Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP) and Sovereign Submerged
Lands (SSL) Rules
Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP)
Local Program Delegation
Section 373.441 of the Florida Statutes provides authority for the
Department and the water management districts to delegate all or a
portion of the Environmental Resource Permit Program to local
governments. To implement this statutory authority, the Department
adopted a rule, Chapter 62-344 of the Florida Administrative Code, to
guide local governments in the application process, and the criteria
that will be used to approve or deny a delegation request. Below is the
status of various local government delegations:
For more information, please call (850) 245-8480.