Florida Department of State and Division of Library and Information Services
Notice: 30615642
Notice of Proposed Rule
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter: QUALITY ASSURANCE

VIEW NOTICE

Overview
RULE:
62-160.110   Purpose, Scope and Applicability
62-160.120   Definitions and Standards
62-160.210   Approved Field Procedures
62-160.220   Approval of Alternative and Modified Field Procedures
62-160.240   Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements for Field Procedures
62-160.300   Laboratory Certification
62-160.320   Approved Laboratory Methods
62-160.330   Approval of Alternative and Modified Laboratory Methods
62-160.340   Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements for Laboratory Procedures
62-160.400   Sample Preservation and Holding Times
62-160.600   Research Field and Laboratory Procedures
62-160.650   Field and Laboratory Audits
62-160.670   Data Validation by the Department
62-160.700   Tables
62-160.800   Documents Incorporated by Reference
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 403.061, 403.0623, 403.0625, FS.
LAW: 373.026, 373.309, 373.409, 373.413, 373.414, 373.416, 373.4592, 376.303, 376.305, 376.3071, 403.0623, 403.0625, 403.087, 403.088, 403.0881, 403.504, 403.704, 403.707, 403.722, 403.803, 403.853, 403.863, FS.
PRINT PUBLISH DATE: 3/11/2026   Vol. 52/48
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REFERENCE MATERIALS: Ref-04341 Sampling and Use of the Stream Condition Index (SCI) for Assessing Flowing Waters: A Primer
Ref-04369 Process for Assessing Data Usability
Ref-07975 FT 1900 Continuous Monitoring With Installed Meters
Ref-19286 FA 1000 Regulatory Scope and Administrative Procedures for Use of DEP SOPs
Ref-19287 FC 1000 Cleaning/Decontamination Procedures
Ref-19288 FD 1000 Documentation Procedures
Ref-19289 FM 1000 Field Planning and Mobilization
Ref-19290 FQ 1000 Field Quality Control Requirements
Ref-19291 FS 1000 General Sampling Procedures
Ref-19292 FS 2000 General Aqueous Sampling
Ref-19293 FS 2100 Surface Water Sampling
Ref-19294 FS 2200 Groundwater Sampling
Ref-19295 FS 2300 Drinking Water Sampling
Ref-19296 FS 2400 Wastewater Sampling
Ref-19297 FS 3000 Soil Sampling
Ref-19298 FS 4000 Sediment Sampling
Ref-19299 FS 5000 Waste Sampling
Ref-19300 FS 6000 General Biological Tissue Sampling
Ref-19301 FS 7000 General Biological Community Sampling
Ref-19302 FS 8100 Contaminated Surface Sampling
Ref-19303 FS 8200 Clean Sampling for Ultratrace Metals in Surface Waters
Ref-19304 FT 1000 General Field Testing and Measurement
Ref-19305 FT 1100 Field Measurement of Hydrogen Ion Activity (pH)
Ref-19306 FT 1200 Field Measurement of Specific Conductance and Conductivity
Ref-19307 FT 1300 Field Measurement of Salinity
Ref-19308 FT 1400 Field Measurement of Temperature
Ref-19309 FT 1500 Field Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen
Ref-19310 FT 1600 Field Measurement of Turbidity and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
Ref-19311 FT 1700 Field Measurement of Light Penetration (Secchi Depth and Transparency)
Ref-19312 FT 1800 Field Measurement of Stage, Surface Water Velocity, and Discharge (Flow) and Computations of Streamflow
Ref-19313 FT 1900 Continuous Monitoring Meters
Ref-19314 FT 2000 Field Measurement of Residual Chlorine
Ref-19315 FT 2100 Field Measurement of Nitrate Using Ultraviolet Optical Sensors
Ref-19316 FT 3000 Aquatic Habitat Characterization
Ref-19317 LD 1000 Laboratory Documentation
Ref-19318 LQ 1000 Laboratory Quality Control
Ref-19319 LT 7000 Determination of Biological Indices
Ref-19320 BRN 1000 Biological Reconnaissance Field Method
Ref-19321 LVI 1000 Lake Vegetation Index Methods
Ref-19322 SCI 1000 Stream Condition Index Methods
Ref-19323 Table II, Required Containers, Preservation Techniques, and Holding Times, 40 CFR 136.3(e)
