On May 10, 2013, Pace Water System, Inc., submitted a petition to initiate rulemaking to establish a Site Specific Alternative Criterion (SSAC) for pH in the Simpson River and adjacent wetlands (Pace Swamp) in Santa Rosa County, Florida. The water body is classified as Class III waters, with a designated use of “Recreation, Propagation and Maintenance of a Healthy, Well-Balanced Population of Fish and Wildlife.” The proposed rule amendment would revise the surface water quality criterion for pH in the Pace Water System wetlands discharge system (Pace Swamp) to 7.0 standard units. The proposed site specific alternative criterion for pH was designed by Pace Water System to protect this designated use.