30707210, 62-304.400 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 30707210

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS

Overview

RULE:

62-304.400	Upper Suwannee Basin TMDLs
62-304.505	Middle St. Johns River Basin TMDLs
62-304.515	Kissimmee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.810	Everglades West Coast Basin TMDLs

PURPOSE:

The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for certain Florida surface waters, 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. In accordance with paragraph 62-302.531(2)(a), F.A.C., any of these rules which establish nutrient TMDLs, if adopted and noticed as such, may constitute site specific numeric interpretations of the narrative nutrient criterion set forth in paragraph 62-302.530(48)(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 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 basin. The Department will hold at least one public workshop in the vicinity of each water body or water body segment for which a TMDL is being developed to be noticed at a later date.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

403.061, 403.067 FS.

LAW:

403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/1/2026 Vol. 52/63

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

403.061, 403.067 FS., 403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS.

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=62-304.400&PDate=4/1/2026&Section=1

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