The meeting is being held to aid the Department in establishing numeric nutrient criteria for estuaries and coastal waters. The meeting will include presentations on some of the major estuarine systems in Florida, with the presentations focusing on ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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

DATES AND TIMES: June 5, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.; June 6, 2008, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE: Florida Fish and Wildlife Institute, Karen A. Steidinger Auditorium, 100 Eighth Avenue, S. E., St. Petersburg, Florida

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The meeting is being held to aid the Department in establishing numeric nutrient criteria for estuaries and coastal waters. The meeting will include presentations on some of the major estuarine systems in Florida, with the presentations focusing on relationships between elevated nutrients and documented adverse ecological impacts. The meeting will include a discussion of the Department’s overall effort to develop numeric nutrient criteria for all waters.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Mr. Jacob Brown, Water Quality Standards and Special Projects Program, Division of Water Resource Management, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3560, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, email [e-mail], [phone].

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 five (5) days before the workshop/meeting by contacting Mr. Jacob Brown within the Water Quality Standards and Special Projects Program through the contact information listed above. 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).