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To present background information and receive public comments on proposed revisions to Chapters 62-302 and 62-303, F.A.C., regarding the establishment of biological health criteria as part of the current Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards. This workshop follows earlier public workshops held on July 23, 2008 and July 30, 2008, and will focus solely on proposed rule revisions related to biological health criteria. Additional public workshops addressing all surface water quality standards as part of the Triennial Review will be held in the future. A separate Notice of Rule Development for both Chapters 62-302 and 62-303, F.A.C., was published on July 3, 2008, in Volume 34, Number 27 of the Florida Administrative Weekly. This rulemaking, associated with Chapters 62-302 and 62-303, F.A.C., has been given OGC Case Nos. 08-1729 and 08-1730 respectively.