The Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Assessment and Restoration Support announces a workshop to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: City of Leesburg Community Center, 109 E. Dixie Avenue, Leesburg, Florida
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martinez Center, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Room 609, Tallahassee, Florida
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: To present information and receive public comments on possible revisions to Chapters 62-302 and 62-303, F.A.C., regarding numeric nutrient standards for Florida’s surface waters. Please note that the Department has not made a final decision on whether to proceed to rulemaking at this time. These public workshops are a follow-up to public meetings held in June, 2011 (previously noticed in the May 20, 2011, issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly, Vol. 37, No. 20, pp. 1314-1315). These meetings will include discussion of proposed revisions to rule language in both Chapters 62-302 and 62-303, F.A.C., but will not include discussion of dissolved oxygen analyses that may be addressed at later public meetings.
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Eric Shaw, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Assessment and Restoration Support, MS #6511, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400, (850)245-8429 or email: eric.shaw@dep.state.fl.us. Further information also may be obtained from the Department’s web site at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wqssp/nutrients/index.htm.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Eric Shaw at (850)245-8429. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).