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2002 Florida Statutes

SECTION 8163
Sites for disposal of spoil from maintenance dredge operations; selection.
Section 403.8163, Florida Statutes 2002

403.8163  Sites for disposal of spoil from maintenance dredge operations; selection.--Lands created by spoil or used as dredge spoil sites must be given priority consideration as sites for disposal of spoil in maintenance dredge operations, except when the 1Division of Beaches and Shores of the Department of Environmental Protection determines that the spoil, or some substantial portion thereof, may be placed as compatible sediment into the littoral system of an adjacent sandy beach or coastal barrier dune system for the preservation and protection of such beach or dune system.

History.--s. 48, ch. 84-338; s. 14, ch. 86-138; s. 424, ch. 94-356.

1Note.--The Division of Beaches and Shores was abolished by s. 1, ch. 94-356.