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Jeeves on Beach Erosion Control, Page 5 <br />confirmed by a reliable local supplier as recently as mid July 1975. <br />With the "jacks" system there need not be any 3 -year waiting <br />period. According to infotmation I have received from the office <br />of U. S. Senator Lawton Chiles (who is cognizant of and vitally <br />interested in the concrete "jacks" system to prevent beach erosion <br />of Florida's shores) it usually requires only 30 days to <br />obtain a permit from the Corps of Engineers when such permit is <br />applied for by the sponsoring agency. <br />Upon receipt of that permit, and one from our State Department <br />of Natural Resources, work can get underway directly. I now qubte <br />as follows from Senator Chiles letter: <br />(Quote) :The 1962 Rivers and Harbor Act,,as <br />subsequently amended, provides for small beach <br />erosion projects, when the total Federal share <br />of the complete project does not exceed <br />$1,000,900, to be constructed by the Corps <br />without Congressional authorization' when prior <br />studies indicate such improvements are feasible <br />and warranted." (Close Quote) <br />This all means that the concrete jacks project would not have to <br />wait for three years to obtain Congressional authorization. It <br />can be started immediately upon awarding of the construction bid <br />because in any case such as this where the total Federal share <br />of the complete project does not exceed $1,000,000, Congressional <br />approval is not required. <br />How much will it cost? <br />I estimate that the 4 -rile stretch can be done with steel <br />reinforced concrete "jacks" for $400 -thousand dollars, from contract <br />'"award to finished jc,b, and backed by a performance' bond. <br />p <br />AUG 201975 <br />80 GA <br />PACE23 <br />