Common Contracts

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE

November 16th, 2020

• Filed
  November 16th, 2020

This Memorandum of Understanding (“Understanding”, or “MOU”) is entered into by and between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (“FWC”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”), and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”), to formally memorialize existing coordination and collaborative efforts and to establish future processes and procedures that will ensure that the State of Florida’s assumption of the CWA 404 program, as well as other permitting programs executed under FDEP’s authority, will 1) fulfill state rule requirements regarding fish and wildlife under Part IV of Chapter 373 Florida Statutes (F.S.), including Chapters 62-330, F.A.C., and 62-331, F.A.C., 2) be compliant with the State of Florida requirements under Article IV, Section 9 of the Florida Constitution, Chapter 253, F.S., Chapter 379, F.S., and Rules Relating to Threatened and Endangered Species under Chapter 68A-27, F.A.C., and 3) comply with the Endangered Species