GENERATOR REQUEST FORM

Click HERE to access the Generator Request Form

WATCH PRESS CONFERENCES ONLINE

Click Link to view Governor DeSantis' Press Conference Online: https://thefloridachannel.org

FOR RE-ENTRY

• At this time, we are following the access protocols established for previous disasters for areas restricted under curfew, etc. That information can be found here: https://floridadisaster.org/business/statewide-private-sector-re-entry-program/ 

• For Critical Industry Employee Authorization Letter Template: CLICK HERE

• Advisory Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response (updated 3/28) CLICK HERE

• The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued two letters designed to ensure petroleum marketers can obtain and deliver fuel for emergency generators and responders conducting restoration and repair of downed communication and power lines that are critical to the management of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Petroleum marketers supplying fuel for these qualifying purposes should maintain a copy of the letters in the cab of each truck and make available to suppliers, law enforcement authorities and emergency responders as needed. The letters are valid from March 16 through May 28.

  • Fuel Supply Priority Letter and Area Access Letter

  • TWIC Enrollment Centers – If applicants are planning to visit a TWIC enrollment center, please CLICK HERE to determine if an enrollment center is open and for its hours of operation.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS): Resources for C-Store Retailing

Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA): Resources from PMAA

Comprehensive List of State and Local Orders

USEPA FUEL WAIVER 

• Click HERE Fuel Waiver Concerning Summer Gasoline

RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 

• Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program - https://floridadisaster.biz

• The Business Damage Assessment Survey can be taken online at https://floridadisaster.biz/.
• Insurance Coverage for Lost Revenues
  The Florida Department of Financial Services provides help for impacted business owners to determine if they’re covered by insurance for lost revenues. For more information, call (877) 693-523
• The Paycheck Protection Program prioritizes millions of Americans employed by small businesses by authorizing up to $349 billion toward job retention and certain other expenses. Small businesses and eligible nonprofit organizations, Veterans organizations, and Tribal businesses described in the Small Business Act, as well as individuals who are self-employed or are independent contractors, are eligible if they also meet program size standards. PDF of the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses.

• Final PPP Guidelines: The U.S. Department of Treasury has just released the final rules for the Paycheck Protection Program. Click Here. 

• Final Paycheck Protection Program Application Form
• For a top-line overview of the program CLICK HERE
• If you’re a borrower, more information can be found HERE
• Paycheck Protection Program – Interim Final Rule
• Resources for Businesses and Employers
• NACS Collection of Guidelines for Businesses 
• How HR can navigate COVID-19
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Effective April 1 - December 31, 2020 (not retroactive)

  • USDOL has issued some additional guidance related to the notification requirements under FFCRA including a poster that will fulfill said requirements. Click HERE for more information.

  • Updated Q&As from USDOL as of 03/27/2020: Click HERE

Industry Resources below, click links to view or download:

LEWIS ENVIRONMENTAL

Lewis Environmental is supporting COVID-19 disinfections needs and are able to service customers. 

CLICK HERE to see Lewis Environmental COVID-19 Response Capabilities 

CLICK HERE for Emergency Response Commitment Verification form 

CLICK HERE for more information 

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

• • Executive Order 20-69 this Executive Order waives in-person meeting requirements so that public officials can safely continue their duties without impediment.
  • Executive Order 20-70 this Executive Order directs all movie theatres, concert houses, auditoriums, playhouses, bowling alleys, arcades, gymnasiums, fitness studios and beaches to close in Broward County and Palm Beach County.
  • Executive Order 20-71 this Executive Order directs all restaurants and food establishments within the state to suspend on-premises food and alcohol consumption for customers.

