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 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:
