Published on: 28551288. As required by the Federal Clean Water Act, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is conducting the Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards. All surface water quality standards in Chapter ....
Published on: 24366223. As required by the Federal Clean Water Act, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is conducting the Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards. All surface water quality standards in Chapter ....
Published on: 22452704. The Department is conducting a set of public workshops for the Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards. These workshops are a follow-up to the Triennial Review kickoff public workshops/hearings held in May 2019, in Tallahassee, Hobe Sound, and Orlando. The Department is considering revisions to specific rule sections; however, all surface water quality standards in Chapter 62-4, Chapter 62-302, Chapter 62-303, and Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., are under review and may be revised as part of Triennial Review. Some of the items under consideration for revision during this Triennial Review include: 1) revision of the marine and freshwater cadmium criteria, 2) revision of the turbidity criterion, including a criterion to protect corals and hardbottom communities, 3) incorporation by reference of a document titled “Implementation of the Turbidity Criterion for the Protection of Coral Reef and Hardbottom Communities”, 4) revisions to the document titled “Implementation of Florida’s Numeric Nutrient Standards” (only specific sections will be proposed for incorporation by reference), 5) Cyanotoxin criteria (Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin), 6) adoption of Type II site specific alternative criteria (SSACs) for dissolved oxygen for 11 freshwater streams, 7) incorporation of compliance schedule authorization language into Chapter 62-302, F.A.C., 8) creation of new maps showing Class II (Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting) waters in select counties, 9) revision of the Florida Coastal Segment Numeric Nutrient Criteria (NNC) map, 10) revisions to a number of estuary nutrient region (ENR) maps, 11) addition of text to Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., to assess more expressions of NNC, 12) clarification of listing thresholds in Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., for listings based on fish consumption advisories, 13) addition of new language to Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., to discuss assessment of trends using the Mann-Kendall Trend Test, 14) addition of language to Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., to incorporate portions of the document titled “Implementation of Florida’s Numeric Nutrient Standards” by reference, and 15) a wide variety of non-substantive clarifications and clean-up. No changes are proposed to Chapter 62-4, F.A.C., or Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., at this time.; Monday, November 4, 2019, 9:00 a.m.; Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martinez Center, Room 609, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida
Teleconference Call-in: 1-888-585-9008, Conference Room Number: 125-938-245#
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: South Florida Water Management District, Fort Myers Service Center, 1st floor conference room, 2301 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, Florida
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Nova Southeastern University, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Auditorium, 8000 N. Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, Florida
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Northeast District Office, Conference Rooms 1A and 1B, 8800 Baymeadows Way West, Suite 100, Jacksonville, Florida
Published on: 21667683. As required by the Federal Clean Water Act, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is initiating the Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards. All surface water quality standards in Chapter 62-4, Chapter 62-302, Chapter 62-303, and Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., are under review and may be revised as part of the Triennial Review.
Published on: 18403439. The Department of Environmental Protection will bring to the ERC proposed amendments to Rule 62-302.540, F.A.C., for approval to adopt those rule revisions. The Department is proposing to amend Rule 62-302.540, F.A.C., to 1) delete those portions of the Rule necessary to ensure consistency with USEPA’s Clean Water Act determination on the existing rule, as well as state and federal laws, and 2) amend paragraph (5)(a) to clearly reflect the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued in 2012 to the South Florida Water Management District for discharges to the Everglades Protection Area. In addition to this ERC hearing notice, a change to the originally proposed revison of paragraph (5)(a) is separately being published as a Notice of Change in this issue of the Florida Administrative Register, and is included in the rule text below. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for this rule was published in the September 17, 2010 issue of the Florida Administrative Register (Vol. 36, No. 37). Petitions for administrative hearing were filed with the Division of Administrative Hearings to challenge the proposed rule. Those proceedings remain pending.; February 8, 2017, 9:00 a.m.; Douglas Building, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Conference Room A, Tallahassee, Florida
Published on: 15947496. As required by the Federal Clean Water Act, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is initiating the Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards. The Department is considering revisions to specific rule sections at this time; however, all surface water quality standards in Chapter 62-4, Chapter 62-302 and Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., are under review and may be revised as part of Triennial Review. The Department proposes to: (1) revise criteria for freshwater ammonia, (2) revise criteria for alkalinity, (3) establish new water quality criteria for carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and nonylphenol, and (4) update a number of references used in Chapter 62-302, F.A.C.