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/a F1 - INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA BOARD MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator THROUGH: Christopher R. Mora, P.E. clll� Public Works Director . THROUGH: Richard B. Szpyrka, P.E., Assistant Public Works Director FROM: James D. Gray, Jr.J�6 Coastal Engineer SUBJECT: Outer Continental Shelf Marine Sand, Gravel, and Shell Resources Regulation; Identifier Number (RIN) 1010-AD90; BOEM Proposed Rule 30 CFR 583 DATE: May 2, 2016 BACKGROUND Indian River County has adopted a Beach Preservation Plan (BPP) to provide long term management strategies along the County's 22.4 miles of Atlantic shoreline, of which 15.7 miles are listed as critically eroded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). The County's beach management efforts (Beach Restoration Projects) over the last decade have been successful at offsetting the historic erosion along its critically eroding beaches due to the availability of beach compatible sand from upland and offshore borrow sources. Relative to offshore sand, the County has identified 3 borrow sources (North, Central, and South) that contain a combined volume of approximately 8 million cubic yards of beach compatible sand. Use of the identified offshore sand resources, in full or in part, will be required in order for the County to continue its beach management efforts for the next 30-50 years. All offshore borrow sources are located within State waters (within 3 nautical miles from the shoreline) except for the Central borrow source, about 3 million cubic yards (approximately 40%) of total available beach compatible sand. F•\Public WorksVamesG\Sand Wars\BOEM -- Federal Register\BOEM Proposed Rule - Federal Register dated March 22 2016 -- IRC Coastal Comments -- Agenda Item 5-10-16\130EM Proposed Rule - IRC Coastal Comments -- Agenda Item 5-10-16.docx 112