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 revised ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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

DATE AND TIME: March 6, 2018, 2:00 p.m. for the Springs Coast Basin

PLACE: SWFWMD District Headquarters, Building 4, Conference Room 112, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida

DATE AND TIME: March 13, 2018, 2:00 p.m. for the Upper East Coast Basin

PLACE: Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, 505 Guana River Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

DATE AND TIME: March 14, 2018, 9:00 a.m. for the Indian River Lagoon Basin

PLACE: Brevard County Government Center, Building C, Florida Room, 2725 Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, 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 revised assessment lists for the Group 5 basins, developed pursuant to Chapter 62-303, Florida Administrative Code. Maps and other supporting materials for all Group 5 basins (including the Perdido, Everglades, and Florida Keys Basins) are available on the Department’s ftp site at: http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/DEAR/watershed/WQAP_WAS_G5C3_MtgMaterials_Revised/. The revised assessment lists will be available on the Department’s Watershed Assessment website (https://floridadep.gov/dear/watershed-assessment-section/content/news-announcements) by March 2, 2018, and will be provided upon request to interested parties by mail or via email distribution. Any comments and/or questions on the revised 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).