Public Meeting Announcements, Agendas, and Support Documents

 

2011
 

November 3, 2011 Public Meeting of the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission (Briefing on Nutrient Standards)

Draft Rule 62-302 & Draft Rule 62-303

Presentations

• FDEP Presentation for Lakes, Springs, and Flowing Waters (1.4 MB)
• FDEP Presentation for Southwest and South Florida Estuaries (2.0 MB)

Public Meeting Documents

• Development of Type III Site Specific Alternative Criteria for Nutrients (1.0 MB)
• Sampling and Use of the Stream Condition Index (SCI) for Assessing Flowing Waters: A Primer (2.0 MB)
• Sampling and Use of the Lake Vegetation Index (LVI) for Assessing Lake Plant Communities in Florida: A Primer (1.0 MB)
• Applicability of Chlorophyll a Methods
• Map of Nutrient Watershed Regions

List of Nutrient TMDLs

Biological Standard Operating Procedures

• BioRecon (164 KB)
• Lake Vegetation Index (494 KB)
• Stream Condition Index (381 KB)

Estuary-specific Nutrient Standards Reports

• Overview of Numeric Nutrient Standards in Marine Waters (1.9 MB)
• Biscayne Bay (1.7 MB)
• Florida Bay (2.0 MB)
• Florida Keys (2.5 MB)
• Southwest Coast (3.2 MB)

October 4, 2011 Public Meeting on Potential Revisions to Chapters 62-302 and 62-303 Regarding Nutrient Standards with emphasis on Estuary-specific Nutrient Standards

Draft Rule 62-302 & Draft Rule 62-303

Workshop Presentations

• Clearwater Harbor/St. Joseph Sound, Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, and Charlotte Harbor (4.7 MB)
• South Florida Estuaries (2.5 MB)
• Overview of Proposed Revisions to Chapters 62-302 and 62-303 (256 KB)

Public Workshop Agenda

Development of Type III Site Specific Alternative Criteria for Nutrients (816 KB)

Nutrient TMDL List

Draft Estuary-Specific Nutrient Standards Reports

• Biscayne Bay (2.3 MB)
• Florida Bay (2.7 MB)
• Florida Keys (3.5 MB)
• Southwest Coast (5.3 MB)

September 13 & September 14, 2011 Public Meetings on Potential Revisions to Chapters 62-302 and 62-303 Regarding Nutrient Standards

Draft Rule 62-302 & Draft Rule 62-303

Workshop Presentations

• Draft Rules
• Studies Document

Public Workshop Attendance Lists (Leesburg & Tallahassee)

• Nutrient Studies Related to Site Specific Interpretations of the Narrative Nutrient Criteria
• Implementation of Numeric Interpretations of the Narrative Nutrient Criteria in Surface Water Discharge Wastewater Permits
• Nutrient TMDL List
• Mann One-Side Trend Test Examples
• Combined Workshop Agendas

Biological Standard Operating Procedures, Primers and Supporting Documents

• BioRecon SOP
• Stream Condition Index SOP
• Lake Vegetation Index SOP
• SCI Primer
• LVI Primer
• Development of Aquatic Life Use Support Attainment Thresholds for Florida’s Stream Condition Index and Lake Vegetation Index
• Applicability of Chlorophyll a Methods

July 27, 2011 (Leesburg) and August 3, 2011 (Tallahassee) Meetings

Draft rule language and details about the public workshops are provided below.

• Public Workshop Presentation
• Proposed Changes to Chapter 62-302, F.A.C.
• Proposed Changes to Chapter 62-303, F.A.C.
• Combined Workshop Agendas
• Combined Workshop Attendee Lists
• Draft Chlorophyll a Methodology (DEP/SAS/002/10 (Draft 4/14/10), formerly DEP/SAS/003/09)

June 14 & June 16, 2011 Public Meetings on Potential Revisions to Chapters 62-302 and 62-303 Regarding Nutrient Standards and Dissolved Oxygen Analyses

• Download zipped June 14 & 16 meeting materials including: Numeric Nutrient Criteria Concepts, Numeric Nutrient Criteria Technical Discussion, Dissolved Oxygen Analyses, Conceptual Framework for DEP's Nutrient Standards, and Attendee Lists.

On April 22, 2011, the Department filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requesting the withdrawal of EPA’s formal determination that Numeric Nutrient Criteria were required in Florida.

• Download the petition and supporting materials, including an attachment summarizing Florida’s extensive nutrient management programs.

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2010
 

Transcript of April 7, 2010 Numeric Nutrient Criteria Technical Advisory Committee Meetings

• Morning Session (203 KB)
• Afternoon Session (195 KB)

April 7, 2010 Numeric Nutrient Criteria Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Materials

• Public Meeting Agenda
• TAC Handouts (1.6 MB)

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2009
 

Technical Support Document:

• Development of Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida Lakes and Streams (DRAFT - MSWord 13.2 MB)
• IMPORTANT NOTE: Document Appendices are available for separate download at the following FTP site:

ftp.dep.state.fl.us/pub/labs/assessment/nutrient/TSD_appendices 

November 17, 2009 (Tampa) Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Attendance List
• Presentations
  • Lake Region Evaluation (450 KB)
  • Nutrient Regions (1.4 MB)
  • DEP Response to EPA Questions/Comments (632 KB)
  • Ongoing Freshwater Nutrient Studies (4.7 MB)
  • Are Phosphorus Criteria Necessary in Nitrogen-limited Waters? (127 KB)

August 5, 2009 (Tallahassee) Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

• Presentations
  • Lakes Discussion (469 KB)
  • Summary of Nutrient Criteria Development (498 KB)

July 22, 2009 (Marco Island) Public Workshop

• Draft Changes to 62-302 (190 KB)
• Draft Changes to 62-303 (161 KB)
• Draft Changes to 62-4 (99 KB)
• Presentations
  • Proposed Revisions to 62-302 (209 KB)
  • Proposed Revisions to 62-303 (184 KB)
  • Proposed Revisions to 62-4 (94 KB)
  • Nutrient Criteria Implementation Issues (170 KB)
  •  Florida Stormwater Association Waterbody Classification Petition

July 7, 2009 (Tallahassee) Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

• Presentations
  • Lakes (352 KB)
  • Proposed Revisions to 62-302 (199 KB)
  • Proposed Revisions to 62-303 (184 KB)
  • Implementation Issues (127 KB)

June 17, 2009 (Tallahassee) Public Workshop

• Preliminary Draft of 62-302 (115 KB)
• Preliminary Draft of 62-303 (165 KB)
• Presentations
  • Streams (1.0 MB)
  • Lakes (289 KB)
  • Proposed Revisions to 62-302 (172 KB)
  • Proposed Revisions to 62-303 (199 KB)

June 3, 2009 (Tampa) Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

• Presentations
  • Streams (598 KB)
  • Lakes (742 KB)
  • South Florida Canals (324 KB)

May 5, 2009 (Tallahassee) Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

• Meeting Notice
• Meeting Agenda
• Presentations
  • Springs Nutrient Criteria (857 KB)
  • Lakes Nutrient Criteria (514 KB)
  • Streams Nutrient Criteria (3.9 MB)
• Rulemaking Schedule (as of May 1, 2009)

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Please contact Ken Weaver if you are unable to download any of the documents from these links or for directions to the meetings.