Resolution 013-1980
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RESOLUTION NO. - 1980
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHAIRMAN TO
EXECUTE APPLICATION FOR DEPARTMENT
OF ARMY ARTIFICIAL REEF PERMIT.
WHEREAS, on September 25, 1979, the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida authorized Dr. Haywood
Matthews and Mr. Tom Murray to seek an appropriate site for the
creation of an artificial reef, and
WHEREAS, an appropriate deep water site has been !9cated
for said artificial reef, now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that the Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners be and he is hereby authorized in behalf of the
Board to execute the attached application for artificial reef
permit.
RESOLVED in regular meeting at Plantation Key, ~onroe
County, Florida this 3rd day of January, A.D. 1980.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COU~TY, FLORIDA
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DATA REQUIRED iJVTHE PP.IVACY ACT OF 1974
(6 V.S.C. 55;!,,)
TlTLE?FFORMJojnt ApDlic;atiQn, Dept Qf.the.Army/F10rida Oept of
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1. AUTHORITY
Section 10 River & Harbor Act 1899, Section 103 Marine Protection, Research &
Sanctuari es Act of 1972 and Section 404 Fed .,
2. PRINCIPAL PURPOSE(S)
Application form for permits authorizing structures and work in or affectino
navigable waters of the State of Florida, the discharqe of dredged or fill material
into navigable waters, .and the transportation of dredged material for the purpose
of dumping it into ocean waters. To be used by citizens of Florida as one
application form for State and Corps dredge, fill and structure permit applications.
3. ROUTINE USES
Describes the proposed activity, its purpose and intended llse, including a
description of the type of structures, if any, to be erected on fills, or pile
or float-supported platforms, and the type, composition and quantity of materials
to be discharged or dumped and means of conveyance.
The application is made at the District level and subsequently the content
is made a matter of public record through issuance of a public notice.
The content of the application is made available to any requesting agency, dealinq
with the review of the application. The form itself is not made available; only
that information which is pertinent to the evaluation of the permit request.
The form (or copies) could be kept on file at District, Division or OCE level,
depending on the details surrounding the case. The information could become a
par"t of any record of a revi ewing agency with a need to kno\'/; such as U. S. Fish &.
Wildlife; Environmental Protection Agency; etc.
4. MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE AND EfFECT ON INDIVIDUAL NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION
The disclosure of information is voluntary. Incomplete data precludes proper
evaluation of the permit appl ication. Hithout the necessary data, the permit
application cannot be processed.
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, , JOINT APPLlCA TION
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYiFLORIOA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
FOR
ACTIVITIES IN WATERS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Ref... to Instruction Pamphlet for explanation of numbered iterm.end ~ttachments requind.
1. Appljgtion number (To be assigned) 2. Oate . 3. For official use only
17 12 79
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4. Name, address and zip code of applicant
Monroe County Board of Commissioners
Monroe County
Key West, Florida 33040
Telephone Number 294-4641 (area code 305)
6. Name. addreu, zip code and title of.applicant's authorized agent for permit application coordination
Tom Murray, Director
Florida Cooperative Extension Service
P. O. Box 2545
Key West, Florida 33040
Telephone Number. 305/296-9786
.,. Describe the proposed activity, iu purpose and intended use. including a description of the type of structures. if Clny.
to be ~rected on fills, or pipe or float.wpported platTorms. and the type, composition and quantity of materials to be
discharged or dumped and means of conveyance.
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See addition
Dredged/Excavated Filled/Oeposited
Volume of Material: CY CY CY CY
WatefWard of Landwerd of Waterward of Landward of
O.H.W. or M.H.W. O.H.W. or M.H.W. O.H.W. or M.H.W. O.H.W. or M.H.V/. I
7. Proposed use I
Private ( I Public ~ Commercial [ ] Other ( ) (Explain in remarks)
8. Name i1nd address including zip code of Cidjoining property own!n; whose property i1tso .djoins me watelWJY.
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9. location where proposed activity exisu or will oc:.cur See attachment B I
Street address 0 57' 47" 240 39' 34" I
longitude 80 latitude (If known I
Sec. Twp. Rge. I
SUt,) County In CIty or Town Nur City Of" Town
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10. Name of waterway at location of the activity Atlantic Ocean I
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11. Oate activity is pronosed to commence Spring 1980
Date activity is expected to be completed Summer 1980
12. Is any portion of the activity for which authorization is sought new complete? Yes (I No [X)
If answer is "Yes" give reasons in the remarks section. Month and year t~e activity was eompleted
. Indicate the existing work on the drawings.
13. List all approvals or certifications required by other Federal interstate, state or IOCdl agencies tor ;my structures. con.
struction, discharges, deposits or other activities described in this arplication, including whether the project is a De.
velopment of Regional impact.