Ref-19324 29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
Ref-19325 Sampling and Use of the Stream Condition Index (SCI) for Assessing Flowing Waters: A Primer, DEP-SAS-001/11
Ref-19326 Sampling and Use of the Lake Vegetation Index (LVI) for Assessing Lake Plant Communities in Florida: A Primer, DEP-SAS-002/11
Ref-19327 USGS, Temperature: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 9, chap. A6.1, 14 p.
Ref-19328 Form FD 9000-5 Stream/River Habitat Assessment Field Sheet
Ref-19329 Form FD 9000-6 Lake Habitat Assessment Field Sheet
Ref-19330 Form FD 9000-34 Stream Habitat Assessment Training and Evaluation Checklist and Event Log
Ref-19331 Form FD 9000-35 Stream Condition Index and BioRecon Training Checklist and Event Log
Ref-19333 Quality Assurance Project Plan Standard, EPA CIO 2105-S-02.1
Ref-19334 Alternative and Modified Analytical Laboratory Methods, DEP-QA-001/01
Ref-19335 Definition and Procedure for the Determination of the Method Detection Limit – Revision 2, 40 CFR Part 136, Appendix B
Ref-19336 40 CFR 136.3, Identification of test procedures
Ref-19337 40 CFR 136.4, Application for and approval of alternate test procedures for nationwide use
Ref-19338 40 CFR 136.6, Method modifications and analytical requirements
Ref-19339 40 CFR 141.27, Alternate analytical techniques
Ref-19340 40 CFR 136.5, Approval of alternate test procedures for limited use
Ref-19341 Chapter Two, Choosing the Correct Procedure, Section 2.1, Guidance Regarding Flexibility Inherent to SW-846 Methods and the Precedence of SW-846 Quality Control Criteria
Ref-19342 Process for Assessing Data Usability (DEP-EA-001/07)
Ref-19343 Applicability of Chlorophyll a Methods (DEP-SAS-002/10)
Ref-19344 EPA 445.0, In Vitro Determination of Chlorophyll a and pheophytin a in Marine and Freshwater Algae by Fluorescence
Ref-19345 EPA 446.0, In Vitro Determination of Chlorophylls a, b, c1 + c2 and Pheopigments in Marine and Freshwater Algae by Visible Spectrophotometry
Ref-19346 EPA 447.0, Determination of Chlorophylls a and b and Identification of Other Pigments of Interest in Marine and Freshwater Algae Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Visible Wavelength Detection
Ref-19347 Chapter 64E-1, F.A.C., Certification of Environmental Testing Laboratories
Ref-19354 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A2, Measurement of peak discharge by the slope-area method
Ref-19355 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A3, Measurement of peak discharge at culverts by indirect methods
Ref-19356 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A4, Measurement of peak discharge at width contractions by indirect methods
Ref-19357 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A5, Measurement of peak discharge at dams by indirect method
Ref-19358 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A6, General procedure for gaging streams
Ref-19359 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A10, Discharge ratings at gaging stations
Ref-19360 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A11, Measurement of discharge by the moving-boat method
Ref-19361 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A13, Computation of continuous records of streamflow
Ref-19362 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A14, Use of flumes in measuring discharge
Ref-19363 USGS TWRI, Book 3, Chapter A21, Stream-gaging cableways
Ref-19364 USGS TM, Book 3, Chapter A7, Stage measurement at gaging stations
Ref-19365 USGS TM, Book 3, Chapter A8, Discharge measurements at gaging stations
Ref-19366 USGS TM, Book 3, Chapter A22, Measuring discharge with acoustic Doppler current profilers from a moving boat
Ref-19367 USGS TM, Book 3, Chapter A23, Computing discharge using the index velocity method


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