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DRAFT Plan for Development of a Statewide Total Maximum Daily Load for Mercury
 

The Department announces public meetings to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the development of a statewide Total Maximum Daily Load of mercury.

The public is invited to attend these meetings on the dates and at the locations shown in the following table. Written comments will be greatly appreciated, and should be directed to: Jan.Mandrup-Poulsen@dep.state.fl.us.

Areas in Florida  Date and Time Agendas Location
Southwest/Central June 4th, 2012
1:30 pm
Southwest &
Central Agenda
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Southwest District Main Conference Room
13051 N Telecom Parkway
Temple Terrace, Florida 33637
Southeast/Central June 5th, 2012
1:30 pm
Southeast &
Central Agenda
Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
Southeast District Public Meeting Room
400 North Congress Avenue, Suite 200
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401
Northeast/Central June 6th, 2012
1:30 pm
Northeast &
Central Agenda
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Northeast District
7825 Baymeadows Way, Suite B200
Jacksonville, Florida 32256
Northwest June 7th, 2012
1:00 pm
Northwest
Agenda
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Northwest District Conference Room 502
160 W Government Street
Pensacola, Florida 32502
Tallahassee June 11th 2012
1:30 pm
Tallahassee
Agenda
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Bob Martinez Center, Room 609
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32399

Mercury TMDL for the State of Florida (5/24/12 - 1.8 MB)

Florida’s Statewide Mercury TMDL Factsheet - The FDEP is taking action to establish a statewide mercury TMDL to address excess levels of mercury found in some Florida fish.


Freshwater Mercury Statewide TMDL 2010-2011 Update Meeting

Please find below links to the presentations made at the 4 January 2011 Freshwater Mercury TMDL public update meeting.

Individual & Affiliation Presentation Subject
Dr. Tim Dvonch, UMichigan Project Overview
Dr. Tim Dvonch, UMichigan Wet & Dry Deposition Measurements
Eric Edgerton, ARA, inc. Ambient Measurements
Dr. Frank Marsik, UMichigan Atmospheric Modeling
Ted Lang, FFWCC Summary WQ/Fish Sampling
Dr. Curt Pollman, ALL, inc. Aquatic Modeling

Please note: All presentations update ongoing efforts, and do not present scientific conclusions, or policy positions.

Presentations may include preliminary assessments of developing processes of analysis used in developing the science of the ongoing investigations.

2007 Freshwater Mercury TMDL Presentations


For more information, send e-mail to Jan Mandrup-Poulsen (Jan.Mandrup-Poulsen@dep.state.fl.us)

Total Maximum Daily Load Program
2600 Blair Stone Road - Mail Station 3555
 Tallahassee, FL, 32399-2400
Phone: (850) 245-8449

Last updated: May 24, 2012

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