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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: June 27, 2024) |
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62. Department of Environmental Protection |
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D62. Departmental |
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62-341. Noticed General Environmental Resource Permits |
1(1) A general permit is hereby granted to any person installing riprap at the toe of an existing vertical seawall, provided:
22(a) The riprap consists only of natural boulders or clean concrete rubble one to three feet in diameter in average dimensions;
43(b) The slope of the riprap is no steeper than two horizontal to one vertical and the horizontal distance from the toe of the seawall is no more than eight feet;
74(c) There are no reinforcing rods or other similar protrusions in concrete rubble and all rubble or boulders are free of attached sediments;
97(d) Neither the distance nor the use of the riprap shall interfere with navigation;
111(e) There is no filling or dredging associated with the placement of riprap other than the riprap material itself;
130(f) There shall be no filling of submerged grassbeds;
139(g) The amount of wetland area filled shall not exceed 100 square feet; and
153(h) There shall be no filling of coral communities.
162(2) This general permit shall be subject to the specific conditions as follows:
175(a) Installation of the structure does not obligate the Department to approve any subsequent request to dredge for navigational access;
195(b) There shall be no backfilling to obtain useable upland or to straighten an otherwise sinuous shoreline; and
213(c) There shall be no filling or backfilling to reclaim land lost by avulsion or erosion.
229Specific Authority 231373.026(7), 232373.043, 233373.118(1), 234373.406(5), 235373.414(9), 236373.418, 237403.805(1) FS. 239Law Implemented 241373.118(1), 242373.406(5), 243373.413, 244373.414(9), 245373.416, 246373.418 FS. 248History–New 10-3-95.
