The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for certain Florida surface waters, where those waters previously have been identified as impaired for specific pollutants and included ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

62-304.100Scope and Intent

62-304.300St. Marks River Basin TMDLs

62-304.305Ochlockonee Basin TMDLs

62-304.310Apalachicola River Basin TMDLs

62-304.315Chipola River Basin TMDLs

62-304.325Choctawhatchee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.330Pensacola Bay Basin TMDLs

62-304.335Perdido Bay Basin TMDLs

62-304.400Upper Suwannee Basin TMDLs

62-304.405Lower Suwannee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.406Aucilla River Basin TMDLs

62-304.410Santa Fe River Basin TMDLs

62-304.415Lower St. Johns River Basin TMDLs

62-304.425Nassau River Basin TMDLs

62-304.435Upper East Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.500Ocklawaha River Basin TMDLs

62-304.505Middle St. Johns River Basin TMDLs

62-304.506Wekiva Springs Study Area TMDLs.

62-304.510Upper St. Johns River TMDLS.

62-304.515Kissimmee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.520Indian River Lagoon Basin TMDLs

62-304.600Tampa Bay Basin TMDLs

62-304.605Alafia River TMDLs

62-304.610Hillsborough River Basin TMDLs

62-304.615Manatee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.620Little Manatee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.625Peace River Basin TMDLs

62-304.640Withlacoochee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.645Springs Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.700Lake Okeechobee Basin TMDLs

62-304.705St. Lucie River Basin TMDLs

62-304.710Loxahatchee River Basin TMDLs

62-304.715Lake Worth Lagoon Basin TMDLs

62-304.725Southeast Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.726Pompano Canal TMDL

62-304.735Everglades Basin TMDLs

62-304.800Caloosahatchee River Basin TMDLs.

62-304.805Charlotte Harbor Basin TMDLs

62-304.810Everglades West Coast Basin TMDLs

62-304.900Statewide TMDLs

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for certain Florida surface waters, where those waters previously have been identified as impaired for specific pollutants and included on the Department’s verified list of impaired waters. Pursuant to Section 403.067(6), F.S., TMDLs must be adopted in rule by the Secretary of the Department. Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., was established as the rule chapter within which rules adopting TMDLs shall reside. In accordance with paragraph 62-302.531(2)(a), F.A.C., any of these rules which establish nutrient TMDLs, if adopted, may constitute site specific numeric interpretations of the narrative nutrient criterion set forth in paragraph 62-302.530(48)(b), F.A.C., that will supersede the otherwise applicable numeric nutrient criteria in subsection 62-302.531(2), F.A.C., for the particular surface water segment.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: TMDLs and their allocations will be established for the pollutants identified in the Department’s verified list of impaired waters as causing the impairment for certain impaired waters in the above listed basin. Additionally, as part of Triennial Review process, the Department will consider amendments to all surface water quality standards, including those within Chapter 62-304, F.A.C.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 403.061, 403.067 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Ken Weaver, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Water Quality Evaluation and TMDL Program, Mail Station 3555, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, telephone: [phone].

 

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.