5775979 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

Florida Department of State and Division of Library and Information Services


Notice: 5775979
Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing

Department:	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION


Overview



	The Department of Environmental Protection announces a workshop to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME:	Thursday, July 10th, 2008 9:30 AM Florida DOT Chiefland Maintenance Facility’s Conference Room, 1820 S. Young Blvd. Chiefland, Florida 32626

PLACE:	Thursday, July 10th, 2008 2:30 PM High Springs Civic Center, 330 NW Santa Fe Blvd. High Springs, FL 32643

Subject:	Notice of a public workshop and public comment period on draft total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for the Suwannee and Santa Fe Basins. The TMDLs to be presented at the public workshop are for the Suwannee River, Lower (nutrients); Manatee Springs (nutrients); Fanning Springs (nutrients); Lower Suwannee Estuary (nutrients); Branford Spring (nutrients); Ruth Spring (nutrients); Troy Spring (nutrients); Royal Spring (nutrients); Falmouth Spring (nutrients); Peacock Slough (nutrients); Lafayette Blue Springs (nutrients); New River (dissolved oxygen and fecal coliform); and the Santa Fe River (dissolved oxygen and nutrients). The public workshop is being held pursuant to Section 403.067(6)(d), Fla. Stat., which requires the Department to hold at least one public workshop in the vicinity of the waterbody or waterbody segment for which a TMDL is being developed. TMDL calculations and allocations for each waterbody or waterbody segment will be adopted by rule, by the Secretary of the Department, pursuant to Sections 120.536(1), 120.54, and 403.805, Fla. Stat. The public workshop is part of the TMDL development and adoption process, as authorized by Section 403.067, Fla. Stat., and anyone wishing to comment as to the development and adoption of the TMDLs is encouraged to attend. The draft TMDL documents for the Suwannee/Santa Fe Basins will be placed on the Department’s TMDL website (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/tmdl) by June 20th, 2008 and will be provided upon request to interested parties by mail or via e-mail distribution. To request a copy of any of the draft TMDL documents, contact Jan Mandrup-Poulsen at the mailing address below or call (850) 245-8448. The Department will accept written comments on the draft TMDLs through July 20th, or for 30 days after they are posted, whichever date is later. The purpose of the comment period is to provide an opportunity for public participation in lieu of, or in addition to, participation in the public workshop on the draft TMDLs. Any and all written comments should be directed to: Jan Mandrup-Poulsen, Environmental Administrator Watershed Assessment Section Florida Department of Environmental Protection Mail Station 3555 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 Written comments may also be provided by e-mail directed to: jan.mandrup-poulsen@dep.state.fl.us.


	A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Ms. Pat Waters, Watershed Assessment Section, MS 3555, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, or by calling (850) 245-8449.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:	6/20/2008 Vol. 34/25


REFERENCE MATERIALS:	No reference(s).

Under Florida law, E-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your E-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

Overview