NOTICE OF ROUTINE PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST

A routine request to update the approved Florida Coastal Management Program (FCMP) has been submitted to the federal Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Department of Environmental Protection has determined that the proposed program changes are a routine program change as defined by 15 CFR 923.84. This routine program change (RPC) submission will incorporate relevant statutory changes enacted by the Florida Legislature during the 2011 legislative session to statutes included in the FCMP. A list of all statutes that make up the FCMP is available at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/cmp/federal/ 24_statutes.htm.

Staff has evaluated these changes pursuant to 15 CFR 923.80 and concluded that the changes are not amendments to the FCMP. These changes will not result in any substantial change to the enforceable policies or authorities of the FCMP related to uses subject to management, special management areas, boundaries, authorities and organization, or coordination, public involvement and national interest.

This notice has been sent to affected parties, including local governments, state agencies, and regional offices of relevant federal agencies as required by 15 CFR 923.84(b)(2). A list of persons and organizations notified is available for inspection or can be provided at cost upon request from the FCMP.

Pursuant to 15 CFR 923.84, comments on whether the changes constitute a routine program change of the FCMP may be submitted to Donna Wieting, NOAA/OCRM, Coastal Programs Division, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 within 21 days of the date of publication of this notice.

The RPC submittal is available at: http://www.dep.state.fl. us/cmp/federal/fedconsv.htm. For more information on this RPC submittal, please contact: Ms. Ann Lazar, Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Coastal Management Program, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000, (850)245-2168. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).