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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to environmental protection;

  3         amending s. 373.414, F.S.; requiring that the

  4         Department of Environmental Protection adopt a

  5         uniform mitigation assessment method by rule by

  6         July 31, 2002; amending s. 373.406, F.S.;

  7         authorizing the district or department to adopt

  8         rules to exempt regulation for mining or mining

  9         related activities under certain circumstances;

10         amending s. 403.08725, F.S.; extending the time

11         by which the United States Environmental

12         Protection Agency may approve the state's

13         implementation plan for controlling air

14         pollution from citrus juice processing

15         facilities; amending s. 403.813, F.S.;

16         clarifying the maintenance dredging permit

17         exemption to allow for the discharge of return

18         water from spoil material; providing an

19         exemption from permitting requirements for

20         certain floating vessel platforms or floating

21         boat lifts of limited size that are not used

22         for commercial purposes; authorizing the

23         Department of Environmental Protection to adopt

24         by rule a general permit for certain nonexempt

25         floating vessel platforms or floating boat

26         lifts; providing for use of certain state lands

27         under such general permits; providing an

28         exemption from local regulation; providing an

29         exemption for certain county road repair;

30         providing an effective date.

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  1  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  3         Section 1.  Subsection (18) and (19) of section 373.414

  4  are amended to read:

  5         373.414  Additional criteria for activities in surface

  6  waters and wetlands.--

  7         (18)  The department and each water management district

  8  responsible for implementation of the environmental resource

  9  permitting program shall develop a uniform wetland mitigation

10  assessment method for wetlands and other surface waters. no

11  later than October 1, 2001. The department shall adopt the

12  uniform wetland mitigation assessment method by rule no later

13  than July 31, January 31, 2002. The rule shall provide an

14  exclusive and consistent process for determining the amount of

15  mitigation required to offset impacts to wetlands and other

16  surface waters, and, once effective, shall supersede all

17  rules, ordinances, and variance procedures from ordinances

18  that determine the amount of mitigation needed to offset such

19  impacts. Once the department adopts the uniform wetland

20  mitigation assessment method by rule, the uniform wetland

21  mitigation assessment method shall be binding on the

22  department, the water management districts, local governments,

23  and any other governmental agencies and shall be the sole

24  means to determine the amount of mitigation needed to offset

25  adverse impacts to wetlands and other surface waters and to

26  award and deduct mitigation bank credits. A water management

27  district and any other governmental agency subject to chapter

28  120 may apply the uniform wetland mitigation assessment method

29  without the need to adopt it pursuant to s. 120.54. It shall

30  be a goal of the department and water management districts

31  that the uniform wetland mitigation assessment method


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  1  developed be practicable for use within the timeframes

  2  provided in the permitting process and result in a consistent

  3  process for determining mitigation requirements. It shall be

  4  recognized that any such method shall require the application

  5  of reasonable scientific judgment. The uniform wetland

  6  mitigation assessment method must determine the value of

  7  functions provided by wetlands and other surface waters

  8  considering the current conditions of these areas, utilization

  9  by fish and wildlife, location, uniqueness, and hydrologic

10  connection, and, when applied to mitigation banks, in addition

11  to the factors listed in s. 373.4136(4). The uniform wetland

12  mitigation assessment method shall also account for the

13  expected time-lag associated with offsetting impacts and the

14  degree of risk associated with the proposed mitigation. The

15  uniform wetland mitigation assessment method shall account for

16  different ecological communities in different areas of the

17  state. In developing the uniform wetland mitigation assessment

18  method, the department and water management districts shall

19  consult with approved local programs under s. 403.182 which

20  have an established wetland mitigation program for wetlands or

21  other surface waters. The department and water management

22  districts shall consider the recommendations submitted by such

23  approved local programs, including any recommendations

24  relating to the adoption by the department and water

25  management districts of any uniform wetland mitigation

26  methodology that has been adopted and used by an approved

27  local program in its established wetland mitigation program

28  for wetlands or other surface waters. Environmental resource

29  permitting rules may establish categories of permits or

30  thresholds for minor impacts under which the use of the

31  uniform wetland mitigation assessment method will not be


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  1  required. The application of the uniform wetland mitigation

