The Department of Environmental Protection gives notice that pursuant to Section 403.067(4), F.S., and Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., a final order was entered on June 3, 2008, adopting a Verified List of Impaired Waters for Group 1/Cycle 2 basins and delisting certain waters within the Group 1 basins. The Group 1 basins include the following hydrologic units: Everglades West Coast; Lake Okeechobee; Ochlockonee/St Mark’s; Ocklawaha; Suwannee; and Tampa Bay. In addition, the Group 5 Verified List for the Florida Keys is being adopted pursuant to the final order.. These lists and revisions will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, and shall serve to amend the 1998 Section 303(d) statewide list of Florida waters and to update the Group 1/Cycle 1 lists maintained by the EPA. Waters within the Group 1 basins verified as impaired waters are set forth in Exhibit 1 to the final order. Waters within the Group 5 Florida Keys basin verified as impaired waters are set forth in Exhibit 2 to the final order. Waters that the Department will request EPA to remove from the 1998 List and the Group 1/Cycle 1 lists for the Group 1 basins are also listed in Exhibit 1 as waters subject to delisting.

A copy of the above-referenced final order may be obtained by contacting: Ms. Pat Waters, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Watershed Assessment, MS 3555, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 or by calling (850)245-8449 or at www.dep.state.fl.us/legal/final_orders/finalorders.htm.