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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED IiNDIAN RIVER LAGOON NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT This Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program Interlocal Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered into this qday of vt,L , 2017, by and between the following governmental entities: 1) Volusia County, a Florida political subdivision, 2) Brevard County, a Florida political subdivision, 3) St. Lucie County, a Florida political subdivision, 4) Martin County, a Florida political subdivision, 5) Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 6) St. Johns River Water Management District, 7) South Florida Water Management District and 8) Indian River County, a Florida political subdivision (each singularly, upon its execution of this Agreement, a "Party" and collectively, the "Parties). The following recitation of facts are provided in support of this Agreement: (A) The Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program was designated in 1990 and formally established in 1991 to assist the Indian River Lagoon region located along the east - central and south-eastern coastal area of Florida in developing a comprehensive plan to restore and protect the Indian River Lagoon. The Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program is part of a national network of twenty-eight (28) estuary programs established under the Federal Clean Water Act and administered nationally by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (B) Local and state government participants in the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program consisting of the Parties described above, as well as the United States Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, developed a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Indian River Lagoon (the "CCMP"), as required by the Federal Clean Water Act. The Parties are committed to successful implementation of the CCIVIP, as it may be amended from time to time. (C) The original Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program Interlocal Agreement, dated February 19, 2015, became effective on February 24, 2015, and included all of the governmental entities listed above with the exception of Indian River County. The First Amended and Restated Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program Interlocal Agreement (the "First Amended Agreement") provided for the participation of the Indian River County area in the activities contemplated under this Agreement by adding the Indian River County Lagoon Coalition as a Party. 1