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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 TMDLs to be presented at the public workshop include nutrient and dissolved oxygen TMDLs for Lake Talquin and nutrient TMDLs for Lake Tallavana. These nutrient TMDLs, if adopted, will constitute site specific numeric interpretations of the narrative nutrient criterion set forth in paragraph 62-302.530(47)(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. Draft reports for these TMDLs will be posted on the Department’s TMDL webpage (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/tmdl/draft_tmdl.htm) on July 19, 2016, for public review. Written comments on these TMDLs, as well as the establishment of these nutrient TMDLs as site specific interpretations of the narrative nutrient criteria, should be directed to: Ansel Bubel, Environmental Administrator, Watershed Evaluation and TMDL Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, MS 3555, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 or via email: Ansel.Bubel@dep.state.fl.us.