Development Of Numeric Nutrient Criteria In Florida Estuaries And Coastal Waters

 

•  EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Panel of Experts

  • SAB Panel Members
  • October 29, 2010 Federal Register Notice

• Marine Numeric Nutrient Criteria Technical Advisory Committee

  • MTAC Members

• Documents Provided by MTAC Members:

  • Proposed Methodology for the Assessment of Numeric Nutrient Criteria for South Florida Estuaries and Coastal Waters (Briceno, Boyer & Harlem - 727 KB)
  • Introduction to Z-Cusum Charts Methods Applied to Time-Series Analysis (365 KB))
• 1st DRAFT “Overview of Approaches for Nutrient Criteria Development in Marine Waters” dated Sep. 23, 2010
• 2nd DRAFT “Overview of Approaches for Nutrient Criteria Development in Marine Waters”, dated Nov. 10, 2010
• Initiation of Development of Numeric Nutrient Criteria in Estuaries and Coastal Waters (221 KB)

Public Meetings and Workshops

 

Meetings of Marine Numeric Nutrient Criteria Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC)

Location/Date	Meeting Materials
Pinellas Park January 27, 2011	Meeting Agenda Presentations Summary of FDEP’s Comments to SAB re: EPA Technical Support Document (140 KB) Summary of SAB NRCP Draft Report on EPA’s Technical Support Document (610 KB)
Fort Pierce November 17, 2010	Meeting Agenda
Tallahassee September 29, 2010	Meeting Agenda Meeting Summary Presentations Background Information and MTAC Charge (531 KB) Statistical Approach for Calculating Criteria (568 KB) Overview of Marine Nutrient Criteria Development Approaches (690 KB) Linking Numeric Nutrient Criteria to Designated Use (648 KB)

Second Series of Public Meetings

Location/Date	Meeting Materials
Tallahassee August 24, 2010	Meeting Agenda Presentations Overview (726 KB) Statistical Approaches (1.3 MB) Alligator Harbor (590 KB) Apalachee Bay (1.1 MB) Apalachicola Bay (653 KB) Choctawatchee Bay (1.6 MB) Ochlockonee Bay (463 KB) Pensacola Bay (1.5 MB) Perdido Bay (1.3 MB) St. Andrew Bay (866 KB) St. Joseph Bay (566 KB) Draft Reports Alligator Harbor (726 KB) Apalachee Bay (3.3 MB) Note: Apalachee Bay appendices can be downloaded from FTP site at http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/dear/sas/Estuary_Report_Appendices/ Apalachicola Bay (2.1 MB) Note: Apalachicola Bay appendices can be downloaded from FTP site at http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/dear/sas/Estuary_Report_Appendices/ Choctawhatchee Bay (1.2 MB) Ochlockonee Bay (728 KB) Pensacola Bay (1.1 MB) Perdido Bay (1.0 MB) St. Andrew Bay (1.1 MB) St. Joseph Bay (895 KB)
West Palm Beach August 26, 2010	Meeting Agenda Presentations Overview (611 KB) Statistical Approaches (759 KB) Biscayne Bay (590 KB) Florida Bay (747 KB) Florida Keys (775 KB) Lake Worth Lagoon (1.3 MB) Loxahatchee Estuary (1.3 MB) Southeast Florida Coast (1.4 MB) Southwest Florida Coast (2.1 MB) St. Lucie Estuary (1.0 MB) Draft Reports Biscayne Bay (1.5 MB) Florida Bay (2.0 MB) Florida Keys (2.5 MB) Lake Worth Lagoon (865 KB) Loxahatchee Estuary (1.1 MB) Southeast Coastal Reef Tract (1.2 MB) Southwest Coast (3.1 MB) St. Lucie Estuary (25.4 MB)
Bunnell August 31, 2010 & September 1, 2010	Meeting Agenda Presentations Overview (650 KB) Halifax Estuary (762 KB) Indian River Lagoon (1.0 MB) Lower St. Johns River (1.7 MB) Nassau-St. Marys Estuary (435 KB) Statistical Approaches (490 KB) Tolomato-Matanzas Estuary (737 KB) DRAFT REPORTS Halifax Estuary (1.7 MB) Indian River Lagoon (5.3 MB) Nassau-St.Marys Estuary (1.1 MB) St. Johns River Estuary (20.7 MB) Tolomato-Matanzas Estuary (4.0 MB)
Pinellas Park September 2, 2010 & September 3, 2010	Meeting Agenda Presentations Overview (650 KB) Statistical Approaches (490 KB) Statistical Approaches Quick Review (132 KB) Springs Coast (1.9 MB) Suwannee-Waccasassa-Withlacoochee Estuaries (1.4 MB) National Estuarine Program Areas Charlotte Harbor (9.1 MB) Sarasota Bay (1.8 MB) Tampa Bay (8.7 MB) Draft Reports Charlotte Harbor: Charlotte Harbor Executive Summary & Checklist (118 KB) Charlotte Harbor Data Analysis Plan (265 KB) Sarasota Bay: Sarasota Bay (1.3 MB) Sarasota Bay Executive Summary & Checklist (125 KB) Sarasota Bay Appendices (1.3 MB) Southwest Florida Estuaries Empirical Approaches (867 KB) Springs Coast (3.6 MB) St. Joseph Sound & Clearwater Harbor (1.5 MB) Suwannee/Waccasassa/Withlacoochee Estuaries (3.2 MB) Tampa Bay: Tampa Bay NMC Cover Letter (189 KB) Tampa Bay NMC Executive Summary & Checklist (113 KB) Tampa Bay NMC Comments (883 KB)