  2  assessment method is not subject to s. 70.001. In the event

  3  the rule establishing the uniform wetland mitigation

  4  assessment method is deemed to be invalid, the applicable

  5  rules related to establishing needed mitigation in existence

  6  prior to the adoption of the uniform wetland mitigation

  7  assessment method, including those adopted by a county which

  8  is an approved local program under s. 403.182, and the method

  9  described in paragraph (b) for existing mitigation banks,

10  shall be authorized for use by the department, water

11  management districts, local governments, and other state

12  agencies.

13         (a)  In developing the uniform wetland mitigation

14  assessment method, the department shall seek input from the

15  United States Army Corps of Engineers in order to promote

16  consistency in the mitigation assessment methods used by the

17  state and federal permitting programs.

18         (b)  An entity which has received a mitigation bank

19  permit prior to the adoption of the uniform wetland mitigation

20  assessment method shall have impact sites assessed, for the

21  purpose of deducting bank credits, using the credit assessment

22  method, including any functional assessment methodology, which

23  was in place when the bank was permitted; unless the entity

24  elects to have its credits redetermined, and thereafter have

25  its credits deducted, using the uniform wetland mitigation

26  assessment method.

27         (19)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and

28  Government Accountability shall study the cumulative impact

29  consideration required by subsection (8) and issue a report by

30  July 1, 2001. The study shall address the justification for

31  the cumulative impact consideration, changes that can provide


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  1  clarity and certainty in the cumulative impact consideration,

  2  and whether a practicable, consistent, and equitable

  3  methodology can be developed for considering cumulative

  4  impacts within the environmental resource permitting program.

  5         Section 2.  Subsection (11) is added to section

  6  373.406, Florida Statutes, to read:

  7         373.406  Exemptions.--The following exemptions shall

  8  apply:

  9         (11)  Any district or the department may adopt rules to

10  exempt from regulation under this part any system for a mining

11  or mining related activity that is described in or covered by

12  an exemption confirmation letter issued by the district

13  pursuant to applicable rules implementing this part that were

14  in effect at the time the letter was issued, and that will not

15  be harmful to the water resources. Such rules may include

16  provisions for the duration of this exemption.

17         Section 3.  Subsection (9) of section 403.08725,

18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         403.08725  Citrus juice processing facilities.--

20         (9)  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY APPROVAL.--No

21  later than February 1, 2001, the department shall submit this

22  act to the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a

23  revision of Florida's state implementation plan and as a

24  revision of Florida's approved state Title V program. If the

25  United States Environmental Protection Agency fails to approve

26  this act as a revision of Florida's state implementation plan

27  within 3 2 years after submittal, this act shall not apply

28  with respect to construction requirements for facilities

29  subject to regulation under the act, and the facilities

30  subject to regulation thereunder must comply with all

31  construction permitting requirements, including those for


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  1  prevention of significant deterioration, and must make

  2  application for construction permits for any construction or

  3  modification at the facility which was not undertaken in

  4  compliance with all permitting requirements of Florida's state

  5  implementation plan, within 3 months thereafter. If the United

  6  States Environmental Protection Agency fails to approve this

  7  act as a revision of Florida's approved state Title V program

  8  within 3 2 years after submittal, this act shall not apply

  9  with respect to operation requirements, and all facilities

10  subject to regulation under the act must immediately comply

11  with all Title V program requirements and must make

12  application for Title V operation permits within 3 months

13  thereafter.

