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An act relating to beach management; amending s.
161.011, F.S.; renaming Parts I and II as the Dennis
L. Jones Beach and Shore Preservation Act; amending s.
161.041, F.S.; specifying that demonstration to the
Department of Environmental Protection of the adequacy
of a project's design and construction is supported by
certain evidence; authorizing the department to issue
permits for an incidental take authorization under
certain circumstances; requiring the department to
adopt certain rules involving the excavation and
placement of sediment; requiring the department to
justify items listed in a request for additional
information; requiring the department to adopt
guidelines by rule; providing legislative intent with
regard to permitting for periodic maintenance of
certain beach nourishment and inlet management
projects; requiring the department to amend specified
rules to streamline such permitting; providing a
permit life for certain joint coastal permits;
amending s. 161.101, F.S.; requiring the department to
maintain certain beach management project information
on its website; requiring the department to notify the
Governor's Office and the Legislature concerning any
significant changes in project funding levels;
amending s. 403.813, F.S.; providing a permit
exemption for certain specified exploratory activities
relating to beach restoration and nourishment projects
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29 and inlet management activities; providing an
30 effective date.
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32 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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34 Section 1. Section 161.011, Florida Statutes, is amended
35 to read:
36 161.011 Short title. -Parts I and II of this chapter may be
37 known and cited as the "Dennis L. Jones Beach and Shore
38 Preservation Act."
39 Section 2. Section 161.041, Florida Statutes, is amended
40 to read:
41 161.041 Permits required. -
42 (1) If a any person, firm, corporation, county,
43 municipality, township, special district, or public agency
44 desires to make any coastal construction or reconstruction or
45 change of existing structures, or any construction or physical
46 activity undertaken specifically for shore protection purposes,
47 or other structures and physical activity including groins,
48 jetties, moles, breakwaters, seawalls, revetments, artificial
49 nourishment, inlet sediment bypassing, excavation or maintenance
50 dredging of inlet channels, or other deposition or removal of
51 beach material, or,construction of other structures A-€ of a
52 solid or highly impermeable design,- upon state sovereignty lands
53 ef- Fler44_, below the mean high -water line of any tidal water of
54 the state, a coastal construction permit must be obtained from
55 the department before pi=iei= -4�e, the commencement of such work.
56 The department may exempt interior tidal waters of the state
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57 from the permit requirements of this section. iie sdeh
58 d s pftt e ii;t shall i n-#- =-
59 (a) Except during construction, such development may not
60 interfere with the public use iu�?ic of any area of a
61 beach seaward of the mean high -water line unless the department
62 determines that the smaeh interference is unavoidable for
63 purposes of protecting the beach or an endangered upland
64 structure. The - 4�t ent Fftay As a condition of -tr&
65 granting permits under this section, the department may require
66 the provision of alternative access if when interference with
67 public access along the beach is unavoidable. The width of such
68 alternate access may not be required to exceed the width of the
69 access that will be obstructed as a result of the permit being
70 granted. lieatien fei- eeast-al eens:�i-� iems i=ffi'ts as 6efined
71 abe;ve -sue allm be i:fta 6 ewe the 6e eii en -sia eh t er-fft
72 eenei4:tiens as set feiaf ef the met-
73 (b) Except for the deepwater ports identified in s.
74 403.021(9)(b), the department shall not issue a permit for
75 the construction of a coastal inlet jetty or the excavation or
76 maintenance of such an inlet if the activity authorized by the
77 permit will have a significant adverse impact on the sandy
78 beaches of this state without a mitigation program approved by
79 the department. In evaluating the mitigation program, the
80 department shall consider take- �nt&eens- ei t-4aen the benefits
81 of the long -term sand management plan of the permittee and the
82 overall public benefits of the inlet activity.
83 (2) The department may authorize an excavation or erection
84 of a structure at any coastal location upon receipt of an
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85 application from a property or riparian owner and upon
86 consideration of facts and circumstances, including:
87 (a) Adequate engineering data concerning inlet and
88 shoreline stability and storm tides related to shoreline
89 topography;
90 (b) Design features of the proposed structures or
91 activities; and
92 (c) Potential effects i impacts of the location of such
93 structures or activities, including potential cumulative effects
94 of any proposed structures or activities upon such beach -dune
95 system or coastal inlet, which, in the opinion of the
96 department, clearly justify such a permit.
97 (3) The department may require sueh engineer
98 certifications as necessary to assure the adequacy of the design
99 and construction of permitted projects. Reasonable assurance is
100 demonstrated if the permit applicant provides competent
101 substantial evidence based on plans, studies, and credible
102 expertise that accounts for naturally occurring variables that
103 might reasonably be expected.
104 (4) The department may, as a condition to -t� granting e-f-
105 a permit under this section, require mitigation, financial, or
106 other assurances acceptable to the department as izftay be
107 necessary to assure performance of the conditions of a permit or
108 enter into contractual agreements to best assure compliance with
109 any permit conditions. Biological and environmental monitoring
110 conditions included in the permit must shall be based upon
III clearly defined scientific principles. The department may also
112 require notice of the required permit conditions - iiii d and
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113 the contractual agreements entered into pursuant to -tr�
114 p= - = -i- ns of this subsection to be filed in the public records
115 of the county in which the permitted activity is located.
