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Department of <br /> Environmental Protection <br /> Madory Stoneman Douglas Building <br /> Jeb Bush 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard David B . Struhs <br /> Governor Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000 Secretary <br /> CONSOLIDATED JOINT COASTAL PERMIT AND INTENT TO GRANT SOVEREIGN <br /> SUBMERGED LANDS AUTHORIZATION <br /> PERMITTEE/AUTHORIZED ENTITY : Permit/Authorization No . : 0166929-001 -JC <br /> Indian River County Board of Commissioners Date of Issue : October 23 , 2002 <br /> 184025 th Street Expiration Date of Construction Phase : <br /> Vero Beach, Florida, 32960 October 23 , 2007 <br /> County: Indian River <br /> Project : Indian River County Beach <br /> Restoration Project, Sectors 1 & 2 <br /> This permit is issued under the authority of Chapter 161 and Part IV of Chapter 373 , Florida <br /> Statutes (F . S .), and Title 62 and 40, Florida Administrative Code (F.A . C . ) . Pursuant to Operating <br /> Agreements executed between the Department and the water management districts, as referenced in <br /> Chapter 62- 113 , F .A . C . , the Department is responsible for reviewing and taking final agency action <br /> on this activity. <br /> ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION : <br /> The project is to construct the Indian River County Beach Restoration Project, Sectors 1 & <br /> 2 , between FDEP reference monuments R3 . 5 and R17 . The proposed beach restoration involves <br /> transporting sand from an offshore borrow site by hopper dredge and placing the material along 2 . 5 <br /> miles of beach. The beach fill template consists of a design berm, which is intended to remain <br /> intact between nourishment events, and advance beach nourishment placed seaward of the design <br /> berm, which will erode away between nourishment events . The total construction volume is <br /> approximately 574, 000 cubic yards over the 13 ,296 feet of beach, or approximately 43 cubic yards <br /> per foot of beach length. In addition, a minimum of 5 . 0 acres of artificial reef will be constructed as <br /> mitigation to offset the expected burial of 3 . 8 acres of nearshore hardbottom . <br /> ACTIVITY LOCATION : <br /> The beach restoration activity is located along the ocean shore south of Sebastian Inlet, at <br /> Sebastian Inlet State Park and unincorporated Ambersand Beach, between FDEP reference <br /> monuments R3 . 5 and R17 . The borrow area is located on the Indian River Shoal between 7 , 000 and <br /> 1000 ft . offshore of the southern part of Indian River County, just north and directly offshore from <br /> Round Island Park (R- 118 ) , in Indian River County, the Atlantic Ocean, Class III Waters . <br /> This permit constitutes a finding of consistency with Florida ' s Coastal Zone Management <br /> Program, as required by Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act . This permit also <br /> constitutes certification of compliance with state water quality standards pursuant to Section 401 of <br />