  • Executive Order 20-72 this Executive Order prohibits medically unnecessary, non-urgent or non-emergency procedures or surgeries

  • Executive Order 20-82 this Executive Order directs all persons who have entered the state of Florida form an area with substantial community spread to isolate or quarantine for a period of 14 days from the time of entry into the State of Florida or the duration of the person’s presence in the State of Florida.​
  • Executive Order 20-86 directing all persons who enter the State of Florida from an area with substantial community spread, to include the State of Louisiana, inclusive of those entering the State of Florida by roadways, to isolate or quarantine for a period of 14 days from the time of entry into the State of Florida or the duration of the person’s presence in the State of Florida, whichever is shorter.
  • Executive Order 20-87 ordering all parties engaged in rental of vacation rental properties to suspend vacation rental operations. Vacation rentals are prohibited from making new reservations or bookings and shall not accept new guests for check-in for the duration of this order. 
  • Executive Order 20-88 Reemployment of Essential Personnel
  • Executive Order 20-89 Public Access Restrictions in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties
  • Executive Order 20-91 All persons in Florida shall limit their movements outside of their home to only those that are necessary to obtain or conduct essential services

  • Executive Order 20-93 directing the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and other executive agencies to take necessary actions to improve DEO’s Reemployment Assistance Program.

  • Executive Order 20-94 providing targeted, temporary relief from certain mortgage foreclosures and evictions for 45 days, without relieving an individual’s obligation to make mortgage payments and rent payments.

  • Executive Order 20-95 directing the Department of Revenue to issue an emergency order suspending taxation imposed under Chapter 201, Florida Statutes, for notes and other written obligations made pursuant to Title I of the CARES Act.

    • ​The Governor’s order allows employers to receive money from the federal CARES Act to use the full dollar amount to pay their rent and help their employees: CLICK HERE

  • Executive Order 20-103  Suspending vacation rental operation 

  • Emergency Order 041320 Pursuant to Executive Order 20-52

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

• Expanded Emergency Declaration: CLICK HERE
• Emergency Declaration: CLICK HERE

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

• Click HERE for FDOT's Emergency Road Use Permit.
•  Click HERE for Secretary's Emergency Order. 

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

• New COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity  
• New Cases, Data, and Surveillance
• New FAQ: COVID-19 Data and Surveillance 
• New Interim CDC Guidance on Handling Non-COVID-19 Public Health Activities that Require Face-to-Face Interaction with Clients in the Clinic and Field in the Current COVID-19 Pandemic  
• New Considerations for Providing Hemodialysis to Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Acute Care Settings
• Updated COVID-19 Travel Recommendations by Country  
• Updated Research Use Only 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-time RT-PCR Primer and Probe Information 
• Updated Cases in the U.S.  
• Updated Testing in the U.S.
• Updated World Map  
• Updated What Bus Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19 
• Updated What Rail Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19 
• Updated What Transit Maintenance Workers Need to Know About COVID-19 
• Updated Running Essential Errands 
• Updated Resources for Businesses and Employers  
• Updated Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 Not in Healthcare Settings (Interim Guidance) 
• Updated Frequently Asked Questions 
• Updated Travel: Frequently Asked Questions 
• Updated FAQs for Administrators, Staff, People who are Incarcerated, Families 
• Updated Clinical Questions About COVID-19: Questions and Answers 
• Updated Interim Considerations for Infection Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings
• Updated Interim Considerations for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers who may have had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
• Updated CDC’s Role in Helping Cruise Ship Travelers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Updated Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
• Updated FAQs for Administrators, Staff, People who are Incarcerated, and Family Members
• Updated Strategies for Optimizing Supply of N95 Respirators
• Updated Interim Guidance on Management on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities
• Updated Running Essential Errands
• Updated Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 Not in Healthcare Settings (Interim Guidance)
• Updated FAQs for Administrators and Leaders at Community- and Faith-Based Organizations
• Updated Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
• Updated Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators

CDC Healthcare Supply of Personal Protective Equipment:

• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/healthcare-supply-ppe-index.html

CDC Communication Resources:

• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/index.html

CDC vendor and product name for N95s:

• https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/N95list1-e.html

Other Resources:

FLORIDA

• Florida’s Department of Agriculture released an Emergency Rule on March 20 allowing Class D-4 fuels to be sold for an additional 30 days due to an extreme and unusual oversupply of fuel meeting winter season volatility requirements, known as “winter blend” fuel.
• Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Awards More than 1,000 Small Business Bridge Loans: Click Here to learn more
• Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
• Coronavirus Website
• Situation Summary
• Traveler Information
• Frequently Asked Questions
• The Center for Disease Control continues to update guidance on COVID-19 at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. 

