Basin Management Action Plans - News & Announcements
- This guidance document has
been developed from the Department’s experiences in
collaborating with local stakeholders during BMAP efforts
around the state. The document provides local stakeholders
useful information for identifying sources of fecal coliform
bacteria in their watersheds and examples of management
actions to address these sources. The document appendices
are available in Compact Disk format and may be requested by
contacting
John.Abendroth@dep.state.fl.us.
The Department announces the
following upcoming meeting(s) to discuss
the development of Basin Management
Action Plans. Meeting(s) are
open to the public.
Meeting
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Date & Time
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Location
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Agendas & Downloads
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February 16, 2012
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Deltona Library and Environmental Center
Scrub Jay Auditorium
2150 Eustace Avenue
Deltona, FL 32725 |
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February 17, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Westmonte Park
Civic Center Building
624 Bills Lane
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 |
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What is a Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP)?
It is the
"blueprint" for restoring impaired waters by reducing pollutant loadings
to meet the allowable loadings established in a Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL). It represents a comprehensive set of strategies--permit limits
on wastewater facilities, urban and agricultural best management
practices, conservation programs, financial assistance and revenue
generating activities, etc.--designed to implement the pollutant
reductions established by the TMDL. These broad-based plans are
developed with local stakeholders--they rely on local input and local
commitment--and they are adopted by Secretarial Order to be enforceable.
What BMAPs have been adopted so far? The following BMAPs have
been adopted by DEP Secretarial Order:
Bayou Chico – October 2011
The Bayou Chico Basin Management Action Plan represents a collaborative
effort by Escambia County, City of Pensacola, Emerald Coast Utility
Authority, Escambia County Health Department, Florida Department
of Transportation, Bayou Chico Association, U.S. Naval Air Station, the
University of West Florida, the Bay Area Resources Council, and the
Northwest Florida Water Management District identifies actions to
decrease fecal coliform bacteria in six waterbody segments within the
Bayou Chico watershed.
Lower St. Johns River Tributaries II – August 2010
The Lower St. Johns River Tributaries BMAP addresses fifteen fecal
coliform TMDLs for Craig Creek, McCoy Creek, Williamson Creek, Fishing
Creek, Deep Bottom Creek, Moncrief Creek, Blockhouse Creek, Hopkins
Creek, Cormorant Branch, Wills Branch, Sherman Creek, Greenfield Creek,
Pottsburg Creek, Upper Trout River, and Lower Trout River. This plan was
developed collaboratively by the Cities of Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach,
Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach; Naval Station Mayport, JEA, Duval
County Health Department, Florida Department of Transportation, the
community Basin Working Group Stakeholders, and Florida Department of
Environmental Protection.
Lake Jesup – May 2010
The Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan represents the
collaborative effort of Seminole and Orange Counties; the Cities of
Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood, Maitland,
Orlando, Oviedo, Sanford, Winter Park, Winter Springs; the Town of
Eatonville; the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services; the Florida Department of Transportation; the Florida
Turnpike Enterprise; the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission; and the St. Johns River Water Management District to
identify the management strategies necessary to achieve the nutrient
TMDLs for the Lake Jesup.
Lower St. Johns River Tributaries - December 2009
The Lower St. Johns River Tributaries BMAP addresses ten fecal
coliform TMDLs for Newcastle Creek, Hogan Creek, Butcher Pen Creek,
Miller Creek, Miramar Creek, Big Fishweir Creek, Deer Creek,
Terrapin Creek, Goodby's Creek, and Open Creek. This plan developed
collaboratively by the City of Jacksonville, JEA, Duval County
Health Department, Florida Department of Transportation, Tributary
Assessment Team, the community Basin Working Group Stakeholders, and
Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Hillsborough River Basin - October 2009
The HRBMAP represents the collaborative effort of the Tampa Bay
Estuary Program; Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk Counties; the Cities
of Plant City, Tampa, and Temple Terrace; the Hillsborough County
Environmental Protection Commission and the Health Department; the
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Florida
Department of Transportation, and the Southwest Florida Water
Management District; and the University of Florida Institute of Food
and Agricultural Sciences to identify the management strategies
necessary to achieve the fecal coliform TMDLs for the following 6
stream segments: Blackwater Creek, New River, Spartman Branch, Baker
Creek, Flint Creek, and the Lower Hillsborough River.
Lower St. Johns River - October 2008
The LSJR BMAP represents the collaborative effort of the Lower
St. Johns River TMDL Executive Committee in cooperation with the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of
Environmental Assessment and Restoration to identify the management
strategies necessary to achieve the nutrient TMDLs for the main stem
of the river from the confluence of the Ocklawaha River north to the
mouth of the river.
