Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-08-05 — reading text

3 The purpose of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is to preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, to restore or enhance, the resources of the coastal zones. This encompasses such analyses that would seek to provide protection of natural resources, including wetlands, floodplains, estuaries, beaches, dunes, barrier islands, coral reefs, and fish and wildlife and their habitat within the coastal zone. If the proposed activity is located in a coastal management zone, the State Coastal Zone Management ( CZM) agency must ensure consistency with the approved State CZM program. Please check with the Department of Environmental Protection at www. dep. state. fl.us for more information. Flood Plain Mana2ement and Wetlands Protection ( 3 and .5) This review is required only if the rehabilitation/reconstruction is in a floodplain. lithe proposed activity is located in a floodplain, the homeowner will have to carry flood insurance and the district would need to be a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program ( NFIP). The footprint of the home cannot be increased in a floodplain or wetland area in the case of reconstruction activity. Development in the wetlands. is discouraged where there is a practicable alternative in order to preserve wetland areas. Documentation complying with the above provisions is required. FEMA maps located at www. fema. fema. csb. shtm are the best references for gov/ whether a property is located in a flood determining plain. For information on how to read the FEMA Insurance Rate Map ( FIRM), please visit www. femaogov/ fbm/ot_firmr.shtm. Wetland information and maps can also be referenced at the National Wetland Inventory' s web site at www. nwi. fws. gov. Utilize-the " Wetland M'8f>per" to determine if the proposed activity site is within a designated wetland area. Documentation verifying whether or not an activity is located in a floodplain or wetland is required. Coastal Barrier Resources ( 4) According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, only properties what are in direct contact with any tidal body of water have influence on coastal barrier resources, with the exception of certain areas. If a property is located inland, chances are that the will not influence proposed activity coastal barrier resources. Check with the most recent version of the FEMA flood map or the Department of Interior' s coastal barrier resources map to see if the area in which you are planning to rehabiltae/reconstruct is located in a coastal barrier zone. You may also visit The Department ofFish. and Wildlife' s website at www. myfwc. com for more information. The law prohibits federal funding of any activity in designated coastal barriers. Endan2ered Species ( 6) 4 Endangered species are protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 which was implemented to provide for the conservation of endangered specifies and threatened species of fish, wildlife and plants that have esthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and/or scientific value to the community. The Subrecipient will need to provide documentation that the service area or activity is not identified as being an area where endangered species exist. There is a joint publication authored by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Commerce for determination of location in one of these areas or visit the Florida Department ofFish and Wildlife' s web site at Yww. myfwc.com for more information. Your local environmental information relative to this issue as well. A letter department may have verifying compliance is needed to document the ERR. Wild and Scenic Rivers ( 7) The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, as amended, declares that certain selected river systems possess outstanding/remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or . other similar values, shan be preserved in free- flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be . protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. . There are very few classified Wild and Scenic Rivers in Florida. The Wekiva and Loxahatchee Rivers have this special designation. Please visit the Nation Wild and Scenic River System' s website at www. nps. gov/ rivers/ wildriverslist. htmlfor more information. Manmade Hazards: ( thermal explosives" noise" airport clear zones" toxic sites) ( 8) If the proposed activity is situated in close proximity to a major hazard, such as container which stores, handles, or stationary processes hazardous substances of an explosive or fire nature, an " acceptable prone separation distance" ( ASD) must be calculated in accordance with the ASD guidelines in HUD Guidebook, " Urban Development Siting With Respect to Hazardous CommerciallIndustrial Facilities." If the calculations demonstrate that the unit is too close to a particular hazard and been or can be done to shield the unit, then nothing has replacement or rehabiJitationofthat unit using HUD funds is prohibited. This portion of the review won' t apply due to rehabilitation/reconstruction activities. See example memo attached in order to accurately document the ERR. Please consult with your local environmental agency for direction or call Florida Housing for further instructions. Farmlands Protection ( 9) The Farmland Protection Act of 1981 seeks to minimize the extent to which Federal programs contribute to the unnecessary and irreversible conversion of fannland to nonagricultural uses. 5 One of its primary purposes is to protect resources suitable for producing food and fiber in sufficient quantities to meet domestic needs and the demands of export markets. The United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designed policies and procedures for complying with this Act..Any proposed activity to be undertaken with respect to farmland needs to comply with any provisions outlined under the Act and USDA. Please contact the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or visit their website at www. doacs. state. fl.us or the National Resources Conservation Service' s web site at www. fl.nrcs. usda. gov for further information. Noise and Airnort Runwav Clear Zones ( 10 and 12) This section requires the Subrecipient to determine if the activity is in an airport runway clear zone or clear zone. These zones are areas immediately beyond the end ofrunways. Runway clear zones are located at the end of civil airport runways. These zones are trapezoidal in shape with a maximu~ .lengthof3, 000 feet. T , he base ( end of runway) has a maximum width of 1, 000 feet. The opposite end widens out to the maximum width of 1, 750 feet. Clear zones are at the end of military airports and are normally 3, 000 feet wide and may be as much as 9, 000 feet in length. If the project site might be located within one of these zones, you should contact the airport to find out for certain. If the activity is located in one of these zones, you must prepare a Notice to Buyers ofProperties Located in Runway Clear Zones or Clear Zones and keep it in your records. . Most residential neighborhoods should be clear of this requirement. Water Quality - Aquifers (11) . Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 and 40 CFR Part 149 source aquifers is mandated to ensure that the relating to sole public water systems are free of toxins and contaminants. This Act establishes program standards and treatment requirements for drinking water, controls underground injection of wastes that may contaminate water supplies and protects ground wat~r. These regulations are also concerned with preventing the contamination of sole source aquifers and to ensure that the rehabilitation/reconstruction activities would not affect the aquifer. There are currently three ( 3) sole source aquifer designations in Florida' s region.