Summary
These TMDLs address fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, and nutrient impairments in the Middle St. Johns River Basin. Specifically, the TMDL rules being proposed for adoption are fecal coliform TMDLs for Gee Creek, Little Econlockhatchee River, Smith Canal, and Soldier Creek, and dissolved oxygen and nutrient TMDLs for Lake Harney, Lake Monroe, Smith Canal, the St. Johns River above Lake Jesup, the St. Johns River above Lake Monroe, the St. Johns River above Wekiva River, and the St. Johns River Downstream of Lake Harney. These water segments were verified as impaired using the methodology established in Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., Identification of Impaired Surface Waters. The methodologies used to develop the fecal coliform TMDLs were either the percent reduction or the load duration analysis method. The nutrient targets for water segments impaired for nutrients and dissolved oxygen were developed using trophic state index, paleolimnological data, and reference lake methods. The TMDLs for nutrients were simulated using the hydrologic simulation program – Fortran (HSPF) model. This rulemaking has been given OGC case number 09-0721.