TO:� Interested Parties

FROM:� Eric Bush, Chief
��������������� Bureau of Submerged Lands and Environmental Resources

SUBJECT:� Fiber Optic Cables - Criteria for Locating Cables and Establishing Fees

�������������������� Chapter 62-343, F.A.C., Noticed General Permit and
�������������������� Chapter 18-21, F.A.C., Fiber Optic Cable Zones, Fees

�������������������� (Docket Nos. 01-10R, 01-25R)

Enclosed is a copy of the meeting summary for the public workshop held May 22, 2001.� In this summary, you will find a complete list of all written comments received to date.� If you have any questions about the summary or do not see your comments listed, please contact Katherine Gilbert at 850/921-2987 (or [email protected]).

Following the workshop, a request to publish proposed rulemaking for Chapter 18-21, Sovereignty Submerged Lands Management, was presented on June 12, 2001, to the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.� The Trustees directed staff to take additional time to analyze existing scientific data, gather any additional information, consider exclusion zones, and reconsider the proposed fee structure.� With that, the Trustees approved the withdrawal of the requested rulemaking and expect staff to submit a request in the future after the additional tasks have been completed.

If you have any questions or wish to submit additional comments, please contact Eric Bush at 850-921-5330 or through e-mail at [email protected].

Enclosure

cc:� Bob G. Ballard, Dep. Secretary

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Jeanese McCree, Senior Clerk
Program Development & Support Section
Bureau of Submerged Lands & Environmental Resources
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 2500
Tallahassee, FL�� 32399-2400
(850) 921-9901, SunCom 291-9901
[email protected]