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Notice: 13654222

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS

Overview

RULE:

62-304.305	Ochlockonee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.320	St. Andrews Bay Basin TMDLs
62-304.400	Upper Suwannee Basin TMDLs
62-304.405	Lower Suwannee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.410	Santa Fe River Basin TMDLs
62-304.415	Lower St. Johns River Basin TMDLs
62-304.500	Ocklawaha River Basin TMDLs
62-304.505	Middle St. Johns River Basin TMDLs
62-304.625	Peace River Basin TMDLs
62-304.645	Springs Coast Basin TMDLs
62-304.705	St. Lucie River Basin TMDLs
62-304.715	Lake Worth Lagoon Basin TMDLs
62-304.805	Charlotte Harbor Basin TMDLs

PURPOSE:

The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for certain surface waters in the basins listed above where those waters previously have been identified as impaired for specific pollutants and included on the Department’s verified list of impaired waters.  Pursuant to section 403.067(6), F.S., TMDLs must be adopted in rule by the Secretary of the Department.  Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., was established as the rule chapter within which rules adopting TMDLs shall reside.  Furthermore, upon paragraph 62-302.531(2)(a), F.A.C., becoming effective, any of these rules which establish nutrient TMDLs, if adopted, are intended to 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 rule 62-302.531, F.A.C. for the particular surface water segment.

SUBJECT:

TMDLs and their allocations will be established for the pollutants identified in the Department’s verified list of impaired waters as causing the impairment for certain impaired waters in the above listed basins.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

403.061, 403.067 F.S.

LAW:

403.061, 403.062, 403.067 F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

10/9/2013 Vol. 39/197

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

403.061, 403.067 F.S., 403.061, 403.062, 403.067 F.S.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=62-304.305&PDate=10/9/2013&Section=1

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