House Bill 0493

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HM 493

        By Representative Ball






  1                          House Memorial

  2         A memorial to the Congress of the United

  3         States, urging action by the U.S. Department of

  4         the Army, Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville

  5         Division, and Region IV of the Environmental

  6         Protection Agency, relating to wetland

  7         jurisdiction.

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  9         WHEREAS, the State of Florida has implemented a

10  statewide streamlined wetland delineation methodology that

11  does not compromise wetland protection and provides a unified

12  definition and methodology binding all state, regional, and

13  local governments and agencies, and

14         WHEREAS, the federal delineation methodology results in

15  a slightly different wetland line in certain areas than the

16  unified statewide methodology for the delineation of wetlands,

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18         WHEREAS, the state wishes to ensure continued

19  coordination with federal wetland planning and regulation

20  without unnecessary duplication, needless paperwork, and

21  delays, and

22         WHEREAS, the federal agencies' use of the Florida

23  statewide unified wetland delineation methodology would

24  eliminate substantial transactional costs, NOW, THEREFORE,

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26  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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28         That the State of Florida supports action by the U.S.

29  Congress, the congressional delegation from Florida, the

30  Administrator and Regional Administrator for Region IV of the

31  United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HM 493

    561-137A-99






  1  of the Army, and the District Engineer for the Jacksonville

  2  Division of the Corps of Engineers that would result in the

  3  federal agencies implementing section 404 of the Clean Water

  4  Act and section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act adopting and

  5  using Florida's statewide wetland definition and delineation

  6  methodology.

  7         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

  8  dispatched to the President of the United States, to the

  9  President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the

10  United States House of Representatives, and to each member of

11  the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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