Instructions - Joint Application Section C

Notice of Receipt of Application

Do not fill out Section C if you are applying for a Noticed General Permit.  All required documents must be submitted on 8.5" x 11" (letter size) paper.

This notice will be distributed to interested parties and other reviewing agencies as necessary.  If the project will impact 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. or other surface waters water upon the surface of the earth, whether contained in bounds created naturally or artificially or diffused. Water from natural springs is classified as surface water when it exits from the spring onto the earth's surface., a copy of your application including Section C will be sent to the US Army Corps of Engineers for review.

1.  Indicate the project boundaries on a USGS quadrangle map.  Attach a location map showing the boundary of the proposed activity or activities means construction alteration, operation, maintenance, abandonment, or removal of any surface water management system including dredging or filling..  The map should also contain a north arrow and a graphic scale; show Section(s), Township(s) and Range(s); and must be of sufficient detail to allow a person unfamiliar with the site to find it.

Indicate the project boundaries on a USGS quadrangle map.

You can get a copy of a USGS quadrangle map topographic maps created by the United States Geological Survey. using the Department's Map Direct mapping application.  See the help document "How to get a USGS Quadrangle Map" for step-by-step instructions.

Attach a location map showing the boundary of the proposed activity.

The map should contain:

• a north arrow
• a graphic scale
• Section/Township/Range a federal system which divides land into portions and assigns them a location number. Section - Basic unit of the system, a square tract of land one mile by one mile containing 640 acres. Township - 36 sections arranged in a 6 x 6 square. Range - location number assigned to a township by measuring east or west of a principal meridian.
• And be clear enough so a person who is not familiar with the project site can find it.
• (Sample map)

You can find a map with these features on your county property appraiser's web site under their property record search.  Use the map application to find the property, turn on the aerial photograph layer if possible, print and then draw the project boundary on the map.  Most of these mapping applications will highlight the property boundary for you.  (Sample map) You can also get a map in person at your local county property appraiser's office.  Draw the boundary of the proposed activities if different from the project boundaries.

If you cannot get a property appraiser's map, good road maps can be printed from a web mapping application such as Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, MapQuest or others.  Please draw the location of the property and the boundary of the activities on the map with a pen or marker.

2.  Provide the names of all wetlands, or other surface waters that would be dredged, filled, impounded, diverted, drained, or would receive discharge (either directly or indirectly), or would otherwise be impacted by the proposed activity, and specify if they are in an Outstanding Florida Water or Aquatic Preserve.

The names of all wetlands, or other surface waters that will receive discharge or be impacted.

The name of the wetland is the name of the creek, lake, bay, estuary, swamp, etc.  If the wetland is not named, write "unnamed".

Specify if they are in an Outstanding Florida Water A water designated worthy of special protection because of its natural attributes. This special designation is intended to protect existing good water quality. or Aquatic Preserve Exceptional areas of State-owned lands and the associated waterbodies listed in Part II of Chapter 258, Florida Statutes. Includes the water column over such lands, which have been set aside to be maintained in an essentially natural condition..

There are a few different ways to determine if your project is in an Outstanding Florida Water (OFW Outstanding Florida Water) or Aquatic Preserve (AP Aquatic Preserve).  Choose the method you are most comfortable with.

• Outstanding Florida Waters are listed in Rule 62-302.700, F.A.C., A simplified list and explanation of OFWs are found in the OFW Fact Sheet.  

• To determine if your property is in an Aquatic preserve, see the map and list of Aquatic Preserves.

• You can also determine if your property is in an Outstanding Florida Water or Aquatic Preserve by using the Department's Map Direct mapping application.  See the help document titled "Is Your Project in an OFW or AP?" for step-by-step instructions.

3.  Attach a depiction (plan and section views), which clearly shows the works or other facilities proposed to be constructed.  Use multiple sheets, if necessary.  Use a scale sufficient to show the location and type of works.

See the drawing and additional information checklists for drawing requirements for your project type.  

The drawing should show all proposed works all man-made or artificial structures. These include ditches, canals, conduits, channels, culverts, pipes, construction activities and all other man-made structures., project boundaries, boundaries of wetlands and other surface waters, and adjacent roads.  The drawing should contain a graphic scale, a north arrow and dimensions.

The drawings for Section C do not need to contain as much detail as the project review drawings requested in Sections D and E.  The purpose of the depiction in Section C is to be clear enough to show interested parties and other agencies where your project will be located and the extent of any wetlands or other surface waters that will be impacted.  

4.  Briefly describe the proposed project (such as "construct a dock with boat shelter", "replace two existing culverts", "construct surface water management system to serve 150 acre residential development"):

This question is meant to give the notice recipient a good general idea of what your project will accomplish.  One or two sentences will usually be enough.

5.  Specify the acreage of wetlands or other surface waters, if any, that are proposed to be filled, excavated, or otherwise disturbed or impacted by the proposed activity:

"Other impacts" or "Otherwise disturbed" in wetlands includes such things as clearing vegetation, mowing or indirect drainage changes caused by the direct impacts.

6.  Provide a brief statement describing any proposed mitigation for impacts to wetlands and other surface waters (attach additional sheets if necessary):

"Proposed mitigation" means the plan to restore, create, preserve or enhance wetlands or other surface waters meant to offset a project's unavoidable ecological impacts.  If you are impacting wetlands or other surface waters, you must make up for that impact with mitigation.

Mitigation can be accomplished by buying credits at a mitigation bank if one is available in your area; by restoring, creating, preserving or enhancing wetlands that remain on the project site; or by restoring, creating, preserving or enhancing wetlands somewhere else within the same drainage basin and of the same wetland type.

Read the help document "What is Mitigation?" for more information about mitigation and how DEP determines how much and what kind of mitigation is acceptable to offset the project impacts.  

If additional help is needed, you can hire an environmental consultant to help you create a mitigation plan.