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Under its Clearinghouse program, OIP:
- Serves as the state’s single point-of-contact for the Florida State
Clearinghouse.
- Coordinates the Department's position on the consistency of federal
projects and federally funded activities with departmental policies and
regulations, and provides comments to the Florida State Clearinghouse in
accordance with Presidential Executive Order 12372, the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) and other
federal laws and policies.
- Coordinates DEP's position regarding the statements of environmental
feasibility for Florida Department of Transportation projects as
required under Chapter 338, F.S. and roadway alignment planning
projects.
Under its Comprehensive Plan program, OIP:
- Coordinates the Department's review of local government comprehensive plans,
plan amendments, sector plans and periodic comprehensive plan evaluation and
appraisal reports (EARs).
- Coordinates DEP's review of strategic regional policy plans, campus master
plans, the State Comprehensive Plan and associated translational plans; assists
with the development of linkages among the plans.
- Provides input regarding specific growth management policy issues and
coordinates the Department’s implementation of related recommendations.
- Coordinates the Department's involvement in Florida's Areas of Critical
State Concern program.
Under its Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) program, OIP:
- Coordinates state reviews of offshore activities under the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
- Reviews proposed laws, rules, information requests, and other
materials associated with offshore activities.
- Serves as the state’s single point-of-contact for all matters
related to OCS oil and gas activities that affect Florida.
- Serves as the contact point for the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP), which is a network of state and
federal agencies, citizens, businesses, industry, and non-profit
organizations committed to managing and protecting the resources of the
Gulf of Mexico.
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Last updated:
February 08, 2007
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard M.S. 47 Tallahassee, Florida 32399
850-245-2161 (phone) / 850-245-2128 (fax) |
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