmental agency of this state or the Federal Government. See Florida Statutes 403.703
(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.