Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62S - Office of the Secretary › Chapter 62S-8 - STATEWIDE FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE RESILIENCE PLAN › Section 62S-8.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Adaptation plan" means a plan that
				develops goals, priorities, strategies, and actions to best minimize impacts of
				flooding, sea level rise, or other threats and vulnerabilities, as applicable,
				and establishes a process to implement those actions.
(2) "Compound flooding" is flooding caused by
				complex interactions between two or more oceanographic, hydrological, or
				meteorological processes such as the combination of pluvial (rainfall-induced
				flooding, such as flash, surface water, drain, and sewer floods), fluvial
				(riverine floods), coastal (sea level rise, tides, waves, storm surge, and
				nuisance floods), or groundwater flooding.
(3) "Comprehensive statewide flood
				vulnerability and sea level rise assessment" is an assessment the Department is
				required to develop under Section
				 380.093(4)(b),
				F.S., and which must be completed by the same on or before July 1, 2024, and
				updated every five years, that identifies inland and coastal infrastructure,
				geographic areas, and communities in Florida that are vulnerable to flooding
				and sea level rise and the associated risks.
(4) "Comprehensive vulnerability assessment"
				is an evaluation that identifies risks to a community, including flooding and
				sea level rise, as applicable; meets all the required statutory elements for
				vulnerability assessments listed in Sections
				 380.093(3)(c) through
				(d), F.S.; and includes, but is not limited
				to, any supplemental plans, assessments, documents, reports, strategies, maps,
				or electronic databases that identify or address risks of flooding and sea
				level rise to critical or regionally significant assets.
(5) "Critical asset class" means the distinct
				groupings of critical assets as defined in Sections 380.093(2)(a)1. through 4.,
				F.S.
(6) "Department" means the
				Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
(7) "Eligible entity" means those entities
				specifically identified in Section
				 380.093(5)(d),
				F.S., as eligible to submit proposed projects for inclusion in the Statewide
				Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan.
(8) "Financially disadvantaged small
				community" is as defined in Section
				 380.093(5)(e),
				F.S.
(9) "Flooding" means a
				condition of partial or complete inundation caused by a naturally occurring
				event.
(10) "Natural system
				restoration" is a process that creates, improves, or restores ecological
				functions in the environment.
(11)
				"Nature-based solutions" are actions that rely upon natural processes to
				protect, restore, and sustainably manage ecosystems, as well as solutions that
				address socio-environmental challenges using natural resources and
				processes.
(12) "Partial design"
				means a preliminary design that is more than 30 percent complete but not yet
				final and prepared by a qualified professional in the relevant field, which
				provides enough information and design criteria for the qualified professional
				to make informed decisions, such as identifying impacts, benefits, costs, and
				other challenges with project implementation.
(13) "Project impact area" means the discrete
				area the project encompasses as well as the delineated area that will be
				directly benefitted by a mitigation project (such as a watershed or hydrologic
				basin for flooding mitigation projects, a service or sub-service area for a
				utility, a neighborhood, a natural area, or a shoreline).
Rulemaking Authority
					 380.093 FS. Law Implemented
					 380.093
					 FS.
New 8-22-22.