By Lisa Broadt
February 2, 2017
TC Palm
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, on Thursday introduced a bill which would allow the purchase of foreign sand to replenish eroded beaches in the United States.
Locally, Rubio’s bill, the SAND Act, could provide a solution for rapidly eroding Florida beaches and could help protect the Treasure Coast’s sand, which has been eyed by Miami-Dade County, where sand reserves are depleted.
U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, a longtime advocate for Treasure Coast beaches, is to introduce the bill in the House.
Current federal policy bars the purchase of foreign sand unless economic or environmental factors make using domestic sand impossible. The most likely sand source for southeast Florida would be the Bahamas.
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