The Department of Environmental Protection announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: November 3, 2011, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Douglas Building, Conference Room A, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The Department will brief the Environmental Regulation Commission (ERC) on its draft revisions to Chapter 62-302 (Surface Water Quality Standards) and Chapter 62-303 (Identification of Impaired Surface Waters), F.A.C., which contain numeric nutrient criteria for lakes, flowing waters (streams), springs, and estuary specific criteria for several Florida estuaries, including Clearwater Harbor, Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Southwest Florida, Biscayne Bay, Florida Bay, and the Florida Keys. The Department’s rules, if approved by the ERC, ratified by the Florida Legislature, and approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), are intended to replace USEPA’s numeric nutrient criteria that were promulgated for Florida’s lakes and flowing waters last November. No final decision has been made whether the Department will proceed to publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for these rules. The Department will also brief the ERC on rules that the Department is proposing to repeal as duplicative, unnecessarily burdensome or no longer necessary pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Orders 11-01 and 11-72. The Department will brief the ERC on the following rules to be repealed: Rules 62-204.240; 62-204.260; 62-212.600; 62-212.710; 62-252.500; 62-252.900; 62-285.420; 62-296.407; 62-296.411; 62-296.413; 62-702.300; 62-702.400; 62-702.570 and 62-702.600, F.A.C.
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Kay Buchanan at (850)245-2293, by email: kay.buchanan@dep.state.fl.us.
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 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Kay Buchanan at (850)245-2293, by email: kay.buchanan@dep.state.fl.us. 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).
For more information, you may contact: Kay Buchanan, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS #35, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000, (850)245-2293, kay.buchanan@dep.state.fl.us.