116 (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
117 department may issue permits pursuant to this part in advance of
118 the issuance of an incidental take authorization provided under
119 the Endangered Species Act and its implementing regulations if
120 the permits and authorizations include a condition that requires
121 that such authorized activities not begin until the incidental
122 take authorization is issued.
123 (6) The department shall adopt rules to address standard
124 mixing zone criteria and antidegradation requirements for
125 turbidity generation for beach management and inlet bypassing
126 permits that involve the excavation and placement of sediment in
127 order to reduce or eliminate the need for variances. In
128 processing variance requests, the department must consider the
129 legislative declaration that, pursuant to s. 161.088, beach
130 nourishment projects are in the public interest.
131 (7) Application for permits shall be made to the
132 department upon such terms and conditions as set forth by rule.
133 (a) If, as part of the permit process, the department
134 requests additional information, it must cite applicable
135 statutory and rule provisions that justify any item listed in a
136 request for additional information.
137 (b) The department may not issue guidelines that are
138 enforceable as standards for beach management, inlet management,
139 and other erosion control projects without adopting such
140 guidelines by rule.
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141 (8) The Legislature intends to simplify and expedite the
142 permitting process for the periodic maintenance of previously
143 permitted and constructed beach nourishment and inlet management
144 projects under the joint coastal permit process. A detailed
145 review of a previously permitted project is not required if
146 there have been no substantial changes in project scope and past
147 performance of the project indicates that the project has
148 performed according to design expectations. The department shall
149 amend chapters 62B -41 and 62B -49, Florida Administrative Code,
150 to streamline the permitting process for periodic beach
151 maintenance projects and inlet sand bypassing activities.
152 (9) Joint coastal permits issued for activities falling
153 under this section and part IV of chapter 373 must allow for two
154 maintenance or dredging disposal events or a permit life of 15
155 years, whichever is greater.
156 Section 3. Subsection (20) of section 161.101, Florida
157 Statutes, is amended to read:
158 161.101 State and local participation in authorized
159 projects and studies relating to beach management and erosion
160 control. -
161 (20) The department shall maintain active en
162 project listings on its website by fiscal year in order to
163 provide transparency regarding those projects receiving funding
164 and the funding amounts, and to facilitate legislative reporting
165 and oversight. In consideration of this intent: li�- t- -ntf an-? ay,
166 in is diser-etie� nd elepe e : , ,i ; , ; t<, of ieeaj
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169 (a) The department shall notify the Executive Office of
170 the Governor and the Legislature regarding any significant
171 changes in the funding levels of a given project as initially
172 requested in the department's budget submission and subsequently
173 included in approved annual funding allocations. The term
174 "significant change" means those changes exceeding 25 percent of
175 a project's original allocation. If there is surplus funding,
176 notification shall be provided to the Executive Office of the
177 Governor and the Legislature to indicate whether additional
178 dollars are intended to be used for inlet management pursuant to
179 s. 161.143, offered for reversion as part of the next
180 appropriations process, or used for other specified priority
181 projects on active project lists.
182 (b) A summary of specific project activities for the
183 current fiscal year, funding status, and changes to annual
184 project lists shall be prepared by the department and included
185 with the department's submission of its annual legislative
186 budget request.
187 (c) A local project sponsor may at any time release, in
188 whole or in part, appropriated project dollars by formal
189 notification to the department, which shall notify the Executive
190 Office of the Governor and the Legislature. Notification must
191 indicate how the project dollars are intended to be used.
192 Section 4. Paragraph (v) is added to subsection (1) of
193 section 403.813, Florida Statutes, to read:
194 403.813 Permits issued at district centers; exceptions. -
195 (1) A permit is not required under this chapter, chapter
196 373, chapter 61 -691, Laws of Florida, or chapter 25214 or
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197 chapter 25270, 1949, Laws of Florida, for activities associated
198 with the following types of projects; however, except as
199 otherwise provided in this subsection, nothing in this
200 subsection relieves an applicant from any requirement to obtain
201 permission to use or occupy lands owned by the Board of Trustees
202 of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or any water management
203 district in its governmental or proprietary capacity or from
204 complying with applicable local pollution control programs
205 authorized under this chapter or other requirements of county
206 and municipal governments:
207 (v) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter,
208 chapter 373, or chapter 161, a permit or other authorization is
209 not required for the following exploratory activities associated
210 with beach restoration and nourishment projects and inlet
211 management activities:
212 1. The collection of geotechnical, geophysical, and
213 cultural resource data, including surveys, mapping, acoustic
214 soundings, benthic and other biologic sampling, and coring.
215 2. Oceanographic instrument deployment, including
216 temporary installation on the seabed of coastal and
217 oceanographic data collection equipment.
218 3. Incidental excavation associated with any of the
219 activities listed under subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2.
220 Section S. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
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