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.
A.
The administrator must be notified immediately of the
nature and extent of the emergency and the proposed emergency procedures by
the person responsible for taking emergency measures. This plan may then be
implemented, subject to the provisional approval of the emergency procedures.
B.
Within two working days from the commencement of an emergency
measure, the person responsible for taking emergency measures must submit,
in writing, a description of the problem and the activities undertaken. The
description must outline the public health or safety or resource for which
protection was sought and relate the measures which were taken to secure and
the protection and be subject to the approval of the administrator.
C.
Any final solution to the problem thereafter should comply
with the formal permit procedures as outlined in this chapter.
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:
