6104615, 62-304.410 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 6104615

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS

Overview

RULE:

62-304.410

Santa Fe River Basin TMDLs

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the rule is to adopt Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), and their allocations, to address nutrient and dissolved oxygen impairments in Alligator Lake.
NOTE: Amendment to proposed new rule which was published in Vol. 34, No. 34, August 22, 2008 FAW. This amendment will not be adopted until after the adoption of the proposed new rule.

SUMMARY:

The Alligator Lake TMDL addresses nutrients and dissolved oxygen impairments in Alligator Lake. This waterbody was verified as impaired by nutrients and dissolved oxygen using the methodology established in Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., Identification of Impaired Surface Waters. The Watershed Management Model (WMM) and an empirical multi-variable method were used to simulate the total nitrogen and total phosphorus TMDLs. For dissolved oxygen, the nutrient TMDL targets, set as annual total nitrogen and total phosphorus loads, will decrease algal biomass in the lake from the current conditions, thereby reducing any pollutant impacts associated with the depressed dissolved oxygen.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

403.061, 403.067 FS.

LAW:

403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

9/5/2008 Vol. 34/36

COMMENTS:

From 9/5/2008 To 9/26/2008 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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