The requirements of this chapter do not apply
to emergency activities that are necessary to protect public health,
safety or welfare, including preventing damage to natural resources.
Whenever emergency activities are undertaken, damage to natural protective
features and other natural resources must be prevented, if possible,
or minimized.
The administrator must be notified by the person
responsible for taking the emergency measures prior to the commencement
of an emergency measure and a description of the problem and activities
provided. The description must be in written form, outline the public
health or safety or resource for which protection was sought and relate
the measures which were taken to secure the protection.
If the administrator determines that a regulated
activity has been undertaken without a coastal erosion management
permit, and does not meet the emergency activity criteria, then the
administrator will order the immediate cessation of the activity.
In addition, the administrator may require:
A. Removal of any structure that was constructed or placed
without a coastal erosion management permit; and
B. The return to former conditions of any natural protective
feature that was excavated, mined or otherwise disturbed without a
coastal erosion management permit.