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BEACH & SHORE PRESERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />June 27, 2016 <br />Representative Lois Frankel <br />1037 Longworth House Office Building <br />Washington, DC 20515 <br />Dear Representative Frankel, <br />Thank you very much for your ongoing work to amend federal law to allow the U.S. Army Corps <br />of Engineers to more easily explore the possibility .of using non-domestic sand during federal <br />beach nourishment projects. We support your efforts and urge you . to continue your work as the <br />Water Resources Development Act moves to House floor, <br />As you know, all local domestic offshore sand sources near Miami -Dade and Broward counties in <br />southeast Florida have been exhausted by past beach nourishment projects. It has been reported <br />that there is additional domestic sand offshore of St. Lucie and Martin counties, 130 miles to the <br />north of Miami -Dade. But, the closest sand to Miami -Dade and Broward counties is in the <br />Bahamas, only 60 miles away. <br />Due to language in WRDA 1986, the Corps really cannot consider non-domestic sand for a project <br />even though it might make sense to use other I , non. I - I domestic sand. Your efforts would simply <br />allow the use of non-domestic sand if the Corps thinks it makes sense. This could offer savings to <br />the federal government and local sponsors due to lower transportation costs. <br />Your work would create options — but not mandate whether domestic or non-domestic sand should <br />be used; that is an effort we support. <br />Thank you for your continued work on this issue. <br />Sincerely., <br />Mike Ochsner <br />Chairman, Beach and Shore Preservation Advisory Committee <br />CC: Senator Bill Nelson <br />Senator Marco Rubio <br />Florida House Congressional Delegation <br />116 <br />