There is general concurrence from Volusia, Seminole, Brevard, and Orange Counties, the Florida Inland Navigation District, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission’s field office in Ocala, and the FWC Boating and Waterways Section, that enactment of an Idle Speed No Wake boating restricted area in Lake Monroe and the waters north and west of the lake, and the enactment of a vessel exclusion boating restricted area closing the river and its tributaries to all vessel traffic within the St. Johns River, its associated lakes, and its tributaries south and east of Lake Monroe is essential for the protection of public safety. This emergency rulemaking is being coordinated with the United States Coast Guard, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the sheriffs of the affected counties. Each sheriff has consulted and coordinated this action with the Board of County Commissioners of their respective counties. The emergency rule will be forwarded to the United States Coast Guard Seventh District for publication in their weekly Local Notice to Mariners. The boating public will be notified by publication in the local notice, by marine VHF radio broadcast of the Coast Guard’s local notice, by personal contact from law enforcement officers, and by regulatory markers posted at boat ramps and other access points to the boating restricted areas. Because the water levels on the St. Johns River are in constant flux, varying in response to wind directions, wind speed, and accumulated rainfall, the danger to life and property is such that normal rulemaking procedures would not adequately protect the public from the anticipated harm. The procedures used in this emergency rulemaking action are therefore fair under the circumstances.