Issuing Agency Type of Approval Identification No. Date of Application Date of Approval
Coast Guard Permit for Aids to Navigation will be applied for when Corps
permit and funds are approved.
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Has any agency denied approval for the activity described herein or for any activit',' c;irectly related to the activity de-
scribed herein?
Yes ( ]
No ocx
(If "yes" explain in remarks)
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Remarks (see I n.truction ?amphlet for additional information required for certain activities)
See additon C
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16. Application is hereby made for a permit or permits to authorize the activities described herein. I agree to provide any
additional information/data that may be necessary to provide recsonable assurance or evidence to show th3t the pro-
posed project will comply with the applicable State Water Guality Standards or other environmental protection stan.
dards both durir.g constructio;'l and after the project is completed. I also a~ree to provide entry to the project site for
inspector, from the environmental protection agencies for the purpose of making preliminJI y analyses of the site antj
monitoring permitted works. if permit is granted. I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in this
application, and that to the best of my kn edge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate. I fur.
ther certify tha~ I possess the authority to n ertak roposed activities.
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18 U.S.C. Section 1001 provides that: Whoever, in any manner within the jurisdiction of any departmem or agen;;y of
th~ Uni,ed State. knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or C0vers up by any t~jck, sct~eme, or device a material
fact cr makes a~y false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or repre;entations or makes or uses any fJlse writing or
docunlent knC'v/ing same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent :;tatemenr or entry. shall be fined not more than
S 10.000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
The applicati(;O must u'! signed by the person who desires to undertake the proposed activit.,.; however, the J~plica.
tion may ~e signed ~y a duly authorized agent ,f accompanIed by a ~t<,t{,ment by that person designating the Jgent
al1d agreeing to furnish ur:;on request, supplemental information in sup~.)Ort of the application.
FEE: Attach Checks/Money Urders Oil front
Payable to Depilrtmf:.nt of Envi~onmentill R.:gulation
5200 Stannard form projects
S20 Short forms and Chap~er 403 projects only
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6. The proposed reef construction will serve basically two purposes:
a) provide supplemental habitat to improve local recreational fishing
quality and at the same time reduce angling pressure on natural reef areas.
The proposed site is easily located and accessible to the majority of
small boaters launching on or around the Marathon, Florida area;
b) provide suitable transfer site for tires and tire modules associated
with a previous artificial reef project (Corps permit U75s-0204) off of
Marathon. The transfer of these problem tires to the proposed reef site
will remove any remaining threat to viable coral reef formations and
marine grass beds in the 1I01dll permit area; this will also provide the
initial materials for the proposed reef in the IInewll permit site. Future
additional reef construction in the proposed permit area will include the
use of bridge rubble material as it comes available from the ongoing
bridge replacement work along the Overseas Highway. See Attachment A.
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9. The location of the proposed permit site is in water 98-100 feet deep
on a bearing of 45 degrees magnetic (and approximately 1000 yards from
Marker "20." Loran-C coordinates are 14033.7 and 43303.8. The Coast
Guard, based on these Loran-C coordinates, has figured the coordinates
to be: 80 degrees, 57 minutes, 47 seconds longitude, and 24 degrees,
39 minutes, 34 seconds latitude. The proposed site is entirely within
federal waters approximately 4.5 nautical miles due south of Grassy Key,
Florida. See Attachment B.
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11-15-79
Col. Adams, District Engineer
P.O. Box 4970
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Jacksonville, Florida 32201
Dear Sir;
On Nov. 12, 1979 I made an underwater survey of :he Rotary
Club artificial reef of Marathon Florida, just south 0: Coffi~
Fatch Reef. As I am sure you are aware, this reef has been suite
a ~roblem in the past. Needless to say, a tire reef s~ould never
have been attempted in this shallow depths in unDrote2~ed waters.
I was asked by the Monroe County Com~ission to survey :he site and
make recommendations as to how to correct the Drob1e~. For some
years now I have headed an Artificial Reef ~esource ~eam wi:~ the
Florida Sea Grant funding, and I have been building and s:udying
artificial reefs since starting my graduate work in 1963.
I was directed to the site by Kr. Kruer, a biolc~ist with the
Marathon office of the Florida Department of E~viron~~ntal ?eg-
ulation and Mr. Tom Murray, the Area Marine hdvisory ?rocra~ Agent.
Fo~tunatly the water was exce~ticnally clearso we we~e ajle to get
a very clear picture of the problem.
