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Notice: 23610981

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

SURFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Overview

RULE:

62-302.800

Site Specific Alternative Criteria

PURPOSE:

Florida Power and Light, Inc. (FPL), has submitted a petition to initiate rulemaking to establish a Site Specific Alternative Criterion (SSAC) for Total Ammonia Nitrogen (TAN) in the Northwest Mitigation Area wetlands and Barley Barber Swamp in Martin County, Florida.  The waterbodies are both classified as Class III waters, with a designated use of “Fish Consumption; Recreation; Propagation and Maintenance of a Healthy, Well-Balanced Population of Fish and Wildlife.”  The draft SSAC is consistent with USEPA’s Chronic Criterion Magnitude for TAN for waters where unionid mussels are absent and Early Life Stage fish protection is maintained.  FPL has demonstrated that unionid mussels are not present in the mitigation area or Barley Barber Swamp. The draft rule amendment would revise the surface water quality criterion for TAN in these waterbodies.  The draft SSAC for TAN is intended to fully protect its Class III designated use.

Comments on the draft SSAC may be submitted through October 21, 2020 to Kaitlyn Sutton, Standards Development Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 6511, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400; telephone 850/245-8819; email Kaitlyn.sutton@floridadep.gov .

SUBJECT:

The draft rule amendment would revise the surface water quality criterion for TAN in the Northwest Mitigation Area wetlands and Barley Barber Swamp in Martin County, Florida.  The SSAC is derived using EPA’s Chronic Criterion Magnitude for TAN for waters where mussels are absent and Early Life Stage fish protection is required.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

403.061, 403.062, 403.087, 403.504, 403.704, 403.804, 403.805, F.S.

LAW:

403.021(11), 403.061, 403.087, 403.088, 403.141, 403.161, 403.502, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

9/4/2020 Vol. 46/174

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

403.061, 403.062, 403.087, 403.504, 403.704, 403.804, 403.805, F.S., 403.021(11), 403.061, 403.087, 403.088, 403.141, 403.161, 403.502, F.S.

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=62-302.800&PDate=9/4/2020&Section=1

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