14         Section 4.  Subsection (2) of section 403.813, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) of said section is

16  reenacted, to read:

17         403.813  Permits issued at district centers;

18  exceptions.--

19         (2)  No permit under this chapter, chapter 373, chapter

20  61-691, Laws of Florida, or chapter 25214 or chapter 25270,

21  1949, Laws of Florida, shall be required for activities

22  associated with the following types of projects; however,

23  except as otherwise provided in this subsection, nothing in

24  this subsection relieves an applicant from any requirement to

25  obtain permission to use or occupy lands owned by the Board of

26  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or any water

27  management district in its governmental or proprietary

28  capacity or from complying with applicable local pollution

29  control programs authorized under this chapter or other

30  requirements of county and municipal governments:

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  1         (a)  The installation of overhead transmission lines,

  2  with support structures which are not constructed in waters of

  3  the state and which do not create a navigational hazard.

  4         (b)  The installation and repair of mooring pilings and

  5  dolphins associated with private docking facilities or piers

  6  and the installation of private docks, piers and recreational

  7  docking facilities, or piers and recreational docking

  8  facilities of local governmental entities when the local

  9  governmental entity's activities will not take place in any

10  manatee habitat, any of which docks:

11         1.  Has 500 square feet or less of over-water surface

12  area for a dock which is located in an area designated as

13  Outstanding Florida Waters or 1,000 square feet or less of

14  over-water surface area for a dock which is located in an area

15  which is not designated as Outstanding Florida Waters;

16         2.  Is constructed on or held in place by pilings or is

17  a floating dock which is constructed so as not to involve

18  filling or dredging other than that necessary to install the

19  pilings;

20         3.  Shall not substantially impede the flow of water or

21  create a navigational hazard;

22         4.  Is used for recreational, noncommercial activities

23  associated with the mooring or storage of boats and boat

24  paraphernalia; and

25         5.  Is the sole dock constructed pursuant to this

26  exemption as measured along the shoreline for a distance of 65

27  feet, unless the parcel of land or individual lot as platted

28  is less than 65 feet in length along the shoreline, in which

29  case there may be one exempt dock allowed per parcel or lot.

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  1  Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the department from

  2  taking appropriate enforcement action pursuant to this chapter

  3  to abate or prohibit any activity otherwise exempt from

  4  permitting pursuant to this paragraph if the department can

  5  demonstrate that the exempted activity has caused water

  6  pollution in violation of this chapter.

  7         (c)  The installation and maintenance to design

  8  specifications of boat ramps on artificial bodies of water

  9  where navigational access to the proposed ramp exists or the

10  installation of boat ramps open to the public in any waters of

11  the state where navigational access to the proposed ramp

12  exists and where the construction of the proposed ramp will be

13  less than 30 feet wide and will involve the removal of less

14  than 25 cubic yards of material from the waters of the state,

15  and the maintenance to design specifications of such ramps;

16  however, the material to be removed shall be placed upon a

17  self-contained upland site so as to prevent the escape of the

18  spoil material into the waters of the state.

19         (d)  The replacement or repair of existing docks and

20  piers, except that no fill material is to be used and provided

21  that the replacement or repaired dock or pier is in the same

22  location and of the same configuration and dimensions as the

23  dock or pier being replaced or repaired.

24         (e)  The restoration of seawalls at their previous

25  locations or upland of, or within 1 foot waterward of, their

26  previous locations.  However, this shall not affect the

27  permitting requirements of chapter 161, and department rules

28  shall clearly indicate that this exception does not constitute

29  an exception from the permitting requirements of chapter 161.

30         (f)  The performance of maintenance dredging of

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  1  structures, and previously dredged portions of natural water

