DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
NOTICE OF PROPOSED WATER QUALITY STUDY
Pursuant to subsection 62-650.500(6), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Department) gives notice of the intent of Telogia Power, L.L.C., to conduct a study of water quality in an unnamed tributary to Stokes Branch and Stokes Branch, to which the company currently discharges under its wastewater permit (No. FL0039951). One purpose of the study is to establish appropriate numeric interpretations of the narrative water quality standard for nutrients for this existing discharge. At the conclusion of the study, these numeric interpretations may be established in the form of Site Specific Alternative Criteria (SSAC), Water Quality Based Effluent Limits (WQBELs), or other site-specific order of the Department. In addition, the study is designed to collect water quality and biological data to support potential SSAC development for dissolved oxygen (DO) and specific conductance within the same stream segments.
Any interested person may submit written comments on the plan of study (POS) to Kaitlyn Summerfield with the Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, M.S. 6511, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400 or email: Kaitlyn.Summerfield@dep.state.fl.us. Comments must be received within 14 days of publication of this notice.
In response to comments received pertaining to the POS prior to the proposed commencement date, the applicant may revise the POS if necessary. If there are any revisions to the POS, they must be approved by the Department.
Although the Department may allow for informal dispute resolution during the study period, the study is free form agency decision making and does not constitute proposed agency action until notice of such is given pursuant to subsection 62-650.500(8), F.A.C.
Upon request, the POS is available for public inspection during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays, at the Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Room 238G, Tallahassee, FL 32399, (850)-245-8819 or electronically by email: Kaitlyn.Summerfield@dep.state.fl.us.
