Surface Water Classification Rulemaking Efforts - DEP Public Workshop -  February 22, 2010, 1:00 - 5:00 PM - Wyndham Orlando Resort- Latest  Drafts
 62-302 Classifications
 62-302 Criteria
 Classification Workshop
 Agenda
 EPA Public Hearing
 Reclassification Process



 DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 9:00 a.m.
 PLACE: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest District  Office, Main Conference Room, 13051 N. Telecom Parkway, Temple  Terrace, FL

 Greetings,

 We would like to remind interested parties that there is a public workshop  scheduled for next week for the Department to discuss the potential  refinement of the State's surface water classification system (agenda  attached). The public workshop, which is open to the public, is scheduled  see above.

 A copy of the draft revisions to the surface water classification rule
  (Rule 62- 302.400, Florida Administrative Code) is attached for your review.  The  refined structure breaks the current 5 classes into 7 human use  classes (HU-1  through HU-7) and 4 aquatic life use classes (AL-1 through  AL-4). Also attached  are tables showing how the existing criteria would fit in  the revised classification  system. Please note that no waters would be  reclassified under this rulemaking.  If adopted, waters would only be placed  into the new classification that is  analogous to the old system (for example,  Class I, II, and III waters would be  placed into AL-2), and the level of  protection would not change for any water body. The draft rule revises the  process to request reclassifications, but no waters will  be reclassified into  new classes (AL-1, AL-3, and AL-4, for example) until a)  criteria are  subsequently developed and adopted for the class via a separate  rulemaking , and b) the reclassification (either submitted by petition or  initiated by  DEP) is subsequently approved by the ERC and EPA. Please  let me know if you  have any questions about the public workshop.

 Eric Shaw, Environmental Manager, Standards & Assessments Section
 Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS  6511
 Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400
 Phone: (850) 245-8429
 Email: Eric.Shaw@dep.state.fl.us

DU Agenda
62-302 DU Draft Dated August 12, 2009
62-302 Aquatic Life Phys-Chem Table
62-302 Aquatic Life Toxics
62-302 Human Use Table
Q&A Final Dated August 13, 2009