Initial Series of Public Meetings
 

Location/Date	Meeting Materials
Apalachicola February 11, 2010	Meeting Agenda Meeting Notes Presentations Estuary and Coastal Waters Overview (311 KB) Estuarine Nutrient Criteria in Apalachicola Bay (6.7 MB) Apalachee Bay Overview (Charbonneau - 3.1 MB) Predator Primacy in Shallow Benthic Ecosystems (Heck - 1.9 MB) Lanark Reef Ecosystem (5.4 MB) Nutrient Loading Models (Gallagher - 784 KB) Ochlockonee Bay Overview (Miller - 182 KB) Alligator Harbor Overview (1.8 MB) St. Joe Bay Overview (2.7 MB) St. Joseph Bay (Schaeffer & Conmy - 750 KB)
Crystal River February 23, 2010	Meeting Agenda Meeting Notes Presentations Big Bend Seagrasses (Carlson - 3.1 MB) Estuarine and Coastal Nutrient Criteria Overview (330 KB) Nutrient Relationships in the Big Bend (Frazer & Jacoby - 1.0 MB) Seagrass of Florida’s Springs Coast (Kolasa - Available Upon Request) Nutrient Trends in Florida’s Big Bend (McKinney - 1.4 MB) Nutrient Loading in Suwannee River Estuary (Quinlan & Phlips - 321 KB) Steinhatchee & Deadmans Bay Overview (Charbonneau - 2.7 MB) Suwannee Sound Estuary Overview (Charbonneau - 2.4 MB) Waccasassa Bay Estuary Overview (Charbonneau - 2.1 MB) Kings Bay Overview (Williams - 1.5 MB) Withlacoochee Bay Estuary Overview (Charbonneau - 1.9 MB) Coastal Springs Watershed Assessment Model (Zajac - 1.0 MB)
Ft. Pierce March 31, 2010	Meeting Agenda Presentations Estuary and Coastal Nutrient Criteria: Southeast Florida (Lapointe, Bedford, & Raumberger - 5.5 MB) Loxahatchee Estuary and Coastal Waters (Johnson - 1.8 MB) Mosquito Lagoon (1.8 MB) Mosquito Lagoon and Turbidity (Lasi - 5.0 MB) Harmful Algal Blooms and Nutrients (Phlips & Badylak - 857 KB) Southern Indian River Lagoon and St. Lucie River & Estuary (Chang - 3.4 MB) Indian River Lagoon System (4.0 MB) Lake Worth Lagoon and Nutrients (King - 1.0 MB)
Jacksonville March 3, 2010	Meeting Agenda Presentations Estuary and Coastal Waters Overview (334 KB) Halifax River Estuary (1.8 MB) Nutrient Regime for Biological Resources Protection: St. Johns River (Hendrickson) (4.0 MB) Sampling in the Lower St. Johns River (Univ. of N. Florida) (1.4 MB) Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas (GTM) Overview (1.8 MB) Nutrients, Chlorophyll & Oysters in GTM NERR (Dix and Phlips) (2.0 MB) HSPF Modeling for Nutrient Loading in GTM Rivers (Mao) (2.5 MB) Integrated Modeling for Estuarine & Coastal Ecosystems (Sheng) (2.7 MB) Nassau-St. Marys River Overview (Myers) (2.3 MB) Timucuan Preserve Water Quality Monitoring (Morton) (241 KB) Nutrient Loading Impacts in Amelia & Nassau River Estuaries (Livingston) (801 KB) Water Quality Sampling Buoys (Toth, Welsh & Lambert) (835 KB)
