The ECL just south of Canaveral Harbor was approved by the Florida Board of Trustees on 



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December 18, 1973, and a Florida DNR, Bureau of Beaches and Shores (BBS) Construction 

 Permit (BBS 73-74-4) was issued. The permit was executed by the Brevard County Board of 

 Commissioners in Special Session on December 31, 1973. The MHWL survey to establish the 

 ECL for the Cape Canaveral segment of the Brevard County beach erosion control project was 

 completed on June 29, 1973 (Sheets 1-5, Folder 2 of 2, BBS 73-74-4). The ECL was set 300 ft 

 seaward of the June 29, 1973, MHWL survey from the north limit of Port Canaveral Jetty Park 

 south to the north line of Madison Avenue. The ECL was then tapered to the existing MHWL at 

 the north line of Polk Avenue and followed the MHWL south to the north line of Young Avenue, 

 a distance of 2.8 miles (Sheets 1-6, Folder 2 of 2, BBS 73-74-4). 



The ECL at Indialantic and Melbourne Beach was approved by the Florida Board of Trustees 

 on June 26, 1979. A Florida DNR Division of Beaches and Shores (DBS) construction permit 

 (DBS 79-0009) was issued on June 18, 1979, for the Brevard County beach erosion control 

 project segment at Indialantic and Melbourne Beach. 



Approximately 4.5 Mcy of beach-quality sand were available for a beach fill from the 1974- 

 1975 Trident work (see later descriptions of the Federal navigation and shore -protection project 

 activity). Approximately 1 Mcy were needed to construct the Cape Canaveral segment. The 

 remaining 3.5 Mcy were to have been placed on the beach as a cost-effective way of disposing of 

 the material. The 4.5 Mcy, if placed uniformly along the 2.8 miles south of Canaveral Harbor, 

 would have resulted in a 400-ft-wide construction berm. The ECL was to be placed seaward of 

 the June 29, 1973, MHWL by 300 ft throughout the 2.8-mile project length. This location of the 

 ECL was to allow placement of the 3.5 Mcy of Trident Fill beach disposal material in accordance 

 with Chapter 161.141 F.S., which states in part that the ECL shall not be fixed for beach 

 restoration projects that result from inlet or navigation channel maintenance dredging projects. 

 The 1 Mcy destined for the shore-protection project were to be placed seaward of the ECL. 



2.4.5. Federal Jurisdictional Boundaries 



Since 1972, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through the National 

 Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), has identified Coastal High Hazard Areas, termed 

 V- (Velocity) Zones. As depicted on NFIP Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), V-Zones are 

 areas subject to damage by waves 3 ft or higher during the 100-year event. Zones subject to the 

 100-year flood with waves less than 3 ft high are labeled as A-Zones. The inland extents of the 

 V- and A-Zones are derived from computer models that calculate the landward penetration of a 

 storm surge that can support a breaking wave 3 ft in height. 



The Bureau of Beaches and Shores (BBS) was later recategorized, and thus renamed, as the Division of Beaches and 

 Shores (DBS) within the DNR. After the FDEP was created, the Division was again changed to the Bureau of Beaches and 

 Coastal Systems (BBCS). 



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