Chapter 1 - Threshold Considerations
Chapter 2 - Ethics and Professionalism
- Ethics and Professionalism: Introduction
- Ethical Considerations in Representing Clients Before Administrative Agencies and Local Governments
- Professionalism
- Ethics: A Practical Approach to Pro Bono Goals
- Professionalism and Ethics in the Local Land Use Practice
- Regulating Executive Branch Lobbyists
- Unlicensed Practice of Law and Environmental Consultants
Chapter 3 - Consultants
Chapter 4 - Administrative Proceedings
- Brief Overview of Florida Administrative Procedure Act
- Rulemaking Provisions
- Rule Challenges
- Declaratory Statements
- Administrative Adjudication: Decisions Affecting Substantial Interests
- Uniform Rules of Procedure Under the Administrative Procedure Act
- Appellate Review
- Licensing Activities Under the Administrative Procedure Act
- Bids and Competitive Proposals
- Public Access to Agency Decisions
- Attorneys’ Fees
Chapter 5 - Enforcement Actions
Chapter 6 - Civil Litigation
Chapter 7 - Economic Considerations
Chapter 8 - Beaches and Shores
- Introduction to Coastal Regulation
- Coastal Construction Below the Mean High–Water Line
- Establishment of Coastal Construction Control Lines
- Coastal Construction Control Line Permits
- Coastal Permitting Procedures
- Thirty–Year Erosion Zone
- Development Agreements
- Coastal Armoring
- Sea Level Rise Policy in Florida
Chapter 9 - Wetlands and Surface Waters
Federal Regulation
- Federal Regulation of Waters and Wetlands — Overview
- Section 10 Permits for Work In or Affecting Navigable Waters of the United States
- Section 404 Permits for Discharging Dredged or Fill Material
- Nationwide Permits Under Both Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 and Clean Water Act Section 404
- Federal Regulation of Waters and Wetlands — Permit Application Considerations
State Regulation
- History of Surface Water and Wetlands Regulation
- Statewide Wetlands and Other Surface Waters Delineation Methodologies
- Environmental Resource Permit Grandfathering
- Environmental Resource Permitting Exemptions
- Division of Responsibility for Wetlands Permitting
- Environmental Resource Permits — Quantity
- Environmental Resource Permits — Quality
- Environmental Resource Permits — Environmental Criteria
- Environmental Resource Permits — Institutional Criteria
- Statewide Environmental Resource Permitting
- Secondary and Cumulative Impact Analysis
- Elimination, Reduction and Minimization of Impacts
- Compliance and Enforcement Programs of the Water Management Districts
- Mitigation Banking in Florida
- Addressing Environmental Resource Permit Issues Prior to Closing on a Purchase of Real Property
- Water Resource Compliance and Enforcement
- Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method
- Regional Offsite Mitigation Areas – Another Mitigation Alternative
- Florida’s EPA-Approved NPDES Stormwater Program
- Mangrove Trimming and Preservation
Chapter 10 - Drinking Water
Chapter 11 - Ground Water
Chapter 12 - Surface Water Quality
Chapter 13 - Water Planning
Chapter 14 - Consumptive Use
Chapter 15 - Sovereign Lands
Sovereign Lands, Aquatic Preserves and Outstanding Florida Permitting Considerations
Equitable Apportionment of Riparian Zones Between Adjoining Properties
Navigable Waters In Florida: The Public Trust Doctrine, What “Navigable” Means In Fact and In Law, and How to Identify the Boundary Between Land and Water
Chapter 16 - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Chapter 17 - Fish and Wildlife
The Endangered Species Act Listing Process
ESA Section 7: Conservation and Consultation
Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act: Prohibitions on Taking Listed Species
Incidental Take Permitting and Habitat Conservation Planning
Enforcement and Judicial Review of the Endangered Species Act
Protecting the Florida Manatee
The Protection of Marine Turtles in Florida
Continued Protection of the Bald Eagle After Delisting
Chapter 18 - Solid and Hazardous Waste
Chapter 19 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Chapter 20 - Pollutant Discharge
Chapter 21 - Brownfields
Chapter 22 - Due Diligence
Chapter 23 - Air Quality
Chapter 25 - Land Use Regulation
Land Use Planning and Zoning in Florida: An Overview
The Environmental Land and Water Management Act of 1972 -Developments of Regional Impact and Areas of Critical State Concern
Spot Zoning
Variances Under Florida Law
Nonconforming Uses and Structures
Planned Unit Developments
Contract and Conditional Zoning
Determinations of Need in Florida Electrical Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Proceedings
The Role of Community Development Districts in Florida
Chapter 26 - Billboards and Signs
Chapter 27 - Preserving Historic Resources
Chapter 28 - Impact Fees
Chapter 29 - Transferable Development Rights
Chapter 30 - Inverse Condemnation
Overview of Inverse Condemnation
Procedural Considerations and Types of Constitutional Challenges to Government Regulation, Including Inverse Condemnation Claims
Private Property Rights Protection Legislation: Statutory Claims for Relief from Governmental Regulation
Physical Invasion and Injury to Property
Regulatory Takings: Exactions, Impact Fees and Permit Conditions
Temporary Regulatory Takings
Inverse Condemnation Damages
Takings Claims Involving Historic Preservation Laws and Regulations
Chapter 31 - Judicial Review
Chapter 32 - Civil Rights
Chapter 33 - Large Area Planning
