FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geosciences, Inc. convened a one-day specialty seminar in Tampa, Florida titled: "Sinkholes in Florida." This meeting was a gathering of geologist's, engineers, insurance and legal experts to discuss various aspects of sinkhole assessment, remediation and insurance claims in Florida. The FGS participated in this seminar, and announced at the meeting our desire for interested parties to contact the FGS regarding our solicitation for assistance in responding to FSU for the recently passed law, and the upcoming Sinkhole Summit II. We held the Sinkhole Summit II in the conference room of the FGS Headquarters at the Gunter Building in Tallahassee on September 28th, 2004. Twenty five professional geologists, geotechnical engineers, geoscience policy experts, and others representing private industry / consultants, regional, state and federal governmental agencies, academia, and agency insurance program experts participated either in person or through subsequent comments and editorial input. This report represents a compromise product from the FGS staff and the invited experts. Sinkhole Summit II September 28, 2004 Prior to gathering in Tallahassee, State Geologist, Dr. Walt Schmidt prepared and distributed a tentative agenda and a draft outline of generalized standards, concepts, and subjects intended for more detailed discussion and expansion during the meeting. Several professionals within the FGS involved with karst processes and hydrogeology, and those from outside agencies or private organizations were asked to offer suggestions or submit other alternative outlines or existing documents they were aware of which deal with geoscience / geotechnical engineering aspects of sinkhole investigations. One such document was submitted by Dr. Sam Upchurch, with SDII Global Corp., Tampa, FL. Upon review of the initial outline prepared by Dr. Schmidt and the more detailed document submitted from SDII Global, all agreed the more detailed report submitted by Dr. Upchurch was a document which had already addressed most of the issues that we anticipated were in need of inclusion in a report the FGS was intending to compile. We agreed to go through this document section by section and review and edit as appropriate for our purposes. The SDII Global Corp. document is titled: Summary of S.q'ek'ftd Investigation Procedures For Evaluation of the Causes of Subsidence Damage To Residences, by Sam B. Upchurch, SDII Global Corporation, 4509 George Road, Tampa, FL 33634, September 7, 2004, 12 p. Sinkhole Summit II participants either in person at the meeting or providing subsequent commentary: Dr. Walt Schmidt, PG, FGS (Chief & Florida State Geologist), Chairman Mr. Mike Bascom, PG, Coordinator DEP Springs Initiative Mr. Richard Benson, PG, Technos Inc. (President) Ms. Paulette Bond, PG, FGS Dr. Rick Copeland, PG, FGS Dr. Richard Corbett, FSU College of Business Dr. Rodney DeHan, Groundwater Research Scientist, FGS Mr. David Fisher, Sinkhole Ombudsman, Florida Dept. of Financial Services Mr. Tony Gilboy, PG, Manager, Southwest Florida Water Management District Mr. Tom Greenhalgh, PG, FGS Dr. Tom Herbert, PG, Lampl-Herbert, Inc.