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shall be permitted in accordance with FDEP Rule 40C-4.051(11)(b), F.A.C., and under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of1899, as administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with FDEP and the USACE. Policy 2.8: The county, in its land development regulations, shall require littoral zone vegetation plantings for artificially created ponds on project sites exceeding ten (1 0) acres in area. When littoral zones are required, the following minimum requirements shall apply: ~ A minimum of30 percent of the waterbody surface area or 21 square feet per lineal foot of shoreline, whichever is less, shall be planted with native littoral vegetation, and shall be maintained permanently as part of the waterbody; ~ A minimum of one (1) tree, consisting of a native freshwater wetland species, shall be planted for every 500 square feet of littoral zone coverage; ~ The water management system shall be designed to prevent siltation and eutrophication; ~ A design and management plan, specifying remedial methods for correcting potential siltation, eutrophication, and/or infestation by nuisance species, shall be required; ~ Consistent with Florida Administrative Code (F AC) Section 40C-42.026( 4)( d), the planted littoral zone area shall consist of a 6:1 or flatter slope. [Recommend removal and placement in LDRs; if kept, revise and consolidate] Policy 2.9: Consistent with Policy 4.2 of the Stormwater Management Sub-Element, tThe cCounty shall, by 2012, request a formal meeting with representatives from all of the F.S. 298 Special Drainage Districts in the cCounty to discuss the following issues: conducting comprehensive basin inventories, adopting maximum discharge limitations and pollutant load reduction goals (PLRGs), and setting level-of-service standards for water quality and flood protection. Policy 2.11: Consistent with Policy 7.6 of the Stormwater Management Sub-Element, Program Goal I of the Indian River Lagoon Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan and Goal I of the Surface Water Improvement Management (SWIM) Plan, the county shall reduce the amount of non-point source pollution entering the Indian River Lagoon by applying for SWIM funds and Section 319 Grants to improve the pollutant removal of efficiency of existing stormwater management facilities and where feasible, to construct new regional stormwater management facilities. Policy 2.12: By 2010, the county will expand sanitary sewer service to all areas identified throughout the county by the SJRWMD as being "high" and "medium" priority areas of pollutant loading from on-site (septic) disposal systems. PAGE 97