• FDACS advises consumers and businesses on food safety and sanitation for Covid-19 CLICK HERE

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) developed this COVID-19 planning guidance based on traditional infection prevention and industrial hygiene practices. It focuses on the need for employers to implement engineering, administrative, and work practice controls and personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as considerations for doing so.

• Please CLICK HERE

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection recommendations on the COVID-19 situation and the DEP Emergency Final Order 20-0239: CLICK HERE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

• DOL issued its first set of summaries and guidance on the "Families First Coronavirus Response Act" (FFCRA) aka "Phase 2" which the agency has been tasked with implementing. The effective date is April 1 and DOL has published the model notice that employers will be required to post to advise employees of their rights under the FFCRA. Click here to view the poster.

• Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)

  • Employee Guide
  • Employer Guide
  • FFCRA Q&A
  • Click here for the Small Business Legislative Council’s analysis of FFCRA
  • Click here to view SBLC’s slides and the recording from its Small Business and COVID-19 webinar, please click here User: COVID19  Password: Sars-cov-2

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

• Inbound Flight Restrictions
• Rumor Control: CLICK HERE Coronavirus Rumor Control | FEMA.gov

• Critical Infrastructure - Functioning critical infrastructure is particularly important nation’s during the COVID-19 response for both public health and safety as well as community well-being. Certain critical infrastructure industries have a special responsibility to continue operations during these unprecedented times. This guidance and accompanying list are intended to support state, local, and industry partners in identifying the critical infrastructure sectors, and the essential workers needed to maintain the services and functions Americans depend on daily,  and also need to be able to operate resiliently during the COVID-19 pandemic response.

U.S. COAST GUARD

• Click HERE for the latest COVID-19 USCG Marine Safety Information Bulletin

• Marine Safety Information Safety Bulletin

OSAC

• OSAC Benchmarking Results: Coronavirus
• China Travel Advisory – January 29

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY and HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

• Coronavirus Resources

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION:

• Coronavirus website

Johns Hopkins CSSE:

• Global Cases Dashboard
• A map and data visualization of the reported cases, created from multiple sources. 

FOOD PREPARATION:

• Best Practices for Re-Opening Retail Food Establishments During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• FDACS Additional Guidance from FDACS Regarding COVID-19
• Executive Order Number 20-51

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES:

• Fake Coronavirus map - Malware Cybersecurity threat 

PRICE GOUGING HOTLINE:

• Attorney General Ashley Moody has activated Florida’s Price Gouging Hotline for all consumers in the state

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “We are monitoring the COVID-19 situation in Florida very closely and following the Governor’s state of emergency declaration, our price gouging laws are now in effect. I have a rapid response team ready to immediately respond to allegations of price gouging and our Consumer Protection Division continues to look for scams by fraudsters who would use this situation to rip-off Floridians".

Click here for as List of Commodities

COVID-19 CALL CENTER OR EMAIL

• For any other questions related to COVID-19 in Florida, please contact the state’s dedicated COVID-19 Call Center by calling (866) 779-6121. The Call Center is available 24 hours per day. Inquiries may also be emailed to [email protected].
• The Center for Disease Control continues to update guidance on COVID-19 at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. 

• New Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation
• New Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
• New Cloth Face Coverings: Questions and Answers
• New COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity
• New Airline Catering Truck Drivers and Helpers
• New Aircraft Maintenance Workers
• New Airline Customer Service and Gate Agents
• Updated How to Prepare
• Updated CDC’s role in helping cruise ship travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Updated Cases in the U.S.
• Updated Testing in the U.S.

TSA 

TSA Extends TWIC Expiration Date for Six Months: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has granted a temporary exemption from requirements in 49 CFR part 1572 regarding the expiration of certain Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWICs). For the duration of this exemption, TSA will extend the expiration date of TWICs that expired on or after March 1, 2020, by 180 days. This exemption became effective on April 10, 2020, and remains in effect through July 31, 2020, unless otherwise modified by TSA.