The Department’s Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration (DEAR) is holding public meetings in several locations throughout the state to present the revised assessment lists for the Group 3 basins, developed pursuant to chapter 62-303, ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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

DATE AND TIME: July 21, 2016, 1:00 p.m. (CT) for Choctawhatchee – St. Andrew Basin

PLACE: South Walton Courthouse Annex, 31 Coastal Centre Boulevard, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

DATE AND TIME: July 26, 2016, 9:00 a.m. (ET) for Sarasota Bay – Peace Myakka Basin and Caloosahatchee River Basin

PLACE: Southwest Florida Water Management District, Sarasota Service Office, 6750 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34240

DATE AND TIME: July 27, 2016, 9:00 a.m. (ET) for Lake Worth Lagoon – Palm Beach Coast Basin

PLACE: Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 North Federal Highway, Boynton Beach, FL 33435

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 present the revised assessment lists for the Group 3 basins, developed pursuant to Chapter 62-303, Florida Administrative Code. The revised assessment lists include changes based on public comments and new data received since the public meetings held in January/February 2016, and will be available on the Department’s Watershed Assessment website (www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/assessment/index.htm) by July 15, 2016. The lists also can be provided upon request to interested parties by mail or email distribution. Any comments and/or questions on the revised assessment lists should be submitted by August 8, 2016.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Kevin O’Donnell, Watershed Assessment Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3560, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2400, [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: Kevin O’Donnell, Watershed Assessment Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3560, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2400, [e-mail]. 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).

For more information, you may contact: Kevin O’Donnell, Watershed Assessment Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3560, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2400, [e-mail].