Long Branch – May 2008
The Long Branch Basin Management Action Plan, developed in
partnership with Orange County and the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, identifies actions that are
needed to decrease bacteria and nutrients in Long Branch. Long
Branch is a tributary of the Econlockhatchee River in unincorporated
Orange County, between Bithlo and Wedgefield.
Orange Creek – May 2008
The Orange Creek Basin Management Action Plan, developed in
partnership with the City of Gainesville, Marion and Alachua
Counties, the St. Johns River Water Management District, Alachua
County Health Department, University of Florida, Gainesville
Regional Utilities, private silviculture interests, and other local
stakeholders, identifies actions and commitments to restoring and
protecting water quality in the Orange Creek Basin. The Orange Creek
Basin is a tributary of the Ocklawaha River. The plan's
implementation will benefit surface waters in Alachua and Marion
Counties, including Orange Lake, Lochloosa Lake, Newnans Lake,
Tumblin Creek, Sweetwater Branch, Hogtown Creek, Lake Wauberg,
Paynes Prairie/Alachua Sink, and the Ocklawaha River.
Upper Ocklawaha – August 2007
The Upper Ocklawaha Basin Management Action Plan, developed in
partnership with Lake and Orange counties, cities, the St. Johns
River Water Management District, Lake County Water Authority and
other local stakeholders, identifies actions and commitments to
restore and protect water quality in the Upper Ocklawaha River
Basin. Its implementation will benefit surface waters throughout
Lake and part of Orange Counties, including the Clermont Chain of
Lakes connected by the Palatlakaha River, Lake Apopka, Lake Griffin,
and the Harris Chain of Lakes.
Where are BMAPs being or scheduled for development? Efforts
are underway in the following watersheds to develop BMAPs:
Get the full sized, high-res version
of the map (1.4 MB)
Tables of planned or on-going BMAP activities in the areas within
each of the DEP District Offices
Reasonable Assurance Documents
EPA regulations allow states to place certain impaired water bodies
into Category 4B of the Integrated Report Categories instead of Category
5 – Impaired and needs a TMDL. The Florida Watershed Restoration Act
(Section 403.067(4)) explicitly allows DEP to not list impaired waters
under Category 5 if they already have control programs in place that
will assure that water quality standards will be restored. These types
of water bodies – impaired but with control programs already being
implemented to reduce pollutant loadings – are placed in Category 4B of
the Integrated Report. To assist stakeholders in developing approvable
Reasonable Assurance Plans, the Department created a
guidance document.
To date, the Department and EPA have approved the following
Reasonable Assurance Plans:
Shell, Prairie, and Joshua Creeks – December 2004
This Reasonable Assurance Plan was developed by the Southwest
Florida Water Management District in cooperation with DEP, DACS,
agricultural producers, and others. There are 41 signatories to the
Plan which sets forth actions to reduce chlorides, conductivity, and
total dissolved solids in these water bodies.
Lake Seminole – May 2007
This Reasonable Assurance Plan was developed by Pinellas County
to set forth the actions that have been taken or are planned to be
taken to reduce nutrient loadings to Lake Seminole and restore the
lake's water quality standards.
The Department is currently working on the following draft
Reasonable Assurance Plan:
Florida Keys
This Reasonable Assurance Plan was developed by the Department
in cooperation with local governments, state agencies, and federal
agencies within the Florida Keys to set forth and accelerate the
actions that have been taken or are planned to be taken to reduce
nutrient loadings to near shore waters throughout the Florida Keys so
that water quality standards are met and beneficial uses are
restored. The plan has been reviewed and accepted by the
Department and was sent to EPA for review and comment in February
2009. However, no action has been taken yet by EPA and the
Department has not included the results in the recently adopted
Group 5 Verified List of Impaired Waters.
Implementation Guidance for the Fecal
Coliform Total Maximum Daily Loads
The document:
Implementation Guidance
for the Fecal Coliform Total Maximum Daily Loads Adopted by the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection has been developed from
the Department’s experiences in collaborating with local stakeholders
during BMAP efforts around the state. This document provides local
stakeholders useful information for identifying sources of fecal
coliform bacteria in their watersheds and examples of management actions
to address these sources. The document appendices are available in
Compact Disk format and may be requested by contacting
John.Abendroth@dep.state.fl.us.
For more information, send e-mail to John Abendroth
(John.Abendroth@dep.state.fl.us)
Watershed Planning and Coordination Section
2600 Blair Stone Road - Mail Station 3565
Tallahassee, FL, 32399-2400
Phone: (850) 245-8556
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