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State DEP outlines permit tiers, dock rules and sovereign‑lands authorizations for Jacksonville area
Summary
A Florida Department of Environmental Protection official told the Jacksonville Waterways Commission how the ERP program reviews dock, shoreline and submerged‑lands projects, clarifying exemptions, general permits, individual permits and proprietary (sovereign lands) authorizations.
Catherine Craver, external affairs director for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection(DEP), explained the stateEnvironmental Resource Permitting (ERP) program to the Jacksonville Waterways Commission on March 13, describing when DEP, the St. Johns River Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers each review or authorize in‑water projects such as docks, bulkheads and dredging.
Craver said DEP applies a three‑tier review for any work in surface waters or wetlands under the ERP program: the regulatory review that applies to all projects, a proprietary review for use of sovereign submerged state lands, and a federal review (State Programmatic General Permit, SPGP) for projects that remain within delegated federal categories.
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