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)

• Appendix A: Consent Decree Listed Florida Waters for Mercury Impairment
• Appendix B: Mercury Impaired Waters Verified by the State of Florida
• Appendix C: Maps Showing the Spatial Distribution of Mercury Impaired Waters in Florida
• Appendix D: Mercury TMDLs Developed by Other U.S. States
• Appendix E: Impact of Mercury Pollution on Wildlife
• Appendix F: Tracer Analysis
• Appendix G: Quality Assurance Project Plan
• Appendix H: Fish Tissue, Water Chemistry and Sediment Chemistry Sampling Results
• Appendix I: Spatial Distribution of Total and Methyl Mercury in Florida Waters
• Appendix J: Probability Distribution Functions
• Appendix K: Background Information on Federal and State Stormwater Programs

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.

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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

• DRAFT Plan for Development of a Statewide Total Maximum Daily Load for Mercury. Presentations given at a public meeting are provided below.

• Introduction (.pdf, 800kb)
• Florida Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring and Modeling Component of the Statewide TMDL Study (.pdf, 13mb)
• Components of a Comprehensive Regional Mercury TMDL (.pdf, 175kb)
• Linking Hg Deposition to Fish Tissue Hg Concentrations (.pdf, 1.7mb)

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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