20574105, 62B-33.002 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 20574105

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Division:

Beaches and Coastal Systems

Chapter:

RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR COASTAL CONSTRUCTION AND EXCAVATION (PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION SEAWARD OF THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTROL LINE AND FIFTY-FOOT SETBACK)

Overview

RULE:

62B-33.002	Definitions
62B-33.004	Exemptions from Permit Requirements
62B-33.005	General Criteria for Areawide and Individual Permits
62B-33.008	Application Requirements and Procedures for Areawide and Individual Permits
62B-33.0085	Application Fees
62B-33.0086	Electronic Submittals
62B-33.013	Permit Modifications, Time Extensions, Renewals, and Reissuances
62B-33.014	Emergency Procedures
62B-33.0155	General Permit Conditions
62B-33.024	Thirty-Year Erosion Projection Procedures

PURPOSE:

The Department is amending Chapter 62B-33, F.A.C., Rules and Procedures for Coastal Construction and Excavation (Permits for Construction Seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line and Fifty-Foot Setback), authorized by Sections 161.053 and 161.052, F.S., respectively.

SUMMARY:

The amendments will clarify and update existing rule language, delete obsolete definitions, revise the definitions of “armoring”, “coastal system”, “construction debris”, “Department”, add definitions for “marine turtle nesting habitat”, “native vegetation”, “registered professional”, and “reissued permit”. The revisions provide additional exemptions from permitting for certain minor activities, delete obsolete references to the Florida Building Code, establish criteria for fill material, provide more specific criteria for siting of both major and minor structures (including those where armoring exists), establish criteria for rebuilt pipelines and ocean outfalls crossing the beach, clarify requirements for geotechnical data and other information required in the application process, delete the requirement to submit multiple copies of certain documents to the Department, simplify fee calculations, eliminate the permit fee for exemption determinations and permit transfers, reduce the permit fee for reissued permits, provide for electronic submission of applications and related documents, provide success criteria for site re-vegetation, eliminate a requirement for construction progress reports, and clarify the methodology used to establish the 30-year erosion projection line.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

20.255(8), 161.052(11), 161.053(20), 161.0535, 161.085(5), 668 FS.

LAW:

20.255(8), 161.052(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), 161.053(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (11), (12), (14), (17), (18), (19), (21), 161.0535, 161.054(1), (2), (5), 161.085(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), (12), 403.061(44), 471.025, 668 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

6/22/2018 Vol. 44/122

COMMENTS:

From 6/22/2018 To 7/13/2018 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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