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The
Environmental Resources Program (ERP) addresses
dredging, filling, and construction in wetlands and other
surface water, as well as stormwater and surface water
management systems in uplands. The program is designed to
ensure that activities in uplands, wetlands and other
surface waters do not degrade water quality or degrade
habitat for aquatic or wetland dependent wildlife. The five
(5) water management district offices and six (6) FDEP
districts share responsibility of implementing the ERP
program.
The Environmental Resource Program’s (ERP)
Compliance/Enforcement Section handles a wide variety of
regulatory and proprietary environmental issues in the
Southeast District (SED). Our main focus is ensuring compliance
with Environmental Resource Permits, which include
authorizations for wetland fills, mangrove trims,
dock/seawall construction, stormwater management systems,
and other environmental resource related activities. Our
other responsibilities include fielding complaints from the
general public, state lands lease inspections and Everglades
hunt camp inspections.
Please
refer to the below listed information to address all of your
environmental concerns.
If you are
observing the following activities and think they may be
unauthorized, contact Jason Andreotta at (561) 681-6639 if the
violation is occurring in Palm Beach, Broward or Dade
counties or Eric Shea in our Port St. Lucie branch office
at (772) 398-2806 if the violation is occurring in
Martin, St. Lucie or Okeechobee counties:
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new dock construction or
reconfiguration
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new seawall construction
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single family wetland fills
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private/commercial marina or mutli-family
dock reconfigurations
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any dredging/filling of surface
waters
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mangrove alterations
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stormwater system construction
Contact the
South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) at (561) 686-8800 if your
complaint does not fit into any of the above listed
activities.
While the FDEP SED office can
field complaints from Broward and Dade counties, these
counties have been delegated the authority to implement the
Environmental Resource Program and can take complaints
also. For complaints in Broward, call Broward Environmental
Protection Department at (954) 519-1499 and in Dade, call Dade
Environmental Resource Management at (305) 372-6955. For
non-wetland related environmental complaints in Palm Beach
County, call Palm Beach County Environmental Resource
Management at (561) 233-2473.
For
violations occurring on the beach (i.e. east of dunes),
contact Mark Taynton with our Beaches and Coastal Compliance
Program. Mark only responds to pages, and his pager number
is (877) 314-1329.
PSL Office Environmental Resources Program Contacts
Helpful Hotlines and Telephone Numbers
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For hazardous spills, contact the State
Warning Point at (800) 320-0519.
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To report fish kills, call the Fish Kill
Hotline at (800) 636-0511.
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For the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission, contact (850) 922-4330.
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For the Army
Corps. of Engineers Palm Beach Gardens office, call
(561) 472-3504.
Sections within the ERP Program
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Southeast District -
Port St. Lucie Office - Environmental Resources Program