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0 C Technical Approach Page 2 TASK 5 PROCESSING AND ACQUISITION OF PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PERMITS Introduction Correspondence with agencies responsible for processing the construction permits for these Beach Nourishment Projects includes: State (DEP State Lands, DEP Office of Beaches and Coastal Systems, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Bureau of Protected Species Management) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District National Marine Fisheries Service Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) St. Johns River Water Management District ATM shall assemble and maintain, in chronological order, all letters and reports applicable to the Project(s) Permit Correspondence for the County. ATM shall establish telephone and written communication with the State, USACE Jacksonville District and County sufficient to coordinate agency review of the Permit Application. Task 5A Processing and Acquisition of Joint Coastal Permit - DEP 5.A.1 Permit(s) Pre -Application Meeting ATM will conduct and coordinate a meeting of the affected agencies in Tallahassee. Florida to review the proposed Projects. ATM will submit a written request to the FDEP Office of Beaches and Coastal Systems (the "Department") requesting a pre -application meeting and, generate e, hibits for and attend a formal Pre -application Meeting with County Coastal Engineer and staff, the FDEP Office of Beaches and Coastal Systems (OBCS), and the FDEP Office of Protected Species Management staff in the FDEP OBCS office in Tallahassee, Florida. ATM shall distribute a Meeting Outline and lead discussion during the meeting to: (a) review Project goals and objectives, (b) summarize existing physical and environmental data pertaining to the borrow and beachfill areas, (c) determine FDEP submittal requirements in ATM preparation of a Joint Coastal Permit application; and (d) discuss submittal requirements and computational methodologies for a mixing zone variance. Beach profile and hydrographic survey data will be utilized to display 'existing' conditions of the beachfill area. ATM will utilize this information to prepare the appropriate exhibits for presentation to FDEP staff. Additional submittal requirements deemed appropriate by Bureau staff to allow for complete and favorable staff evaluation of the proposed nourishment of Sectors 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 will be identified at the mee+ing. 'The permit application -processing fee will be verified with Department staff at the Meeting.