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: April 30, 2019, 10:00 a.m. for the Lake Okeechobee Basin

PLACE: SFWMD Field Station, 1000 N.E. 40th Avenue, Okeechobee, FL

DATE AND TIME: May 1, 2019, 9:00 a.m. for the Everglades West Coast Basin

PLACE: W. Harmon Turner Building - Building "F", 5th Floor, Suite 534, 3299 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, FL

DATE AND TIME: May 2, 2019, 9:30 a.m. for the Ochlockonee – St. Marks Basin

PLACE: Bob Martinez Center, Conference Room 609, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL

DATE AND TIME: May 7, 2019, 12:30 p.m. for the Suwannee and Ocklawaha Basins

PLACE: SRWMD, Room 137 (Santa Fe), 9225 County Road 49, Live Oak, FL

DATE AND TIME: May 9, 2019, 10:00 a.m. for the Tampa Bay Basin

PLACE: Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center, Auditorium (Butterfly Room), 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs, FL

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 1 basins, developed pursuant to Chapter 62-303, Florida Administrative Code. Supporting materials for all Group 1 basins (including the Ocklawaha, Suwannee, Lake Okeechobee, Everglades West Coast, Ochlockonee – St. Marks, and Tampa Bay Basins) are available on the Department’s ftp site at: http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/DEAR/watershed/WQAP_WAS_G1C4_MtgMaterials_Revised/. The revised assessment lists will be available on the Department’s Watershed Assessment Section webpage (https://floridadep.gov/dear/watershed-assessment-section/content/news-announcements) by April 23, 2019 and will be provided upon request to interested parties by mail or via email distribution. Any comments 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).