The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for waters in the Pensacola Bay (Bayou Chico, Jones Creek, Jackson Creek, Bayou Chico Beach and Sanders Beach), Perdido Bay (Elevenmile Creek and Tenmile Creek), ...

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-304.330: Pensacola Bay Basin TMDLs
62-304.335: Perdido Bay Basin TMDLs
62-304.435: Upper East Coast Basin TMDLS
62-304.505: Middle St. Johns River TMDLS.
62-304.520: Indian River Lagoon Basin TMDLS
62-304.645: Springs Coast Basin TMDLS
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for waters in the Pensacola Bay (Bayou Chico, Jones Creek, Jackson Creek, Bayou Chico Beach and Sanders Beach), Perdido Bay (Elevenmile Creek and Tenmile Creek), Upper East Coast (Spruce Creek), Middle St. Johns River (Little Wekiva River, Little Wekiva Canal, Wekiva River, Rock Springs Run, Spring Lake, Lake Florida, Lake Orienta, Lake Adalaide, Lake Lawne, Silver Lake, Bay Lake), Indian River Lagoon (Crane Creek, Eau Gallie River), and Springs Coast (Klosterman Bayou Run tidal segment, Saint Joes Creek freshwater segment) Basins.
Pursuant to Section 403.067(6), Fla. Stat., TMDLs must be adopted by the Secretary of the Department by rule. Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., was established as the rule chapter within which rules adopting TMDLs shall reside. Establishment of TMDLs is proceeding for waters within the above basins for which the verified lists of impaired waters previously were adopted by Secretarial Order. TMDL calculations and allocations for each waterbody or waterbody segment will be adopted by rule, by the Secretary of the Department, pursuant to Sections 120.536(1), 120.54, and 403.805, Fla. Stat. This rule has been given OGC No. 08-0456.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: TMDLs and their allocations will be established for the pollutants identified as causing the impairment for the impaired waters in the above listed basins (as indicated in the order adopting the verified list for each basin).
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 403.061, 403.067 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 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, Watershed Assessment Section, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Mail Station 3555, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400, Telephone [phone]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.