Reference is to Printer's Date 2/15/18-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 4, by striking Section 48-39-280(E)(1) and inserting:
/ (E)(1) In order
to locate the baseline and the setback line
baselines and the setback lines, the department must
establish monumented and controlled survey points in each county
fronting the Atlantic Ocean. The department must acquire
sufficient surveyed topographical information on which to locate
the baseline baselines.
(2)
Surveyed topographical data typically must be
gathered at two thousand foot intervals. However, in areas
subject to significant near-term development and in areas
currently developed, the interval, at the discretion of the
department, may be more frequent. The resulting surveys must
locate the crest of the primary oceanfront sand
dunes dune to be used as the baseline
for computing the forty-year erosion rate. In cases where no
primary oceanfront sand dunes exist dune
exists, a study conducted by the department is required to
determine where the upland location of the crest of the primary
oceanfront sand dune would be located if the shoreline had not
been altered.
(3)
The department, by regulation, may exempt
specifically described portions of the coastline from the survey
requirements of this section when, in its judgment, the portions
of coastline are not subject to erosion or are not likely to be
developed by virtue of local, state, or federal programs in
effect on the coastline which would preclude significant
development, or both.
(4)
If an oceanfront area incurs extraordinary
erosion due to the impact of a storm system or event named by
the National Weather Service after June 1, 2018, the surveyed
topographical data collected from the impacted oceanfront area
since the last establishment cycle may not be used to locate the
crests of primary oceanfront sand dunes or to establish
baselines pursuant to subsection (A)(1) or (A)(3). The
department must use data collected during previous cycles from
the oceanfront area to locate the crests of primary oceanfront
sand dunes and to establish baselines pursuant to items (A)(1)
or (A)(3). /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.