Bill > S0056

Introduced Session

An act relating to residential impacts from mining activities; providing a short title; amending s. 552.30, F.S.; providing legislative findings; defining terms; providing that the Division of State Fire Marshal retains sole and exclusive authority to adopt standards, limits, and regulations for explosives used for certain mining activities; authorizing the delegation of such authority to specified entities; providing maximum blasting limits for areas inside and outside of residential protection zones; requiring certain persons to monitor and record blast sites; requiring such monitoring and recording to capture certain information by instruments that are certified annually; requiring raw and summary data for a blast site to be posted on the division’s website and made available to the public within a specified timeframe; requiring such data to be retained for a specified timeframe; requiring an operator to provide specific notice of each blasting window to addressees within a specified distance of the blast site; requiring the operator and the local government to prominently display links on their websites to direct residents to register for such notice; requiring an operator to post a monthly blasting schedule on the division’s website; restricting blasting to specific days and times; requiring an operator to fund a third-party pre-blast survey upon request by certain persons; requiring an operator to provide a post-blast survey under certain circumstances; requiring a post-blast survey vendor to be independent of the operator; requiring the State Fire Marshal to carry out a specific duty; authorizing local governments that receive delegation to install and operate their own seismographs; authorizing such local governments to recover reasonable costs; providing civil and criminal penalties for violations of the act; requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules within a specified timeframe; amending s. 552.40, F.S.; revising the administrative procedures and remedies for filing a petition for alleged damage due to the use of explosives in connection with construction materials; removing and prohibiting a fee for filing a petition; providing that the Division of Administrative Hearings has exclusive jurisdiction over such claims; providing that a prevailing petitioner is entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs; creating a rebuttable presumption against an operator if certain information is shown; providing that an operator may overcome the presumption with clear and convincing evidence; reenacting s. 552.38(1), F.S., relating to security requirements to obtain a license to conduct construction materials mining activities, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 552.30, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Barbara Sharief (D)*, 

Introduced (on 01/13/2026)

Official Document