  2  bodies within drainage rights-of-way or drainage easements

  3  which have been recorded in the public records of the county,

  4  where the spoil material is to be removed and deposited on a

  5  self-contained, upland spoil site which will prevent the

  6  escape of the spoil material into the waters of the state,

  7  provided that no more dredging is to be performed than is

  8  necessary to restore the canals, channels, and intake and

  9  discharge structures, and previously dredged portions of

10  natural water bodies, to original design specifications or

11  configurations, provided that the work is conducted in

12  compliance with s. 370.12(2)(d), provided that no significant

13  impacts occur to previously undisturbed natural areas, and

14  provided that control devices for return flow and best

15  management practices for erosion and sediment control are

16  utilized to prevent bank erosion and scouring and to prevent

17  turbidity, dredged material, and toxic or deleterious

18  substances from discharging into adjacent waters during

19  maintenance dredging. Further, for maintenance dredging of

20  previously dredged portions of natural water bodies within

21  recorded drainage rights-of-way or drainage easements, an

22  entity that seeks an exemption must notify the department or

23  water management district, as applicable, at least 30 days

24  prior to dredging and provide documentation of original design

25  specifications or configurations where such exist. This

26  exemption applies to all canals and previously dredged

27  portions of natural water bodies within recorded drainage

28  rights-of-way or drainage easements constructed prior to April

29  3, 1970, and to those canals and previously dredged portions

30  of natural water bodies constructed on or after April 3, 1970,

31  pursuant to all necessary state permits.  This exemption does


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  1  not apply to the removal of a natural or manmade barrier

  2  separating a canal or canal system from adjacent waters.  When

  3  no previous permit has been issued by the Board of Trustees of

  4  the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or the United States Army

  5  Corps of Engineers for construction or maintenance dredging of

  6  the existing manmade canal or intake or discharge structure,

  7  such maintenance dredging shall be limited to a depth of no

  8  more than 5 feet below mean low water. The Board of Trustees

  9  of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may fix and recover

10  from the permittee an amount equal to the difference between

11  the fair market value and the actual cost of the maintenance

12  dredging for material removed during such maintenance

13  dredging. However, no charge shall be exacted by the state for

14  material removed during such maintenance dredging by a public

15  port authority.  The removing party may subsequently sell such

16  material; however, proceeds from such sale that exceed the

17  costs of maintenance dredging shall be remitted to the state

18  and deposited in the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

19         (g)  The maintenance of existing insect control

20  structures, dikes, and irrigation and drainage ditches,

21  provided that spoil material is deposited on a self-contained,

22  upland spoil site which will prevent the escape of the spoil

23  material into waters of the state.  In the case of insect

24  control structures, if the cost of using a self-contained

25  upland spoil site is so excessive, as determined by the

26  Department of Health, pursuant to s. 403.088(1), that it will

27  inhibit proposed insect control, then-existing spoil sites or

28  dikes may be used, upon notification to the department.  In

29  the case of insect control where upland spoil sites are not

30  used pursuant to this exemption, turbidity control devices

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  1  area previously disturbed when the receiving body of water is

  2  used as a potable water supply, is designated as shellfish

  3  harvesting waters, or functions as a habitat for commercially

  4  or recreationally important shellfish or finfish.  In all

  5  cases, no more dredging is to be performed than is necessary

  6  to restore the dike or irrigation or drainage ditch to its

  7  original design specifications.

  8         (h)  The repair or replacement of existing functional

  9  pipes or culverts the purpose of which is the discharge or

10  conveyance of stormwater. In all cases, the invert elevation,

11  the diameter, and the length of the culvert shall not be

12  changed.  However, the material used for the culvert may be

13  different from the original.

14         (i)  The construction of private docks and seawalls in

15  artificially created waterways where such construction will

16  not violate existing water quality standards, impede

17  navigation, or affect flood control. This exemption does not

18  apply to the construction of vertical seawalls in estuaries or

19  lagoons unless the proposed construction is within an existing

20  manmade canal where the shoreline is currently occupied in

21  whole or part by vertical seawalls.

22         (j)  The construction and maintenance of swales.

23         (k)  The installation of aids to navigation and buoys

24  associated with such aids, provided the devices are marked

25  pursuant to s. 327.40.

26         (l)  The replacement or repair of existing open-trestle

27  foot bridges and vehicular bridges that are 100 feet or less

28  in length and two lanes or less in width, provided that no

29  more dredging or filling of submerged lands is performed other

30  than that which is necessary to replace or repair pilings and

31  that the structure to be replaced or repaired is the same


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  1  length, the same configuration, and in the same location as

  2  the original bridge.  No debris from the original bridge shall

  3  be allowed to remain in the waters of the state.

  4         (m)  The installation of subaqueous transmission and

  5  distribution lines laid on, or embedded in, the bottoms of

  6  waters in the state, except in Class I and Class II waters and

  7  aquatic preserves, provided no dredging or filling is

  8  necessary.

  9         (n)  The replacement or repair of subaqueous

10  transmission and distribution lines laid on, or embedded in,

11  the bottoms of waters of the state.

12         (o)  The construction of private seawalls in wetlands

13  or other surface waters where such construction is between and

14  adjoins at both ends existing seawalls; follows a continuous

15  and uniform seawall construction line with the existing

16  seawalls; is no more than 150 feet in length; and does not

17  violate existing water quality standards, impede navigation,

18  or affect flood control. However, in estuaries and lagoons the

19  construction of vertical seawalls is limited to the

20  circumstances and purposes stated in s. 373.414(5)(b)1.-4.

21  This paragraph does not affect the permitting requirements of

22  chapter 161, and department rules must clearly indicate that

23  this exception does not constitute an exception from the

24  permitting requirements of chapter 161.

25         (p)  The restoration of existing insect control

26  impoundment dikes which are less than 100 feet in length. Such

27  impoundments shall be connected to tidally influenced waters

28  for 6 months each year beginning September 1 and ending

29  February 28 if feasible or operated in accordance with an

30  impoundment management plan approved by the department.  A

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  1  necessary to restore the dike to its original design

  2  specifications.  For the purposes of this paragraph,

  3  restoration does not include maintenance of impoundment dikes

  4  of operating insect control impoundments.

  5         (q)  The construction, operation, or maintenance of

  6  stormwater management facilities which are designed to serve

  7  single-family residential projects, including duplexes,

  8  triplexes, and quadruplexes, if they are less than 10 acres

  9  total land and have less than 2 acres of impervious surface

10  and if the facilities:

11         1.  Comply with all regulations or ordinances

12  applicable to stormwater management and adopted by a city or

13  county;

14         2.  Are not part of a larger common plan of development

15  or sale; and

16         3.  Discharge into a stormwater discharge facility

17  exempted or permitted by the department under this chapter

18  which has sufficient capacity and treatment capability as

19  specified in this chapter and is owned, maintained, or

20  operated by a city, county, special district with drainage

21  responsibility, or water management district; however, this

22  exemption does not authorize discharge to a facility without

23  the facility owner's prior written consent.

24         (r)  The removal of aquatic plants, the removal of

25  tussocks, the associated replanting of indigenous aquatic

26  plants, or the associated removal from lakes of organic

27  material when such planting or removal is performed and

28  authorized by permit or exemption granted under s. 369.20 or

29  s. 369.25, if:

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  1         1.  Organic material that exists on the surface of

  2  natural mineral soil shall be allowed to be removed to a depth

  3  of 3 feet or to the natural mineral soils, whichever is less.

  4         2.  All organic material removal pursuant to this

  5  subsection shall be deposited in an upland site in a manner

  6  that will prevent the reintroduction of the material into

  7  waters in the state except when spoil material is permitted to

  8  be used to create wildlife islands in freshwater bodies of the

  9  state when a governmental entity is permitted pursuant to this

10  section to create such islands as a part of a restoration or

11  enhancement project.

12         3.  All activities are performed in a manner consistent

13  with state water quality standards.

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15  The department may not adopt implementing rules for this

16  paragraph, notwithstanding any other provision of law.

