Contact Information: Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection 3900 Commonwealth Blvd. M.S. 49 Tallahassee, FL 32399 (850) 921-9526 Or view the Department's Website

	Relevant State Sites: Florida Public Service Commission Florida Siting Coordination Office Florida Air Quality Regulations

	Major Utilities: Florida Power and Light Company Tampa Electric Company Jacksonville Electric Authority Gulf Power Company

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FLORIDA

Air Emissions Regulations |

Siting Regulations |

Regulatory Codes |

Standby Rates

25 tons of CO, NOx and SO2 OR

1 ton of any hazardous air pollutant;

2.5 tons of total hazardous air pollutants;

1,000 lbs/yr of lead and lead compounds expressed as lead;

10 tons of any other regulated pollutant.

SITING REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-UTILITY GENERATORS:

Legislative intent:--The Legislature finds that the present and predicted growth in electric power demands in this state requires the development of a procedure for the selection and utilization of sites for electrical generating facilities and the identification of a state position with respect to each proposed site. The Legislature recognizes that the selection of sites and the routing of associated transmission lines will have a significant impact upon the welfare of the population, the location and growth of industry, and the use of the natural resources of the state. The Legislature finds that the efficiency of the permit application and review process at both the state and local level would be improved with the implementation of a process whereby a permit application would be centrally coordinated and all permit decisions could be reviewed on the basis of standards and recommendations of the deciding agencies. It is the policy of this state that, while recognizing the pressing need for increased power generation facilities, the state shall ensure through available and reasonable methods that the location and operation of electrical power plants will produce minimal adverse effects on human health, the environment, the ecology of the land and its wildlife, and the ecology of state waters and their aquatic life and will not unduly conflict with the goals established by the applicable local comprehensive plans. It is the intent to seek courses of action that will fully balance the increasing demands for electrical power plant location and operation with the broad interests of the public. Such action will be based on these premises:

(12) "Electrical power plant" means, for the purpose of certification, any steam or solar electrical generating facility using any process or fuel, including nuclear materials, and includes associated facilities which directly support the construction and operation of the electrical power plant and those associated transmission lines which connect the electrical power plant to an existing transmission network or rights-of-way to which the applicant intends to connect, except that this term does not include any steam or solar electrical generating facility of less than 75 megawatts in capacity unless the applicant for such a facility elects to apply for certification under this act. An associated transmission line may include, at the applicant's option, any proposed terminal or intermediate substations or substation expansions connected to the associated transmission line.

(13) "Electric utility" means cities and towns, counties, public utility districts, regulated electric companies, electric cooperatives, and joint operating agencies, or combinations thereof, engaged in, or authorized to engage in, the business of generating, transmitting, or distributing electric energy.

403.506 Applicability and certification.-- (1) The provisions of this act shall apply to any electrical power plant as defined herein, except that the provisions of this act shall not apply to any electrical power plant or steam generating plant of less than 75 megawatts in capacity or to any substation to be constructed as part of an associated transmission line unless the applicant has elected to apply for certification of such plant or substation under this act. No construction of any new electrical power plant or expansion in steam generating capacity of any existing electrical power plant may be undertaken after October 1, 1973, without first obtaining certification in the manner as herein provided, except that this act shall not apply to any such electrical power plant which is presently operating or under construction or which has, upon the effective date of chapter 73-33, Laws of Florida, applied for a permit or certification under requirements in force prior to the effective date of such act.

(2) Except as provided in the certification, modification of non-nuclear fuels, internal related hardware, or operating conditions not in conflict with certification which increase the electrical output of a unit to no greater capacity than the maximum operating capacity of the existing generator shall not constitute an alteration or addition to generating capacity which requires certification pursuant to this act.

(3) The application for any related department license which is required pursuant to any federally delegated or approved permit program shall be processed within the time periods allowed by this act, in lieu of those specified in s. 120.60. However, permits issued pursuant to s. 403.0885 shall be processed in accordance with 40 C.F.R. part 123.