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Notice: 23390015

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Division:

Beaches and Coastal Systems

Chapter:

BEACH MANAGEMENT FUNDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Overview

RULE:

62B-36.002	Definitions
62B-36.005	Annual Funding Requests
62B-36.006	Project Ranking Procedure

PURPOSE:

The Beach Management Funding Assistance Program works with local sponsors to achieve protection, restoration, and nourishment of the sandy beaches fronting the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Straits of Florida, and for the management of inlets to replicate the natural drift of sand interrupted by improved, modified, or altered inlets. The Department requests funding from the Legislature to implement the program and this Rule Chapter establishes funding request procedures, project ranking criteria, cost sharing procedures, and project agreement requirements. The amendment revises the project ranking criteria that the Department must consider in determining and assigning annual funding priorities for beach management and erosion control projects and with respect to managing inlets.

SUMMARY:

The amendment to this Rule Chapter is a result of changes made to the beaches funding program in 2019, as codified in Chapter 2019-122, Laws of Florida. The amendment revises the project ranking criteria that the Department must consider in determining and assigning annual funding priorities for beach management and erosion control projects and with respect to managing inlets. The changes are intended to conform with statutory authority under 161.101, F.S. for the Department to evaluate and distribute funds from the program to local governments and municipalities to restore and nourish critically eroded beaches.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

161.101(21), 161.143(6) 161.161(7), F.S.

LAW:

161.088, 161.091(1), 161.101(1),(2), (8), (9), (11), (12), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), 161.142(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), 161.143(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), 161.161(1), (2), (6), F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

6/30/2020 Vol. 46/127

COMMENTS:

From 6/30/2020 To 7/21/2020 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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