Test Yourself Answer Key

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1. A) Beaches, Inlets, and Ports Program.

Per the FDEP Beaches website, “To protect, preserve, and manage Florida’s valuable sandy beaches and adjacent coastal systems, the Florida Legislature adopted the Florida Beach and Shore Preservation Act, contained in Parts I and II of Chapter 161, Florida Statutes. The act provides three interrelated programs that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection administers to protect the state’s sandy beaches: the Coastal Construction Control Line; Beach Management Funding Assistance; and Beaches, Inlets, and Ports programs.”

2. C) Joint Coastal Permit (JCP)

Per the FDEP Beaches website, under Permitting, “Activities that require a JCP include beach restoration or nourishment; construction of erosion control structures, such as groins and breakwaters; public fishing piers; maintenance of inlets and inlet-related structures; and dredging of navigation channels that include disposal of dredged material onto the beach or in the nearshore area.”

3. D) 100-year storm

Per the FDEP Beaches website, under Permitting, “The CCCL location is set at the upland limits of the damaging effects of a 100year coastal storm as predicted by coastal engineering models. Condominiums, hotels, homes, pools and boardwalks, etc., to be constructed seaward of the CCCL must meet the specific requirements of this program.”

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C) critically eroded beaches.

Per the FDEP Strategic Beach Management Plan, Introduction, “The SBMP identifies strategies at critically eroded beaches and inlets consistent with the goals set forth in Section 161.091, F.S., of the Beach and Shore Preservation Act:

• Maximize the infusion of beach-quality sand into the coastal system;

• Implement those projects that contribute most significantly to addressing the state’s beach erosion problems;

• Promote inlet sand bypassing to replicate the natural flow of sand interrupted by improved, modified, or altered inlets and ports;

• Extend the life of beach restoration projects and reduce the frequency of nourishment;

• Encourage regional approaches to ensure the geographic coordination and sequencing of projects; and

• Reduce equipment mobilization and demobilization cost.”

5. B) Erosion Control Line (ECL).

Per the FDEP Beaches, Inlands, and Ports Program website, under Strategic Planning and Coordination, “Additionally, the Beaches, Inlands, and Ports Program (BIPP) provides coordination, planning, and support in the development of Erosion Control Line (ECL), which defines the property boundary between sovereign submerged land and upland ownership.”

6. D) 75 percent

Per the FDEP Beaches Funding Program website, “Financial assistance in an amount up to 50 percent of beach projects and up to 75 percent of inlet project costs is available to Florida’s local governments, including county and municipal governments, community development districts, and special taxing districts. Eligible activities include:

• Beach restoration and nourishment activities

• Project design and engineering studies

• Environmental studies and monitoring

• Inlet management planning

• Inlet sand transfer

• Dune restoration

• Beach and inlet protection activities

• Other beach erosion prevention related activities consistent with the adopted Strategic Beach Management Plan.”

7. B) marine turtle nesting season. Per FAC 62B-41.0055(6), Protection of Marine Turtles, “All coastal construction other than beach restoration, beach nourishment, and mechanical sand bypassing, which is in compliance with other provisions of this chapter, shall not be conducted during the main portion of the marine turtle nesting season (15 May through 31 October) if the department determines that the proposed coastal construction will result in a significant adverse impact.”

8. A) Five-year storm

Per FAC 62B-41.005(6)(b), Policy and Eligibility Criteria for Coastal Construction Permits, “The department shall not issue permits, pursuant to Section 161.041, F.S., for coastal armoring except as a last resort to provide protection to eligible structures. Construction of coastal armoring will only be considered in accordance with the following: The structure to be protected is vulnerable to erosion from a five-year return interval storm event as determined by the department based on an analysis of general and site-specific physiographic features or conditions such as: storm surge hydrograph and duration, bathymetry and topography, sediment and wave characteristics, and manmade and natural structures.”

9. A) Enterococci

Per the FDOH Florida Healthy Beaches Program website, “The statewide testing program tests for enterococci, which the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended states adopt as a saltwater quality indicator.”

10. D) Vibrio vulnificus

Per the FDOH Vibrio Infections website: “Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that normally lives in warm seawater and is part of a group of vibrios that are called ‘halophilic’ because they require salt.

• Vibrio vulnificus infections are rare.

• Vibrio vulnificus is a naturally occurring bacteria in warm, brackish seawater.

• Water and wounds do not mix. Do not enter the water if you have fresh cuts or scrapes.”