SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 27


description of the proposed area; specific principles for guiding develop-
ment within the area; and an inventory of lands owned by the state,
federal, county, and municipal governments within the proposed area.
 "(2) An area of critical state concern may be designated only for:
 "(a) An area containing, or having a significant impact upon, environ-
 mental or natural resources or regional or statewide importance,
 including, but not limited to, state or federal parks, forests, wild-
 life refuges, wilderness areas, aquatic preserves, major rivers
 and estuaries, state environmentally endangered lands, Out-
 standing Florida Waters, and aquifer recharge areas, the uncon-
 trolled private or public development of which would cause sub-
 stantial deterioration of such resources. Specific criteria which
 shall be considered in designating an area under this paragraph
 include:
 "1. Whether the economic value of the area, as determined by the
type, variety, distribution, relative scarcity, and the condition of the envi-
ronmental or natural resources within the area, is of substantial regional
or statewide importance.
 "2. Whether the ecological value of the area, as determined by the
physical and biological components of the environmental system, is of
substantial regional or statewide importance.
 "3. Whether the area is a designated critical habitat of any state or
federally designated threatened or endangered plant or animal species.
 "4. Whether the area is inherently susceptible to substantial develop-
ment due to its geographic location or natural aesthetics.
 "5. Whether any existing or planned substantial development within
the area will directly, significantly, and deleteriously affect any or all of
the environmental or natural resources of the area which are of regional
or statewide importance.

 "Chapter 259-Land Conservation Action of 1972
 Section 259.04-Powers and duties of "Board":
 Definition: "Board" means the governor and cabinet, sitting as the
Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. [(259.03(4)].
 "(1) For state capital projects for environmentally endangered lands:
 "(a) The board is given the responsibility, authority, and power to
develop and execute a comprehensive plan to conserve and protect envi-
ronmentally endangered lands in this state. This plan shall be kept cur-
rent through continual reevaluation and revision.

 "Chapter 163-Local Government Comprehensive Plan Act of 1975
 Section 163.3161--Intent and Purpose:
 "(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Govern-
ment Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975."
 "(2) In conformity with, and in furtherance of, the purpose of the
Florida Environmental Land and Water Management Act of 1972, chap-
ter 380, it is the purpose of this act to utilize and strengthen the existing