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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
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- 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
- The Mangrove Trimming and Preservation Act
- 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
- State Regulation
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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
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- Special Permitting Considerations for Coastal Construction, Sovereign Lands, Aquatic Preserves and Outstanding Florida Waters
- 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
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Chapter 16 - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Chapter 17 - Fish and Wildlife
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- 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
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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
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- 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
- Determinations of Need in Florida Electrical Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Proceedings
- The Role of Community Development Districts in Florida
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Chapter 26 - Billboards and Signs
Chapter 27 - Preserving Historic Resources
Chapter 28 - Impact Fees
Chapter 29 - Transferable Development Rights
Chapter 30 - Inverse Condemnation
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- 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
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Chapter 31 - Judicial Review
Chapter 32 - Civil Rights
Chapter 33 - Large Area Planning
Chapter 34 - Climate Change