RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
62B-34.030: Application Procedures
62B-34.040: Application Fees and Information Requirements
62B-34.050: General Conditions
62B-34.080: Dune Restoration
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To amend Chapter 62B-34, F.A.C., to allow dune restoration projects to receive a general permit. This Chapter provides a streamlined permitting process for activities seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line that do not cause measureable interference with the beach and dune system or with marine turtles and their nesting habitats, in accordance with current statutes.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: TO BE ADDRESSED: The Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems intends to amend Chapter 62B-34, F.A.C., to allow dune restoration projects to receive General Permits. The new rule language will include application requirements for dune restoration general permits, general conditions for dune restoration projects and the criteria one must meet to receive a dune restoration general permit. These revisions will streamline the permitting process and save time and money for performing dune restoration and enhancement activities which will offer more protection to upland property and structures.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 161.053(18) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 161.053(18), 161.0535 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: September 12, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems, 4708 Capital Circle, Training Room, Tallahassee, FL
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Rosaline Beckham, (850)488-7815. 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).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Rosaline Beckham, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems, Mail Station #300, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000, (850)488-7815 or rosaline.beckham@dep.state.fl.us. A copy of the draft rule is located @ http://www.dep.state.fl.us/ beaches/rule-dev.htm

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.