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BOOK 96 PAGE 38 A third alternative would be to possibly combinecounty environmental planning section permits into one overall permit. That is, instead of having separate land clearing, tree removal, dune maintenance, mangrove trimming, and wetland resource permita_, combine these permits into one environmental review permit that could be 'issued on a project -by -project basis. Finally, in its effort to streamline state permitting procedures, the State has established an Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) that is administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) or the SJRWND (but never both). The State is developing guidelines whereby local governments can opt to apply for ERP delegation, thus combining State and local permitting. A federal permit/review would still be required in addition to the ERP. Over the past year, staff has been monitoring ERP delegation opportunity. As the opportunity progresses, the County will need to fully evaluate ERP delegation implications, particularly relating to costs (-e.g., additional staff). RECONMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners authorize staff to further investigate the costs/benefits of obtaining State ERP delegation, and the opportunity of consolidating environmental review permits. Karl Hedin, 3003 Cardinal Drive, had just one exception to what'Mr. DeBlois has said. The St. Johns River Water Management District does not follow boundary lines on their 1/2 acre exemptions. The distance on his.property has less than 10,000 sq. ft. of wetlands, but it continued farther down the road on other people's property. They still considered it over a half acre, and he still was not exempt. He had agreed to pay $6,000 if the money remains in Indian River County, and it was delegated to the Environmental Learning Center. However, they still have not given him a final inspection report that is acceptable to the County that he has met all the requirements of the mitigation on these wetlands. The Corps of Engineers came down and looked at it also, and said that if it's okay with St. Johns who is handling this, it was okay with them. Mr. Hedin contended that if it is okay with St. Johns, it should be okay with the County. However, the County said no, that they want $75 to know that I did this. A recent newspaper article stated that bureaucracy is just running us three or four times over. Taxpayers are paying for duplication of inspections. You would think that one agency, whether it be the County, the Corps of Engineers, SJRWMD, the EPA, that one fee should cover it and one fee should take precedence over what is required and that should be it. Mr. Hedin explained that he somewhat resented the County charging him for inspection when he has been inspected 3 times 23 OCTOBER 17, 1995