that have exceptional biological, aesthetic or scientific value. In 

 these areas, no further alienation by the State by dredging and 

 filling, bulkheading, mining or development will be permitted except 

 for specific exceptions. Section 258.3(c) prohibits drilling for 

 gas or oil within a preserve but permits drilling from outside the 

 preserved area. The DNR administers the Aquatic Preserves, State 

 Wilderness Areas, and State Parks and the Governor and Cabinet, sit- 

 ting as the board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust 

 Fund, have final approval regarding these facilities and areas. 



Game and Freshwater Fish, Florida Statutes 372 



This law prohibits contamination of fresh waters of such magnitude that 

 it will damage freshwater aquatic life. This law is enforced by the Game and 

 Freshwater Fish Commission. 



Water Resources Act 1972: Part I, the State Water Resource Plan, 

 Florida Statutes 373.013 



The Florida Resources Act of 1972 covers all State waters unless exempt, 

 and provides for the comprehensive management of water and related land use 

 including development of dams, impoundments, reservoirs, and other works to 

 provide water storage and to prevent damage from flooding, soil erosion, and 

 excessive run off. Section 373.026 designates the responsibility to the DER 

 for the broad powers and authorities under the Act, and supervision of the 

 Water Management District. 



Water Resource Management Act 1972: Part Il-Permitting of Consumptive Use of 

 Water, Florida Statute 373.203-.249 



Section 373.219 requires a permit for the consumptive use of water and 

 imposes reasonable conditions to assure that the permitted use is consistent 

 with the overall objectives of the water district of the DER and not harmful 

 to the water resource of the area. The use to which water is put must be a 

 reasonably beneficial one; reasonable from the stand-point of other landowners 

 and the public. The water management districts are authorized by the DER to 

 be responsible for issuing consumptive use permits. 



Local and Intergovernmental Programs, Florida Statute 163-.3191 



This legislation enables counties and incorporated municipalities to plan 

 for future development and to prepare, adopt, and amend comprehensive plans to 

 guide future development. These comprehensive plans should include zoning and 

 subdivision regulations, policies for land and water use, and building and 

 electrical, gas, and sanitary codes. A coastal protection element shall be 

 included for those units of local government lying in part or in whole in the 

 coastal zone. 



Local governments use their authority in relation to the environmental 

 problems of OCS development in several ways. Land is administered to ensure 

 environmental protection, and local governments have the authority to admin- 

 ister land- and water-use regulations. Local governments have the power of 

 eminent domain, which can be used as an enforcement mechanism to ensure 

 compliance with sewage and landscaping requirements, and environmental 



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