Miami/Virginia Key March 2 & 3, 2010	Meeting Agenda Presentations Estuary and Coastal Waters Overview (1.3 MB) Florida Bay Nutrient Knowledge (Kelble et al.) (2.6 MB) Nutrient Criteria for South Florida Coastal Waters (Lapointe, Bedford & Baumberger) (5.4 MB) Florida Bay Salinity & Water Quality Models (Marshall) (874 KB) Models Synthesis for Everglades (Madden) (1.2 MB) Long-term Phytoplankton Bloom in Oligotrophic Estuary (Rudnick) (1.8 MB) Florida Bay Nutrient Loading Estimates (Rudnick) (1.4 MB) Quantification of Adverse Effects of Nutrients on Biological Communities (Banks et. al) (6.4 MB) Biscayne Bay Overview (1) (1.8 MB) Biscayne Bay Overview (2) (Markley et al.) (2.1 MB) Biscayne Bay Salinity & Water Quality Models (Nuttle) (199 KB) Nutrient Criteria in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary & Dry Tortugas National Park (Boyer) (1.7 MB) Florida Keys Reasonable Assurance Demonstration: Nutrients (853 KB) Nutrient Criteria for Maintaining SAV Communities in Mangrove Lakes Region of Florida Bay (Frankovich, Morrison & Fourqurean) (784 KB)
Naples March 4, 2010	Meeting Agenda Presentations Estuary and Coastal Waters Overview (788 KB) Rookery Bay & Ten Thousand Islands Overview (1.1 MB) Effects of Altered Freshwater Inflows on Fish, Shrimp & Crabs in Ten Thousand Islands Estuary (O’Donnell) (2.7 MB) Effects of Light Attenuation on Seagrasses at Cape Romano & Round Key (Denham) (535 KB) Southern Gulf Coast Data & Models (Marshall) (978 KB) Nutrient Criteria for the Southwest Florida Coast from Cape Sable to Naples Bay (Marshall) (213 KB)
Pensacola February 10, 2010	Meeting Agenda Meeting Notes Presentations Estuary and Coastal Waters Overview (311 KB) Choctawhachee Bay Nutrients (Schaeffer, Livingston & Alexander - 1.5 MB) Existing Pensacola Bay Models & Data (Gallagher - 891 KB) Perdido Bay Water Quality Models (Gallagher - 858 KB) St. Andrews Bay Water Quality Models (Gallagher - 1.3 MB) Nutrients in St. Andrews Bay: Inputs, Biological Responses, and Impacts on Designated Uses (Conmy et al.) (5.5 MB) Hypoxia & Benthic Process in Pensacola Bay (Caffrey - 371 KB) Nutrients in Pensacola Bay (Hagy - 647 KB) Impacts of Anthropogenic Nutrient Loading in Pensacola Bay System (Livingston - 647 KB) Perdido Bay Physical Oceanography (Niedoroda - 480 KB) Nutrient Loads & Ecological Response: Perdido Bay (Cebrian et al. - 2.5 MB) Predator Primacy in Shallow Benthic Ecosystems (Heck - 2.2 MB) Impacts of Anthropogenic Nutrient Loading in Perdido Bay (Livingston - 1.7 MB)
St. Petersburg February 4, 2010	Meeting Agenda Meeting Notes Presentations Estuary and Coastal Waters Overview (376 KB) Charlotte Harbor (1.8 MB) Clearwater Harbor/St. Joseph Sound (3.6 MB) Estero Bay (483 KB) Sarasota Bay (1.0 MB) Tampa Bay first presentation (1.8 MB) Tampa Bay second presentation (1.0 MB) Dr. Weisberg presentation (2.9 MB)