| This bill also clarifies certain emergency actions that may be |
| taken without a permit, if specified criteria are met, when the |
| integrity of a seawall, bulkhead, retaining wall or similar |
| structure in a coastal sand dune system is destroyed or |
| threatened by specifying that protective materials may be left in |
| place to shore up a structure no more than 18 months and by |
| providing that actions taken to strengthen structures must be |
| limited to those necessary to alleviate the imminent threat. |
| Also, the list of those persons authorized to make determinations |
| concerning the integrity of a structure is expanded. |