Principle 1
The Indian River Lagoon Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan is fully implemented. |
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a. Develop a coordinated regional effort to assure authorization of the IRL Plan in this session of Congress. |
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b. Identify new funding sources and other voluntary, incentive-based mechanisms to assure that all lands needed to implement the IRL Plan are acquired within ten years. |
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c. Continue to support authorization and implementation of CERP and related state initiatives to restore Lake Okeechobee. |
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Principle 2
A viable, healthy and connected network of natural systems is protected throughout the region. |
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a. Develop, in cooperation with stakeholders, a coordinated plan and policies that conserve, protect, restore, enhance, connect, and manage natural systems. |
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b. Protect, conserve, restore, enhance, and connect, at a minimum, lands in the following areas as key pieces of the connected network of natural systems. |
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c. Develop dedicated, reliable funding sources for implementation, including for continuing acquisition. |
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d. Develop regional mechanisms and methods to develop and maintain natural systems data. |
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e. Protect areas of special regional environmental concern in comprehensive plans whey they are updated. |
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Principle 3
The right quantity and quality of water is available to sustain natural systems. |
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a. Develop on a priority basis a new Lake Okeechobee regulatory release to eliminate current and future pollution and damage to downstream waterbodies. |
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b. Fund existing programs and, where necessary, initiate new activities to protect and restore the Loxahatchee and St. Sebastian Rivers and Blue Cypress Lake. |
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c. Develop easily understood measures of water quality such as nitrogen, phosphorous, and oxygen that can be reported in the media and increase public awareness of an support for efforts to improve water quality. |
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d. Accelerate the implementation of Basin Management Action Plans to meet Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) set for impaired waters in their area. |
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e. Implement programs to regionalize wastewater treatment and move away from reliance on septic systems where they are not appropriate. |
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f. Develop, fund, and implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) for all land uses including citrus and cattle. |
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g. Request EQUIP (Environmental Quality Incentive Program) funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for environmental restoration cost-share programs for the IRL. |
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h. Provide continued state, local, and regional agency funding and support for the St. Lucie River Issue Team projects. |
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i. Develop policies to move away from reliance on wells and septics near waterbodies if there are indications of a water quality problem. |
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j. State, regional, and local agencies with jurisdictional responsibilities for the IRL should increase coordination of their existing regulatory oversight of the IRL. |
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Principle 4
The air remains clean. |
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a. Develop comprehensive regional approach with coordinated strategies to ensure that air quality in the Treasure Coast remains high. |
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b. Provide clearinghouse notice to local governments during agency permitting reviews of proposed industrial and infrastructure projects that may affect regional air quality. |
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c. Protect and plant trees and vegetation to improve air quality. |
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Principle 5
Land use planning, development regulations, and design standards support healthy natural systems. |
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a. Ensure that land use planning, land development codes, and development decisions are compatible with the sustainability of natural systems. |
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b. Steer development to lands where it would have the least impact on the functioning of natural systems. |
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c. Develop and adopt minimum development standards, including urban landscape codes and tree protection ordinances, for the regional that effectively protect natural systems, including native trees and vegetation. |
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d. Create development that restores water tables, increases water storage, protects groundwater from contamination, and enhances natural systems. |
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e. Use a range of existing and new innovative tools as alternatives and supplements to regulatory actions to achieve the vision. |
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