Table: Surface Water Quality Criteria

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:

62-302.530: Table: Surface Water Quality Criteria

NOTICE OF CORRECTION

Notice is hereby given that the following correction has been made to the proposed rule in Vol. 42 No. 127, June 30, 2016 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The correction is in response to comments submitted by the Joint Administration Procedures Committee in a letter dated July 20, 2106.  The summary in the Department of Environmental Protection’s (department’s) Notice of Proposed Rule for Chapter 62-302. F.A.C., is amended to read as follows:  The department is proposing the revision of human health-based surface water quality criteria within Chapter 62-302, F.A.C.  The department is also proposing to establish a new sub-classification of surface waters (Class I-Treated, Treated Potable Water Supplies) within Chapter 62-302, F.A.C., with reclassification of seven surface waters from Class III waters to Class I-Treated.  In addition, the Department has reorganized the criteria in the rule 62-302.530, F.A.C. table to be in alphabetical order for clarity. The department has prepared an annotated version of the table in rule 62-302.530, F.A.C., that provides cross references to the original location of the criteria in the table and identifies which criteria are new.  This table is available for public viewing at the following website: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wqssp/health.htm.  The department conducted public workshops on May 10, May 11, and May 12 in Stuart, Orlando, and Tallahassee respectively.

The summary of the statement of estimated regulatory costs (SERC) in the department’s Notice of Proposed Rule is also being revised to include the following: The department has revised the SERC to reflect that a lower cost regulatory alternative (LCRA) to revise certain criteria for the new Class–I treated designated use was received on July 21, 2016, but was immediately withdrawn.  A copy of the revised SERC, noting the LCRA and its withdrawal, may be obtained by contacting Eric Shaw, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, MS 6511, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399; telephone [phone]; or e-mail [e-mail], and is available for public viewing at the following website:  http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wqssp/health.htm.