Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 29J-2.004 - Intergovernmental Coordination and Review Procedures
(1) The South
Florida Regional Planning Council has been designated as the Regional
Clearinghouse (RCH) for substate district 11, which includes Broward,
Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties, to exercise the responsibilities pursuant to
the Florida Office of Planning and Budgeting's Intergovernmental Coordination
and Review Process.
(2) The
functions which the South Florida Regional Planning Council shall perform
include:
(a) Evaluating the significance of
proposed Federal and federally assisted projects to state, areawide, or local
plans and programs.
(b) Receiving
and disseminating project notifications and providing liaison between
applicants and appropriate units of government and agencies.
(c) Providing agencies charged with enforcing
and furthering the objectives of state and local environmental standards with
the opportunity to review and comment on the environmental significance of
Federal assistance projects.
(d)
Providing agencies charged with enforcing and furthering the objectives of
state and local civil rights laws with the opportunity to review and comment on
the civil rights aspects of federal assistance projects.
(e) Providing liaison between Federal
agencies contemplating direct Federal development projects and state and
areawide or local agencies or governments having plans or projects which might
be affected by the proposed project.
(3) When evaluating the project or program,
comments by the South Florida Regional Planning Council are to include
information about:
(a) The extent to which the
project is consistent with comprehensive planning for the area.
(b) The extent to which the project
duplicates or needs to be coordinated with other projects or
programs.
(c) The extent to which
it might be revised to increase its effectiveness or efficiency.
(d) The extent to which the project meets
areawide objectives relating to natural and human resources, and economic and
community development.
(e) The
extent to which the project impacts the natural environment.
(f) The project impact on balanced patterns
of settlement and the delivery of services to all sectors of the area
population, including minority groups.
(4) The authority of the Council to take
appropriate action on applications is hereby delegated to the Executive
Director, in the following manner:
(a)
Application is determined by staff not to be of regional interest, the
Executive Director shall so comment to the appropriate Federal agency on behalf
of the Council.
(b) When an
application is determined to be of regional interest but which is either
consistent with or not inconsistent with regional plans or policies, completed
or in progress, or which is modified during the review period to be so
classified, the Executive Director shall so comment to the appropriate Federal
agency on behalf of the Council.
(c) When an application is determined to be
inconsistent with regional plans or policies, completed or in progress, and it
is recommended by staff to receive adverse comment, the Executive Director
shall submit the application and recommended adverse comments to the Council
for its consideration and action.
(5) The Executive Director shall provide a
monthly report to the Council indicating the status of all applications
currently being reviewed by the Council's staff.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 120.54, 163.01, 186.505 FS. Law Implemented 120.54, 163.01, 186.505 FS.
New 8-6-75, Formerly 29J-2.04, Amended 3-9-99.
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