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Notice: 6289691

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS

Overview

RULE:

62-304.705	St. Lucie River Basin TMDLs
62-304.800	Caloosahatchee River Basin TMDLs.

PURPOSE:

The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for waters in the Caloosahatchee and St Lucie Basins. Pursuant to Section 403.067(6), Fla. Stat., TMDLs must be adopted by the Secretary of the Department by rule. Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., was established as the rule chapter within which rules adopting TMDLs shall reside. The verified lists for the Group 2 St Lucie and Group 3 Caloosahatchee basins were adopted by Secretarial Order on May 27th, 2004, and June 17th, 2005, respectively. In addition, in 2007, the Florida Legislature separately determined that a TMDL for nutrients should be done for the estuarine portion of the Caloosahatchee River. 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, F.S. These rules have been given the following OGC case numbers: 08-2290 for 62-304.705 and 08-2291 for 62-304.800.

SUBJECT:

TMDLs and their allocations will be established for the pollutants identified as causing the impairment for the impaired waters in the above listed basins (as indicated in the order adopting the verified list for each basin and by the direction of the Florida Legislature).

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

403.061, 403.067 FS.

LAW:

403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

10/17/2008 Vol. 34/42

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=62-304.705&PDate=10/17/2008&Section=1

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