The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for certain surface waters in the basins listed above where those waters previously have been identified as impaired for specific pollutants and included on the ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

62-304.305Ochlockonee Basin TMDLs

62-304.320St. Andrews Bay Basin TMDLs

62-304.400Upper Suwannee Basin TMDLs

62-304.405Lower Suwannee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.410Santa Fe Basin TMDLs

62-304.415Lower St. Johns River Basin TMDLs

62-304.500Ocklawaha Basin TMDLs

62-304.505Middle St. Johns River Basin TMDLS.

62-304.625Peace River Basin TMDLs

62-304.645Springs Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.705St. Lucie Basin TMDLs

62-304.715Lake Worth Lagoon Basin TMDLs

62-304.805Charlotte Harbor Basin TMDLs

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for certain surface waters in the basins listed above where those waters previously have been identified as impaired for specific pollutants and included on the Department’s verified list of impaired waters. Pursuant to Section 403.067(6), F.S., TMDLs must be adopted in rule by the Secretary of the Department. Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., was established as the rule chapter within which rules adopting TMDLs shall reside. Furthermore, upon paragraph 62-302.531(2)(a), F.A.C., becoming effective, any of these rules which establish nutrient TMDLs, if adopted, are intended to constitute site specific numeric interpretations of the narrative nutrient criterion set forth in paragraph 62-302.530(47)(b), F.A.C. that will supersede the otherwise applicable numeric nutrient criteria in rule 62-302.531, F.A.C. for the particular surface water segment.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: TMDLs and their allocations will be established for the pollutants identified in the Department’s verified list of impaired waters as causing the impairment for certain impaired waters in the above listed basins.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 403.061, 403.067 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Jan Mandrup-Poulsen, Administrator, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Watershed Evaluation and TMDL Section, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Mail Station 3555, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, Telephone: [phone]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.