As you are probably aware, many of the ~ires ha~e troken awav
frem t:he permi tarea and are scattered as individual ::,~res c~ 1S-
olated units for several miles. We made no attempt :~ Loca:e these
individual groups, but surveyed the ~ain body of tires s:ill on the
original drop site. This area contained probably frc~ 100 to 200
tires. Most of these tires are held down with nylon :ine phssed
throu~h the center and secured to concrete ~illed tr~c~ ~ires on
each end. An inspection of these tires shc~ed almos: nc fo~:in~
organism growth on the outside, indicatinG ~hat thess :i~es 2re in
constant motion back and forth across the sand botto~. ether units
are s~nk one half to three quar~er~ i~to the sand. ~~eJ~es jeer~.~'
imbecied in the sand do sho'..: c::msiderable fCiling gr::~'::;-:, e'.'en cO~:'2.J
grc~;th.(mail'11y Millipora SF) ~he e~tille arsa also t23 t~r'ldls3 o~
tires that have completely embeded i.n the carbon2~e ~~~j so ~2~~ :1~3t
onl~ a small tip or strip of rope is left 2t'J~e the 2~~~. ~.~~- tte
12r~e nu~ber of tires oricin~lly dropred co~;~red tc ~~e fe~': le~~
at present I am certai~1 that a great !~:_l~be~ s~ tl-1t~ cr~_~~_~2J ~~cpppj
has in fact become ccmplet~~~ embeded in the sand.
~he bundJ.es tllat are :~:ill ur G~1 to) c:' :~le sa~~ ~:~~ d2~:~2tely
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should be lifted ur on board a work barge IlnG transported either
to a land fill site or a deep \'mter reef site. I h;:cve :r,ade a site
survey of a location only miles away in 90 to 110 feet of water.
This site is devoid of any coral or grass and is deep enough to pre-
vent further movement of the tire units due to wave action.
From my survey I would estimate that this job could be accomp-
lished in several working days using a work barge and several divers.
I would not recommend attempting to remove the tire units that are
embeded over 1/2 their diameter into the sand. These units are
stable and are not likely to ever become a problem. The same applies
to the single truck tires filled vlith'concrete for anchors, they are
never going to shift or become a problem. There are also a few is-
olated tire units scattered around Coffin Patch Reef. These are only
a few poorly balasted units and would take too long to locate for a
commercial removal operation to be econo~ically feasable. These few
units are more an asthetic problem than an ecologica~ one. These can
easily be removed individually by local diving clubs and recreational
fisherman once the new deep water site is percitted as a final rest-
ing place for them.
The actual site we surveyed was at Loran "C" cordinates 14037.2
and 43399.9.
The fact that enen these few bundles of tires had over 50 Ibs.
of Blacl( & Red Grouper during our survey indicates the effectiveness
'of artificial reefs as fish habitat even in an area adjacent to nat-
ural coral reefs. Enough data now exist to clearly show that artifi-
cial reefs can support larger fish populations than natural reefs.
Sincerely,
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Mr. Tom Murry - Fla Sea Grant
Mr. Lonnie Ryder - D.N.R.,
Chairman, fllonroe County Commission
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ATTACHMENT B
BIOLOGICAL REPORT - ARTIFICIAL REEF SITE OFF MARATHON KEY*
Loran "c" Coordinates
140337
434048
Longitude
Latitude
800 57' 47"
240 39' 34"
This site is in water 98 to 110 feet deep on a bearing .of 450
magnetic from marker "20." This site was selected to be located off
shore from the previous reef building site around Coffin Patch Reef.
This location will facilitate removal of the "wandering tire units"
from the previous "ill-advised" reef building project and placing them
on this suitable site. This site is well away from coral reefs or grass
beds or other existing productive marine communities.
The bottom substrate is a firm sand, carbonate rubble that will be
excellent to support heavy reef materials of the type expected from bridge
rubble.
The only apparent existing benthic life is the starfish Oreaster
reticulatus.
In conclusion, this site is an excellent artifical reef site, and
when constructed properly will provide excellent fish and invertebrate
habitat in an otherwise barren bottom.
*Prepared by Dr. Heyward Mathews, Florida Sea Grant Artifical Reef
Resource Team
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ADDITION C
The applicant has obtained the consultation and assistance of the
Florida Sea Grant artificial reef resource team to insure the proper
handling of the proposed activities. This support has already been pro-
vided in the site selection and application procedures and will continue
through the successful completion of the proposed work.
County and Sea Grant personnel are working closely with concerned
state and federal agencies to insure that the applicants understand
permit requirements and that the regulatory agencies are aware of the
applicant's efforts on an ongoing basis.
Funding for the proposed project has been applied for through the
Florida Department of Natural Resources Artificial Fishing Reef Program.
Also, consultation with local commercial fishing interests has
indicated the acceptance and support for the proposed permit area.
The Monroe County Boating Improvement Committee has supported this
reef transfer concept and is actively working toward that end through the
local Sea Grant Marine Advisory Agent.
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