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Notice: 21669138

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS

Overview

RULE:

62-304.100	Scope and Intent
62-304.300	St. Marks River Basin TMDLs
62-304.305	Ochlockonee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.310	Apalachicola River Basin TMDLs
62-304.315	Chipola River Basin TMDLs
62-304.325	Choctawhatchee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.330	Pensacola Bay Basin TMDLs
62-304.335	Perdido Bay Basin TMDLs
62-304.400	Upper Suwannee Basin TMDLs
62-304.405	Lower Suwannee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.406	Aucilla River Basin TMDLs
62-304.410	Santa Fe River Basin TMDLs
62-304.415	Lower St. Johns River Basin TMDLs
62-304.425	Nassau River Basin TMDLs
62-304.435	Upper East Coast Basin TMDLs
62-304.500	Ocklawaha River Basin TMDLs
62-304.505	Middle St. Johns River Basin TMDLs
62-304.506	Wekiva Springs Study Area TMDLs
62-304.510	Upper St. Johns River TMDLs
62-304.515	Kissimmee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.520	Indian River Lagoon Basin TMDLs
62-304.600	Tampa Bay Basin TMDLs
62-304.605	Alafia River TMDLs
62-304.610	Hillsborough River Basin TMDLs
62-304.615	Manatee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.620	Little Manatee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.625	Peace River Basin TMDLs
62-304.640	Withlacoochee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.645	Springs Coast Basin TMDLs
62-304.700	Lake Okeechobee Basin TMDLs
62-304.705	St. Lucie River Basin TMDLs
62-304.710	Loxahatchee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.715	Lake Worth Lagoon Basin TMDLs
62-304.725	Southeast Coast Basin TMDLs
62-304.726	Pompano Canal TMDL
62-304.735	Everglades Basin TMDLs
62-304.800	Caloosahatchee River Basin TMDLs
62-304.805	Charlotte Harbor Basin TMDLs
62-304.810	Everglades West Coast Basin TMDLs
62-304.900	Statewide TMDLs

PURPOSE:

The Department is initiating rulemaking to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for certain Florida surface waters, where those waters previously have been identified as impaired for specific pollutants and included on the Department’s verified list of impaired waters. Pursuant to Section 403.067(6), F.S., TMDLs must be adopted in rule by the Secretary of the Department. Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., was established as the rule chapter within which rules adopting TMDLs shall reside. In accordance with paragraph 62-302.531(2)(a), F.A.C., any of these rules which establish nutrient TMDLs, if adopted, are intended to constitute site specific numeric interpretations of the narrative nutrient criterion set forth in paragraph 62-302.530(48)(b), F.A.C., that will supersede the otherwise applicable numeric nutrient criteria in subsection 62-302.531(2), F.A.C., for the particular surface water segment.  
Additionally, as required by the Federal Clean Water Act, the Department is initiating the Triennial Review of state surface water quality standards.  All surface water quality standards in Chapter 62-4, Chapter 62-302, Chapter 62-303 and Chapter 62-304, F.A.C., are under review and may be revised as part of the Triennial Review.   
The Department also intends to undertake rulemaking to streamline and otherwise clean up various provisions in Chapter 62-304, F.A.C.  For instance, duplicative text will be consolidated in one location in the rule Chapter.

SUBJECT:

TMDLs and their allocations will be established for the pollutants identified in the Department’s verified list of impaired waters as causing the impairment for certain impaired waters in the above listed basin.  As part of Triennial Review process, the Department will consider amendments to all surface water quality standards, including those within Chapter 62-304, F.A.C. (there are separate notices for Chapters 62-4, 62-302, 62-303, and 62-304, F.A.C.). The rule Chapter also will be streamlined in an attempt to shorten the rules and help ensure uniformity where possible.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

403.061, 403.067 FS.

LAW:

403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

3/29/2019 Vol. 45/62

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

403.061, 403.067 FS., 403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=62-304.100&PDate=3/29/2019&Section=1

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