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 within two working days from the
commencement of an emergency measure, and a description of the problem
and activities must be provided. The description must be in written
form, must 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.