I thought it might be time for another update on our beach nourishment and USFWS issues. At present we have a conference call scheduled for next Thursday the 12th with FEMA, Division of Emergency Management and our County representatives to strategize our face to face meeting with USFWS here in Gulf County. As yet, we do not have the face to face meeting with USFWS scheduled but are working on a time. We thought it important before that meeting, for us and FEMA to discuss our best approach and hopefully an acceptable approach to accomplish our goal of getting this project moving forward.
I have given Senator Nelson’s Office more information on our issues with USFWS and our project and they are reviewing to see if it would be appropriate for them to intervene on our behalf at some point. I made sure they were well aware of the differing opinions of the two Federal Agencies. Hopefully they will give me feedback shortly.
I would like to reiterate our efforts to a KEY CONTACTS FOR CAPE SAN BLAS form for you to complete on the site www.savethecape.com, in the near future. Grassroots communications are far more effective when they come from constituents, personal friends, relatives, campaign contributors and the like, so we want to compile this information on our property owners, visitors, etc. We want to carry as much influence as possible to Washington D.C. and we need your help to do it.
While there are other initiatives going on, this gives all of you an overview of where we are in the process. Again thanks for your patience as we proceed.
Warren Yeager County Commissioner Dist. 5
PUBLIC NOTICE ON CCCL: (You may need to copy and paste the link)
Good Morning Everyone,
Just as an FYI; the Department has initiated rulemaking to make proposed amendment to Chapter 62B-26.016, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.). This Chapter provides the legal description of the Coastal Construction Control Line in Gulf County. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in the Florida Administrative Weekly (FAW) today, November 6, 2009, Volume 35, Number 44. This notice can be reviewed (beginning on page 5657) by clicking on the following link:
A hearing was also notice and will be held at the date, time and place shown below:
DATE AND TIME: December 3, 2009, 6:00 P.M. PLACE: Centennial Bldg., 2201 Centennial Dr., Port St. Joe, Florida SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The legal description of the location of the Coastal Construction Control Line, specifically along portions of Cape San Blas, in Gulf County.
I've updated the Bureau's web site with the current status of Gulf County's rulemaking process. If you receive questions regarding this process you can direct them to the web site:
Hope that this helps. If you encounter problems please do not hesitate to contact me.
*************************************************** Rosaline Beckham, Environmental Specialist III Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems Division of Water Resource Management Department of Environmental Protection (850) 488-7815 rosaline.beckham@dep.state.fl.us ***************************************************
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