17         (s)  The construction, installation, operation, or

18  maintenance of floating vessel platforms or floating boat

19  lifts, provided that such structures:

20         1.  Float at all times in the water for the sole

21  purpose of supporting a vessel so that the vessel is out of

22  the water when not in use;

23         2.  Are wholly contained within a boat slip previously

24  permitted under ss. 403.91-403.929, 1984 Supplement to the

25  Florida Statutes 1983, as amended, or part IV of chapter 373,

26  or, when associated with a dock that is exempt under this

27  subsection or a permitted dock with no defined boat slip, do

28  not exceed a combined total of 500 square feet, or 200 square

29  feet in an Outstanding Florida Water;

30         3.  Are not used for any commercial purpose or for

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  1  do not substantially impede the flow of water, create a

  2  navigational hazard, or unreasonably infringe upon the

  3  riparian rights of adjacent property owners, as defined in s.

  4  253.141;

  5         4.  Are constructed and used so as to minimize adverse

  6  impacts to submerged lands, wetlands, shellfish areas, aquatic

  7  plant and animal species, and other biological communities,

  8  including locating such structures in areas where no

  9  seagrasses exist if such areas are present adjacent to the

10  dock; and

11         5.  Are not constructed in areas specifically

12  prohibited for boat mooring under conditions of a permit

13  issued in accordance  with ss. 403.91-403.929, 1984 Supplement

14  to the Florida Statutes 1983, as amended, or part IV of

15  chapter 373, or other form of authorization issued by a local

16  government.

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18  Structures that qualify for this exemption are relieved from

19  any requirement to obtain permission to use or occupy lands

20  owned by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement

21  Trust Fund and shall not be subject to any more stringent

22  regulation by any local government. The exemption provided in

23  this paragraph shall be in addition to the exemption provided

24  in paragraph (b). By January 1, 2003, the department shall

25  adopt a general permit by rule for the construction,

26  installation, operation, or maintenance of those floating

27  vessel platforms or floating boat lifts that do not qualify

28  for the exemption provided in this paragraph but do not cause

29  significant adverse impacts to occur individually or

30  cumulatively. The issuance of such general permit shall also

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  1  Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. Upon

  2  the adoption of the rule creating such general permit, no

  3  local government shall impose a more stringent regulation on

  4  floating vessel platforms or floating boat lifts covered by

  5  such general permit.

  6         (t)  The repair, stabilization, or paving of existing

  7  county maintained roads and the repair or replacement of

  8  bridges that are part of the roadway, within the Northwest

  9  Florida Water Management District, provided:

10         1.  The road and associated bridge were in existence

11  and in use as a public road or bridge, and were maintained by

12  the county as a public road or bridge on or before January 1,

13  2002;

14         2.  The construction activity does not realign the road

15  or expand the number of existing traffic lanes of the existing

16  road; however, the work may include the provision of safety

17  shoulders, clearance of vegetation, and other work reasonably

18  necessary to repair, stabilize, pave, or repave the road,

19  provided that the work is constructed by generally accepted

20  engineering standards;

21         3.  The construction activity does not expand the

22  existing width of an existing vehicular bridge in excess of

23  that reasonably necessary to properly connect the bridge with

24  the road being repaired, stabilized, paved, or repaved to

25  safely accommodate the traffic expected on the road, which may

26  include expanding the width of the bridge to match the

27  existing connected road. However, no debris from the original

28  bridge shall be allowed to remain in waters of the state,

29  including wetlands;

30         4.  Best management practices for erosion control shall

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  1         5.  Roadside swales or other effective means of

  2  stormwater treatment must be incorporated as part of the

  3  project; and

  4         6.  No more dredging or filling of wetlands or water of

  5  the state is performed than that which is reasonably necessary

  6  to repair, stabilize, pave, or repave the road or to repair or

  7  replace the bridge, in accordance with generally accepted

  8  engineering standards.

  9         (3)  The provisions of subsection (2) are superseded by

10  general permits established pursuant to ss. 373.118 and

11  403.814 which include the same activities.  Until such time as

12  general permits are established, or should general permits be

13  suspended or repealed, the exemptions under subsection (2)

14  shall remain or shall be reestablished in full force and

15  effect.

16         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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