Bill Text: GA HB1102 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Georgia hazardous site reuse and redevelopment; 30 day grace period for buyers of qualifying property to seek limitation of liability; provide

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-01 - Effective Date [HB1102 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1102-Amended.html

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12 AM 40 0041

WITHDRAWN
Senator Mullis of the 53rd offered the following amendment:

Amend the LC 34 3481S substitute to HB 1102 by striking line 6 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide for a disposal method for septage from an on-site sewage management system; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating

By inserting between lines 35 and 36 the following:

SECTION 2A.

Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"31-2A-16.

(a) Any septic tank pumper certified by the department may remove the contents of an on-site sewage management system, as defined in Code Section 31-2A-11, with a vehicle identified and maintained in accordance with department requirements and dispose of such contents in accordance with department requirements in the following manner:

(1) The solids may be removed from such contents through a dewatering process;

(2) The water recovered through the dewatering process may be distributed to another properly approved on-site sewage management system;

(3) The removed solids may be placed in a land disposal site approved by the department, provided that the solids have been screened to remove nondegradable materials, are applied at agronomic rates, do not exceed annual pollutant loading rates set by the department, and are either incorporated into the soil or injected below the surface of the land, or may be placed in a solid waste or land disposal facility permitted by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; and

(4) Any nondegradable materials that have been collected through screening shall be disposed of at a solid waste facility permitted by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources.

(b) Any certified septic tank pumper who disposes of septage in accordance with the procedures in this Code section shall maintain a log identifying:

(1) The date and location of the removal of contents of any on-site sewage management system;

(2) The date and location of the dewatering of such contents;

(3) The date and location of the final disposal of the water recovered through the dewatering process;

(4) The date and location of the final disposal of the removed solids and nondegradable materials;

(5) Documentation that the solids were applied at agronomic rates and properly incorporated into the soil or injected below the land surface or placed in a solid waste or land disposal facility; and

(6) Documentation that pollutant loading rates were not exceeded.

Such logs shall be made available to the department by the certified septic tank pumper within 30 days of request by the department for inspection of such logs."