JFC approves exemption from riprap permitting requirements on rivers, lakes

The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 along party lines to create a new exemption from permitting requirements for placing riprap on up to 200 feet of rivers and inland lakes or 300 feet on a Great Lake.
Currently, a permit is required to lay the stone on an embankment to prevent erosion. Under the motion, that would no longer be required so long as the riprap met a series of requirements, includ...

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