Instructions - Joint Application Section A, Part 7

Part 7 requests information on previous permits and project meetings, and address information for public notice requirements.

A.  If there have been any pre-application meetings, including on-site meetings, with regulatory staff, please list the date(s), location(s), and names of key staff and project representatives.

Pre-application meetings are strongly encouraged.  They help familiarize Department Florida Department of Environmental Protection staff with the project as well as help the applicant and/or agent know what to expect and what may be required.  They are especially important for large projects or projects including 10 or more boat slips because of complicated testing, siting and possible State-owned Lands requirements.  Meetings for smaller projects are also encouraged, especially if you have questions about the process.  Pre-application meetings help to expedite the permitting process.  If there has not been a pre-application meeting for your project, please contact your nearest district office or branch office to schedule a meeting.

If there has been one or more meetings, enter the names of key agency staff and project representatives (for the applicant) present at the meeting, the agency, meeting location and a summary of the subjects discussed.  Use additional paper if necessary.

B.  Please identify by number any MSSW Management and Storage of Surface Waters/Wetland Resource/ERP Environmental Resource Permit/ACOE US Army Corps of Engineers Permits pending, issued or denied for projects at the location, and any related enforcement actions.

List all pending, issued or denied permits for this project location, and all past enforcement actions, even if they are not associated with the currently proposed project.  If there are none to the best of your knowledge, enter N/A.

• Agency:  Write the name of the agency that issued the permit or other document.
• Date:  Write the date the document was issued, denied, submitted or dated.
• No./Type of Application: Write the identifying number of the document and what type of permit, application or document it is.
• Action Taken: If the document is a permit or application, write whether it was issued or denied.  If it was an enforcement action, write the outcome or nature of any action taken.

Attach a copy of the listed documents, if available.

C.  Note: The following information is required for projects proposed to occur in, on or over wetlands those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and a duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances to support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soils. Soils present in wetlands generally are classified as hydric or alluvial, or possess characteristics that are associated with reducing soil conditions. The prevalent vegetation in wetlands generally consists of facultative or obligate hydrophytic macrophytes that are typically adapted to areas having soil conditions described above. These species, due to morphological, physiological, or reproductive adaptations, have the ability to grow, reproduce or persist in aquatic environments or anaerobic soil conditions. Florida wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bayheads, bogs, cypress domes and strands, sloughs, wet prairies, riverine swamps and marshes, hydric seepage slopes, tidal marshes, mangrove swamps and other similar areas. Florida wetlands generally do not include longleaf or slash pine flatwoods with an understory dominated by saw palmetto. that need a federal dredge removal of materials by any means from wetlands or other surface waters. Also the removal of upland soil in order to create a wetland that will be connected to other surface waters or wetlands. and fill depositing material by any means in wetlands or other surface waters. permit or an authorization to use State-owned Submerged Lands Those lands including but not limited to, tidal lands, islands, sand bars, shallow banks, and lands waterward of the ordinary or mean high water line, beneath navigable fresh water or beneath tidally-influenced waters, to which the State of Florida acquired title on March 3, 1845, by virtue of statehood, and which have not been heretofore conveyed or alienated..  Please provide the names, addresses and zip codes of property owners whose property directly adjoins the project (excluding application) and/or (for proprietary pertaining to ownership authority. authorizations) is located within a 500 ft. radius of the applicant's land.  Please attach a plan view showing the owner's names and adjoining property lines.  Attach additional sheets if necessary.

If your project does not require proprietary authorization (authorization to use State-owned Submerged Lands), then provide the names of the property owners whose property directly adjoins the project. Include a map showing the owner names and locations of adjoining properties. (Example)

If you project requires proprietary authorization, such as to build a dock, pier, marina or seawall, provide a list of property owners within a 500 foot radius of the project area.  Include a map showing the owner names and locations of adjoining properties. (Example)  Note:  This is not required for projects that qualify for consent by rule Consent to use State-owned Submerged Lands for certain specific minor activities, granted directly in Rule 18-21.005(1)(b) that requires no further documentation from the Department..

Read the document "Proprietary and Regulatory Authority" for more information about using State-owned Submerged Lands.

Maps, names and addresses are available from your county property appraiser's web site, or you can get the information in person from your local property appraiser's office.