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To receive public comments on certain total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for impaired waters in the Ochlockonee Basin, to be adopted in Rule 62-304.305, F.A.C. The TMDL to be presented at the public hearing is the nutrient TMDL for Lake Talquin. This nutrient TMDL, if adopted, will constitute a site specific numeric interpretation of the narrative nutrient criterion set forth in paragraph 62-302.530(90)(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 segments. An updated draft report for this TMDL will be posted on the Department’s TMDL webpage (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/tmdl/draft_tmdl.htm) by May 17, 2017, for public review. Written comments on this TMDL, as well as the establishment of this nutrient TMDL as site specific interpretations of the narrative nutrient criteria, should be directed to Erin Rasnake, 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: (850)245-8338.