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Attachment 3 <br />Division: <br />Board: <br />Rule Number: <br />Rule Description: <br />Contact Person: <br />I <br />Please remember to analyze the impact of the rule, NOT the statute, when <br />completing this form. <br />I <br />A. Is the rule likely to, directly or indirectly, have an adverse impact on economic <br />growth, private -sector job creation or employment, or private -sector investment in <br />excess of $1 million in the aggregate within 5 years after the implementation of the <br />rule? I <br />1. <br />Is the rule likely to reduce personal income? <br />® <br />Yes <br />❑ <br />No <br />2. <br />Is the rule likely to reduce total non-farm employment? <br />® <br />Yes <br />❑ <br />No <br />3. <br />Is the rule likely to reduce private housing starts? <br />❑ <br />Yes <br />® <br />No <br />4. <br />Is the rule likely to reduce visitors to Florida? <br />❑ <br />Yes <br />® <br />No <br />5. <br />Is the rule likely to reduce wages or salaries? <br />❑ <br />Yes <br />® <br />No <br />6. <br />Is the rule likely to reduce property income? <br />® <br />Yes <br />❑ <br />No <br />Explanation: <br />The revised rule may significantly reduce biosolids land application rates <br />(the amount applied per acre on an annual basis) by an estimated 75%. In <br />2018, just under 90,000 dry tons of Class B biosolids were applied to <br />biosolids, land application sites with about 84,000 acres of the currently <br />permitted 100,000 acres in Florida. Reduced land application rates would <br />necessitate the permitting about 4 to 10 times more land to accommodate <br />the current quantity of land applied Class B biosolids. <br />As haulers have already permitted land application sites closer to the <br />domestic wastewater facilities that generate biosolids, any additional sites <br />are expected to be at greater distances from these facilities. This could <br />result in longer hauling distances. Additionally, some existing sites may <br />cease land application completely, either because the site may not be <br />suitable for land application or because the land owner may not want to <br />subject their property to ground water or surface water quality monitoring. <br />The additional site monitoring requirements for ground water and surface <br />water will also increase operational costs, so some biosolids site <br />permittees, especially for smaller sites, may choose to cease operations. <br />1 140 <br />