The Department’s Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration (DEAR) is holding meetings in several locations throughout the state to present the draft lists of assessments for waterbodies and water segments verified as impaired pursuant to ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, announces a public meetings to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (EDT) for St. Lucie – Loxahatchee

PLACE: Martin County Building Department, Building Department Conference Room, 900 Southeast Ruhnke Street, Stuart, Florida 34994

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon (EDT) for Charlotte Harbor

PLACE: South Florida Water Management District Lower West Coast Service Center, Main Conference Room, 2301 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida 33901

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 25, 2014, 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (CDT) for Apalachicola-Chipola

PLACE: Chipola College, Continuing Education Conference Center, Room S0123, 3094 Indian Circle, Marianna, FL 32446

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EDT) for Tampa Bay Tributaries

PLACE: Florida Department of Environmental Protection South West District Office, Main Conference Room, 13051 N. Telecom Parkway, Temple Terrace, FL 33637

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (EDT) for Middle St. Johns

PLACE: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Central District Office, Conference Rooms A, B, and C, 3319 Maguire Boulevard, Suite 232, Orlando, FL 32803

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 2, 2014, 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EDT) for Lower St. Johns

PLACE: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Northeast District Office, Conference Rooms 1A & 1B, 8800 Baymeadows Way West, Jacksonville, Florida 32256-7590

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The Department’s Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration (DEAR) is holding meetings in several locations throughout the state to present the draft lists of assessments for waterbodies and water segments verified as impaired pursuant to Chapter 62-303, Florida Administrative Code, and waters proposed for delisting from Florida’s 303(d) list. These waterbodies are within the Group 2 basins, identified as: Apalachicola-Chipola, Charlotte Harbor, Lower St. Johns, Middle St. Johns, St. Lucie – Loxahatchee, and Tampa Bay Tributaries.

The draft lists will be available on the Department’s Watershed Assessment Program website (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/assessment/index.htm) by September 12, 2014, and will be provided upon request to interested parties by mail or via email distribution. The Department will accept written comments on the draft lists beginning on the date the lists are posted to the Program website, and ending October 13, 2014.

Any and all written comments should be directed to Kevin O’Donnell, Watershed Assessment Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS #3560, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 or by e-mail: [e-mail].

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Ms. Wanda Harpley, Watershed Assessment Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS #3560, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 or by email: [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: Ms. Wanda Harpley at [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).