Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62B - Beaches and Coastal Systems › Chapter 62B-49 - JOINT COASTAL PERMITS AND CONCURRENT PROCESSING OF PROPRIETARY AUTHORIZATIONS › Section 62B-49.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
				  apply:
(1) "Activity" is any
				construction, dredge and fill, or other action that requires a permit pursuant
				to Section  161.041, F.S., an environmental
				resource permit pursuant to Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S., and a proprietary
				authorization to use sovereignty submerged lands pursuant to Chapter 253 or
				258, F.S.
(2) "Advance Nourishment"
				(fill) is the material placed seaward of the permitted design profile to allow
				for erosion between nourishment events.
(3) "Agent" is any person with the written
				power or authority to act for the applicant for purposes of an application
				submitted pursuant to Section
				 161.041, F.S., Part IV of
				Chapter 373, F.S., and Chapter 253 or 258, F.S.
(4) "Applicant" is any person, firm,
				corporation, county, municipality, township, special district, or any public
				agency having authority, pursuant to Section
				 161.041, Chapter 253 or 258 and
				Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S., to request a permit and authorization to conduct
				activities upon sovereignty submerged lands of Florida.
(5) "Board of Trustees" or "Trustees" is the
				Governor and Cabinet sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal
				Improvement Trust Fund.
(6)
				"Coastal System" is the beach and adjacent upland dune system and vegetation;
				swash zone; surf zone; breaker zone; offshore and longshore shoals; reefs and
				bars; tidal, wind and wave driven currents; longshore and onshore/offshore
				drift of sediment materials; inlets and their ebb and flood tide shoals; all
				other associated flora and fauna, and natural and manmade topographic features
				and structures.
(7) "Department" is
				the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The head of the Department
				is the Secretary.
(8) "Joint
				Coastal Permit" (JCP) or "Permit" is a document authorizing an applicant to
				conduct an activity pursuant to Section 161.041, F.S., Part IV of Chapter 373,
				F.S., and authorization to use a soverign submerged land pursuant to Chapter
				253, F.S.
(9) "Mean High-Water
				Line" is the intersection of the tidal plane of mean high-water (as defined in
				Chapter 177, F.S.) with the beach.
(10) "Notice to Proceed" is the formal
				notification from the Department authorizing a permitted activity to
				commence.
(11) "Proprietary
				Authorization" or "Authorization" is the necessary instrument providing
				authorization to conduct activities on sovereignty submerged land pursuant to
				Chapter 253, F.S. and, if applicable, Chapter 258, F.S.
(12) "Request for Additional Information" or
				"RAI" is a written document from the Department to an applicant identifying
				errors, omissions or clarifications in the application information that must be
				corrected or provided by the applicant to complete the application.
(13) "Substantial Revision" is a request by
				the applicant to revise a pending permit application such that the proposed
				changes would alter the nature or extent of a proposed activity to such a
				degree that the Department would need additional time to reevaluate the
				expected performance or impacts of the project. Requested revisions that only
				decrease the degree or extent of impacts at the same sites, and do not require
				a reanalysis to confirm this decrease, would not be considered Substantial
				Revisions.
Rulemaking Authority
					 161.055(1),
					 (2),
					 373.427(1) FS.
					 Law Implemented 161.055(1), (2),
					 (3),
					 373.427(1), (2), (3), (4),
					 (6)
					 FS.
New 10-12-95, Amended 2-19-98, 5-17-07,
					 11-19-15.