An order was issued on October 6, 2023, denying Thomas Melone’s Petition for a Variance. The Petition was received on January 24, 2023. Notice of receipt of the Petition was published in the Florida Administrative Register ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Beaches and Coastal Systems

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

62B-33.024Thirty-Year Erosion Projection Procedures

The Department of Environmental Protection hereby gives notice:

An order was issued on October 6, 2023, denying Thomas Melone’s Petition for a Variance. The Petition was received on January 24, 2023. Notice of receipt of the Petition was published in the Florida Administrative Register on January 27, 2023. The petition requested a variance from rule subparagraphs 62B-33.024(2)(d)3. & 4., F.A.C., which details the procedures to calculate the pre-project shoreline change rate to determine the 30-year erosion projection on a beach with a beach restoration or nourishment project. No public comment was received. The Order, file number 23-0098, denied the variance based on a showing that Petitioner has not demonstrated that requirements for a variance of the rule under section 120.542(2), Florida Statutes, were met.

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting:

Doug Aarons, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Mail Station 3522, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400; telephone [phone]; e-mail [e-mail], during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.