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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element OBJECTIVE 2 Surface Water Ouality By 2020, water quality throughout the Indian River Lagoon and the St. Sebastian River shall, at a minimum, meet State Class III water quality standards, and State Class II standards, where practicable. Policy 2.1: Consistent with Policy 2.1 of the Coastal Management Element, the county hereby adopts the State designation of Class H - "shellfish propagation or harvesting," as defined in the FDEP's 2008 Surface Water Quality Standards report, as the minimum water quality standard for the following portions of the IRL located within Indian River County: from the north county line south to the CR 510 causeway east of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW); south of the CR 510 causeway to the North Relief Canal, and from the northern tip of Round Island to the south county line. Policy 2.2: Consistent with Policy 2.2 of the Coastal Management Element, the county hereby adopts the State designation of Class III - "Recreation, propagation, and maintenance of a healthy, well-balanced population of fish and wildlife," as defined in the FDEP's 2008 Surface Water Quality Standards report, as the minimum water quality standard for the following portions of the IRL located within Indian River County: from the north county line to the CR 510 causeway west of the ICW, and from the North Relief canal south to the northern tip of Round Island. The county will strive to improve the surface water quality within the aforementioned sections of the IRL to State Class II water quality standards. Policy 2_3: The county shall minimize the amount of non -point source stormwater runoff draining to the Indian River Lagoon by requiring stormwater management systems associated with new development, as described in the policies under Objective 7 of the Stormwater Management Sub -Element. Policy 2.4: The county shall require Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPs) for all new development projects that are subject to site plan or plat approval. Polio Consistent with SJRWMD Rule 40C-2, F.A.C. - Consumptive Use Permit requirements, the county shall prohibit the use of Floridan aquifer artesian flow wells to recharge new artificially created surface waterbodies in conjunction with urban development, except for four inch or less diameter wells with working valves. Policy 2.6: The county shall continue to assist the SJRWMD, FDEP, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), and the County Environmental Health Department by undertaking code Community Development Department Indian River County 123