Senate Bill sb2008c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 2008

    By the Committee on Environmental Preservation and
    Conservation; and Senator Jones




    592-2413-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sand source management;

  3         creating s. 161.144, F.S.; providing for the

  4         development and maintenance of an inventory of

  5         identified offshore sand sources by the

  6         Department of Environmental Protection as part

  7         of its comprehensive long-term beach management

  8         plan; providing for public review of maps of

  9         offshore sand sources; providing for boards of

10         county commissioners of coastal counties

11         adjacent to sand sources proposed for use

12         outside of the region or subregion to be

13         notified and given adequate opportunity to

14         comment during a project's planning and

15         permitting stages; providing for the inclusion

16         of certain information in the department's

17         annual funding request; providing an effective

18         date.

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20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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22         Section 1.  Section 161.144, Florida Statutes, is

23  created to read:

24         161.144  Policy guidance related to sand source

25  management.--The Legislature recognizes that beach-quality

26  sand for the nourishment of the state's critically eroded

27  beaches is an exhaustible resource, in ever-decreasing supply,

28  and must be carefully managed for the systemwide benefit of

29  the state's beaches. Therefore, the Department of

30  Environmental Protection, pursuant to s. 161.161 and in

31  cooperation with federal and local government agencies, shall

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    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 2008
    592-2413-07




 1  develop and maintain an inventory of identified offshore sand

 2  sources as part of the regional elements of its comprehensive

 3  long-term beach management plan. Offshore sand sources in

 4  state or federal waters which are identified for potential,

 5  proposed, or permitted use shall be clearly mapped or

 6  otherwise noted and readily available for public review. In

 7  addition, boards of county commissioners of coastal counties

 8  adjacent to sand sources proposed for use outside of the

 9  region or subregion shall be provided written notice by the

10  department and an opportunity to comment during a specific

11  project's planning and permitting stages. The department shall

12  identify in its annual list of local government funding

13  requests submitted to the Legislature, pursuant to s. 161.091,

14  those projects that propose to use sand sources from another

15  region or subregion at the time the list is submitted.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2007.

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18          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
19                         Senate Bill 2008

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21  The committee substitute clarifies that the Department of
    Environmental Preservation has responsibility for notifying
22  local governments of certain proposed renourishment projects
    and that the department includes in their annual submission
23  information regarding those projects which propose to use sand
    from outside their region or subregion.
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