The Department’s Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration (DEAR) is holding public meetings in several locations throughout the state to discuss DEAR’s water quality assessment efforts. These public meetings are to present the draft ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: October 25, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. for Fisheating Creek and Kissimmee Basins

PLACE: SFWMD St. Cloud Field Station – Conference Room, 3800 Old Canoe Creek Road, Saint Cloud, Florida

DATE AND TIME: October 26, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. for Southeast Coast – Biscayne Bay Basin

PLACE: SFWMD Ft. Lauderdale Field Station – Joe Lopez Conference Room, 2535 Davie Road, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

DATE AND TIME: November 2, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. for Pensacola Basin

PLACE: FDEP Northwest District Office, Conference Room 502, 160 W. Government Street, Suite 308, Pensacola, Florida

DATE AND TIME: November 3, 2016, 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. for Nassau – St. Marys Basin

PLACE: American Beach Community Center and Museum, 1600 Julie Street, Fernandina Beach, Florida

DATE AND TIME: November 10, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. for Withlacoochee Basin

PLACE: Dunnellon City Hall, 20750 River Drive, Dunnellon, Florida

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The Department’s Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration (DEAR) is holding public meetings in several locations throughout the state to discuss DEAR’s water quality assessment efforts. These public meetings are to present the draft assessment lists for the Group 4 basins, developed pursuant to chapter 62-303, Florida Administrative Code. The draft assessment lists will be available on the Department’s Watershed Assessment website (www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/assessment/index.htm) by October 18, 2016, and will be provided upon request to interested parties by mail or via email distribution. Any comments and/or questions on the Draft Assessment Lists should be directed to Kevin O’Donnell, Watershed Assessment Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Rd, MS 3560, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 or by email at [e-mail].

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Kevin O’Donnell, Watershed Assessment Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Rd, MS 3560, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 or by email at [e-mail].

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Wanda Harpley, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).