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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fort Pierce - Boat Ramp
Jon we ran into the same problem in Miami, because we put containers on the
ship we were considered by the CG to be commercial, so they put on hold
order on the ship we moved 50 feet across the pier 100 feet from the coast
guard station and they called for 8 hours on the radio trying to find us
they even sent small boats from the CG base 100 feet away out looking for
us. It's unbelievable how screwed up they are
Brian V. Ryder
brian@subatlantic.com
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From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Jon Wallace
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:23 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fort Pierce - Boat Ramp
Regrettably, I have removed dive operation planning from the 2010
convention. Any diving will have to be planned contemporaneously in Ft.
Pierce since I am unable to ascertain whether, and where, diving may be
allowed in/around the Ft. Pierce inlet and Indian River area. The USCG
in Ft. Pierce and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Department are both
incompetent and inept, unable to answer questions about their own
jurisdiction or point me to people that can. I suspect that if both
entities were dismantled tomorrow nobody would notice.
Yesterday I spent four hours and 45 minutes "air-time" on the phone with
a multitude of agencies including the Coast Guard, FBI, Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation, County Administrator, Ft. Pierce City Marina, US
Customs Port Lucie, Homeland Security Miami, Code Enforcement, Dept
Environmental Protection, St. Lucie Sheriff's Office, Ft. Pierce Police
Dept, and a local dive shop. As you can see, I was bumped from one
place to another by well intentioned but horribly misinformed people.
What I did ascertain through this process is that there is no state or
local law prohibiting diving in the Ft. Pierce inlet area. The code
enforcement office told me straight out that even if it were illegal,
they had no intention of spending time sending officers to the area, or
into the water, to kick out any divers. The CG *thought* diving was not
permitted but could not provide a reference to any federal, state, or
local law that actually prohibits it. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's
Office has a marine division that patrols the waters, but getting
through to the marine division has proven impossible and twice now my
call has been forwarded to the Aviation division who rightly have
answered my questions with "Why are you calling us???"
There's only so much research and planning I can do from 1500 miles away
over the phone, and I have no reason to believe that more phone calls
are going to get me any closer to a definitive answer about where we can
dive. With too many other things to plan, I cannot afford to spend any
more time on this. If somebody local to the area wants to take the
lead, then they are welcome to continue the research and plan the dive
activities. Otherwise, we'll have to do some legwork locally when we
get down there and take the chance that we can actually walk in to talk
to someone face to face.
Jon
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