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Policy 1.2: In coordination with the Office Bureau of Radiation Control and the Indian River County Health Department, the county shall make available information on the detection and control of radon gas. Policy 1.3: The county shall coordinate with the State Division of Forestry to ensure that appropriate fire prevention methods are implemented for the burning of land clearing debris outside the Urban Service Area. [Regulated in County LDRs, Chapter 925] Policy 1.4: To reduce air-borne pollution, the county will ensure that land clearing and tree removal associated with urban development meets the criteria contained in county land development regulations. These criteria include, but are not limited to: phased clearing, minimizing cleared areas, and stabilizing cleared areas with ground cover. Bona fide agricultural operations will remain exempt from permitting requirements. [Regulated in County LDRs, Chapter 927] Objective 2: By 20202045, water quality throughout the Indian River Lagoon and the St. Sebastian River shall, at a minimum, meet State Class Ill water quality standards, and State Class II standards, where practicable. Policy 2.1: Consistent with Policy 2.1 of the Coastal Management Element, the county hereby adopts the State designation of Class II- "shellfish propagation or harvesting," as defined in the FDEP' s 2008 2022 Surface Water Quality Standards report, as the minimum water quality standard for the following portions of the IRL located within Indian River County: from the north county line south to the CR 510 causeway east of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW); south of the CR 510 causeway to the North Relief Canal, and from the northern tip of Round Island SR 60 to the south county line. Policy 2.4: The county shall require Storm water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPs) for all new development projects that are subject to site plan or plat approval. [Regulated in County LDRs, Chapter 930, and through NPDES permitting requirements] Policy 2.5: Consistent with SJRWMD Rule 40C-2, F.A.C. - Consumptive Use Permit requirements, the county shall prohibit the use of Floridan aquifer artesian flow wells to recharge new artificially created surface waterbodies in conjunction with urban development, except for four inch or less diameter wells with working valves. [Rule 40C-2 no longer contains this] Policy 2.7: The cCounty shall prohibit the creation of new navigable canals or waterways connected to the Indian River Lagoon or St. Sebastian River. Excavation of any existing canal shall not be for the purpose of obtaining fill. Maintenance dredging of existing artificial navigable canals shall be the minimum necessary to accomplish the dredging purpose and PAGE 96