Federal Proposal to Establish Numeric Nutrient Criteria in Florida's Lakes
and Flowing Waters, Including Canals
FDEP Comments on EPA Notice of Supplemental Data Availability, Dated September 1, 2010
EPA Notice of Supplemental Data Availability and Request for Public
Comment Regarding Development of Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida’s
Inland Flowing Waters and Lakes
EPA Extension Of Deadline For Establishment Of Numeric
Nutrient Criteria For Estuarine & Coastal Waters, Downstream Protection
Values In Streams, And South Florida Inland Waters (Including Canals)
FDEP COMMENTS ON EPA’S PROPOSED CRITERIA (SUBMITTED APRIL
28, 2010)
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Stream Criteria
Lakes Criteria
Canals Criteria
Estuarine
Restoration Standards
Cost Estimates
Other
EPA Decision to Delay Promulgation of Criteria for the Protection of
Downstream Estuaries
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March 17, 2010 Letter to DEP Secretary (137 KB)
Note: Due to the decision by EPA to delay final
promulgation of the downstream protection values for estuary
protection until the 2011 estuary and coastal rulemaking effort,
FDEP is suspending our review on that aspect of the proposed
rule.
Numeric Nutrient Criteria Preliminary Assessment of Florida’s Fresh
Waters (1.8 MB)
February 23, 2010 FDEP Public
Meeting in Orlando
On January 14, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
released its
draft
numeric nutrient criteria for Florida's lakes and flowing waters,
including canals. EPA's
proposal
was published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2010. EPA is
soliciting public comment on its proposed draft and held three
public meetings in Florida:
- February 16, 2010: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and 1:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Florida State
University Conference Center, 555 West Pensacola Street,
Tallahassee, FL 32306
- February 17, 2010: 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to
10:00 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Orlando Universal, 7800 Universal
Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32819
- February 18, 2010: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Palm Beach Airport, 1301 Belvedere
Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Additional Materials to Support Review of EPA’s Criteria
In an effort to help Floridians understand the Federal proposal, the
Department plans to provide a variety of information about the
proposal on this webpage. This page will be updated as more
information becomes available. Please check this page periodically for
updates.
Link to data used in EPA’s Inland Technical Support Document
(Docket #: EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0596-DRAFT-0288)
FDEP Evaluation of Florida Benchmark Site Exceedance Frequency
Relative to EPA’s Proposed In-stream Protection Values (IPVs)
and Downstream Protection Values (DPVs) (214 KB)
Evaluation of Florida’s Status Network Data Relative to EPA’s
Proposed Numeric Nutrient Criteria -- In-stream Protection
Values (IPVs) and Downstream Protection Values (DPVs) for
Streams (1.0 MB)
List of Documents and Materials in Appendix A and Appendix B for
Technical Support Document for U.S. EPA's Proposed Rule for
Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida's Inland Surface Fresh
Waters (202 KB)
2012 State of Florida