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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK <br />2. All work is done in a manner that, to the greatest practicable extent, avoids <br />additional dredging or filling, grounding or dragging of vessels, and damage to <br />submerged resources such as seagrass beds, oyster beds, coral communities, <br />mangroves, other wetlands, and live bottom; and <br />3. An absorbent blanket or boom shall be immediately deployed on the surface of the <br />water around the derelict vessel if fuel, oil, or other free-floating pollutants are <br />observed during the work. <br />General Derelict, Migrant and Public Nuisance Vessel Removal and Environmental <br />Protection Best Management Practices <br />The following best management practices (BMP's) will be employed by the marine <br />contractor during the removal of derelict, migrant and at-risk/public nuisance <br />vessels. These BMP's will be incorporated into the contact for each vessel removal <br />project. The marine contractor selected for the project will be required to show proof <br />of their ability to meeting the BMP requirements with their contingency of <br />equipment, staff and expertise in the removal of derelict vessels. <br />Compliance with these BMP's will be monitored by the County and by local Florida <br />Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission law enforcement officers. These BMP's <br />are as follows: <br />a. All Work Is To Meet The Following Requirements: <br />1. Operations are to be limited to daylight hours. <br />2. Operations are to be staged from an upland area. <br />3. All work is to be performed in a manner that avoids and/or <br />minimizes impacts to live bottom and other resource areas (e.g., <br />seagrass beds, oyster beds, wetlands, mangroves, and other <br />sensitive habitats) while approaching, working in, and leaving the <br />vessel vessel site. <br />4. All work shall avoid impacts to manatees, sea turtles, and other <br />species listed by the state and federal government as threatened <br />or protected. <br />5. The Contractor will remove all contaminants and pollutants <br />including fuels, batteries, paints, solvents, and engine from the <br />derelict, migrant or at-risk/public nuisance vessel prior to, or <br />immediately after extraction, whichever option is best to prevent <br />environmental impacts. Any contaminant or pollutant found to be <br />contained within a derelict, migrant or at-risk/public nuisance <br />vessel shall be removed by the Contractor, placed in an approved <br />container, and disposed of properly. The placement of an <br />absorbent blanket on the surface of the water around the derelict <br />vessel within the turbidity barrier is required where free floating <br />product (gas/oil) is observed. <br />6. The Contractor is to provide appropriate best management <br />practices (BMPs) approved by the Florida Department of <br />Environmental Protection for erosion control and turbidity <br />