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, ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

62-304.100Scope and Intent

62-304.300St. Marks River Basin TMDLs

62-304.305Ochlockonee Basin TMDLs

62-304.310Apalachicola River Basin TMDLs

62-304.315Chipola River Basin TMDLs

62-304.325Choctawhatchee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.330Pensacola Bay Basin TMDLs

62-304.335Perdido Bay Basin TMDLs

62-304.400Upper Suwannee Basin TMDLs

62-304.405Lower Suwannee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.406Aucilla River Basin TMDLs

62-304.410Santa Fe River Basin TMDLs

62-304.415Lower St. Johns River Basin TMDLs

62-304.425Nassau Basin TMDLs

62-304.430St. Mary's Basin TMDLs

62-304.435Upper East Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.500Ocklawaha River Basin TMDLs

62-304.505 Middle St. Johns River Basin TMDLs

62-304.506Wekiva Springs Study Area TMDLs.

62-304.510Upper St. Johns River TMDLS.

62-304.515Kissimmee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.520Indian River Lagoon Basin TMDLs

62-304.600Tampa Bay Basin TMDLs

62-304.605Alafia River TMDLs

62-304.610Hillsborough River Basin TMDLs

62-304.615Manatee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.620Little Manatee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.625Peace River Basin TMDLs

62-304.640Withlacoochee Basin TMDLs

62-304.645Springs Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.700Total Maximum Daily Loads in the Southeast Florida District

62-304.705St. Lucie Basin TMDLs

62-304.710Loxahatchee Basin TMDLs

62-304.715Lake Worth Lagoon Basin TMDLs

62-304.725Southeast Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.726Pompano Canal TMDL

62-304.735 Everglades Basin TMDLs

62-304.800Caloosahatchee River Basin TMDLs.

62-304.805Charlotte Harbor Basin TMDLs

62-304.810Everglades West Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.900Statewide TMDLs

The Department of Environmental Protection announces a workshop to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: Monday, November 4, 2019, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: 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

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 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.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Kaitlyn Sutton, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Water Quality Standards Program, MS #6511, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400, [phone] or email: [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: Kaitlyn Sutton at [phone] or via email: [e-mail]. 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).

For more information, you may contact: Kaitlyn Sutton at [phone] or via email: [e-mail].