DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Notice of Draft Final Order and Public Meeting if Requested
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: To receive public comments on a proposed Type I Site Specific Alternative Criterion (SSAC) for dissolved oxygen (DO) for Thomas Creek and its tributaries in Duval and Nassau Counties. The draft SSAC documentation is available on the Department’s Water Quality Standards website: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wqssp/site_spec.htm and will be provided upon request to interested parties by mail or via e-mail distribution. The Department will accept written comments on the draft SSAC through August 30, 2013. Written comments should be directed to: Eric Shaw, Environmental Manager, Standards Development Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Mail Station 6511, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, telephone: (850)245-8429, or via email at: eric.shaw@dep.state.fl.us.
If requested within 21 days of the date of this notice, a public meeting will be held at the date, time and place shown below (if not requested, this hearing will not be held).
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martinez Center, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Room 609, Tallahassee, Florida.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Eric Shaw at (850)245-8429. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, (800)955-8771 (TDD) or (800)955-8770 (Voice).
The full text of the proposed SSAC is:
Water Body and Class
Site Specific Alternative Criteria
County(s)
Thomas Creek, including tributaries, from its headwaters to a downstream location where Thomas Creek becomes predominantly marine (1500 mg/L chloride concentration), at approximately N 30.56603 latitude, W 81.72888 longitude. Class III.
Annual average Dissolved Oxygen of 2.6 mg/L, with no more than 10 percent of the individual Dissolved Oxygen measurements below 1.6 mg/L on an annual basis.
Duval/Nassau
