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EXPLANATION: delete suspension of beach renourishment activities for the current fiscal year.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 34,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, page 393,
paragraph 34.30, lines 32-36, and page 394, lines 1-3 by
striking the paragraph in its entirety and by inserting:
/ 34.30. (DHEC: Beach Renourishment and
Monitoring and Coastal Access Improvement) Beach
renourishment activities are suspended for the current fiscal
year. Funds $1,000,000 of
funds allocated or carried forward for
beach renourishment may be spent for coastal access
improvement and shall be spent in accordance with all
required state and federal permits and certifications to
benefit an area in which the erosion of the beaches located in
state jurisdiction is attributed to a federally authorized
navigation project as documented by the findings of a Section
111 Study conducted under the authority of the federal Rivers
and Harbors Act of 1968, as amended by the federal Water
Resources Development Act of 1986, and approved by the United
States Army Corps of Engineers. If state funds are made
available or carried forward from any general
revenue, capital, surplus or bond funding appropriated to the
department for beach renourishment and maintenance, the
department shall be able to expend not more than $100,000 of
these funds annually to support annual beach profile monitoring
coast wide to enable the department to determine erosion
rates and to identify priority areas needing renourishment and
maintenance to mitigate erosion and storm damage
potential. Appropriations
Additional funds made available or carried forward
for beach renourishment projects that are certified by the
department as excess may be spent for coastal access
improvement beach renourishment and departmental
activities that advance the policy goals contained in the State
Beachfront Management Plan, R.30-21./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.