Florida Administrative Code

(1) This chapter establishes a methodology to identify surface waters of the state that will be included on the state's Planning List of waters that will be assessed pursuant to Sections 403.067(2) and (3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and a methodology to identify surface waters tha…

(1) The Department shall follow the methodology in Part II to develop a Planning List and the methodology in Part III to develop a Study List pursuant to Section 403.067(2), F.S. As required by Section 403.067(2), F.S., the Planning List and the Study List shall not be used in th…

As used in this chapter: (1) "Biological Health Assessment" shall mean one of the following aquatic community-based biological evaluations: Stream Condition Index (SCI), Lake Vegetation Index (LVI), or Shannon-Weaver Diversity Index. (2) "Biological Reconnaissance (BioRecon)" sha…

This part establishes a methodology for developing a Planning List of waters to be assessed pursuant to Sections 403.067(2) and (3), F.S. Unless information presented to the Department demonstrates otherwise, data older than 10 years are not representative of current conditions a…

A Class I, I-Treated, II, III, or III-Limited water shall be placed on the Planning List for assessment of aquatic life use support (propagation and maintenance of a healthy, well-balanced population of fish and wildlife) if, based on sufficient quality and quantity of data, the …

(1) Water segments shall be placed on the Planning List if, using objective and credible data, as defined by the requirements specified in this section, the number of samples that do not meet an applicable water quality criterion due to pollutant discharges is greater than or equ…

(1) Biological data must meet the requirements of subsections (3) and (8) in Rule 62-303.320, F.A.C. (2) Biological Health Assessments used to evaluate predominantly freshwater streams and lakes under this rule shall include the Stream Condition Index (SCI), the Lake Vegetation I…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.067 FS. Law Implemented 403.062, 403.067 FS. History-New 6-10-02, Repealed 12-11-06.

(1) The numeric interpretations of the narrative nutrient criterion in Rules 62-302.531 and 62-302.532, F.A.C., and the nutrient impairment thresholds identified in Rules 62-303.351 through 62-303.354, F.A.C., shall be the primary means for assessing whether a water should be ass…

A stream or stream segment shall be included on the Planning List for nutrients if: (1) The applicable numeric interpretation of the narrative nutrient criterion for streams established in subsection 62-302.531(2), F.A.C., is exceeded for any parameter; taking into consideration …

(1) Lakes or lake segments shall be included on the Planning List for nutrients if: (a) The numeric interpretation of the narrative nutrient criterion established in subsection 62-302.531(2), F.A.C., is exceeded for any parameter; (b) Algal mats or blooms are present in sufficien…

Estuaries, estuary segments, or open coastal waters shall be included on the Planning List for nutrients if: (1) The numeric interpretation of the narrative nutrient criterion established in subsection 62-302.532(1) or 62-302.532(2), F.A.C., is exceeded for any parameter, or (2) …

A spring vent in predominantly fresh waters shall be included on the Planning list for nitrate-nitrite if: (1) The numeric interpretation of the narrative nutrient criterion established in subsection 62-302.531(2), F.A.C., is exceeded, or (2) Algal mats or blooms are present in s…

(1) A Class I, I-Treated, II, III or III-Limited (if primary contact and recreational use is not limited) water shall be placed on the Planning List for evaluating primary contact and recreation use support based on bacteriological data if: (a) There is a sufficient number of sam…

(1) A Class I, I-Treated, II, III or III-Limited water shall be placed on the Planning List for fish consumption if DOH has issued an advisory to limit consumption of any fish species from that water to one meal per week or less frequent consumption. (2) A Class II water shall be…

(1) A Class I or Class I-Treated water shall be placed on the Planning List for potential impairment of drinking water use support and the protection of human health based on bacteriological data if: (a) There is a sufficient number of E. coli samples from the water segment that …

(1) The Study List contains waters where additional information or Department review is needed before the water is placed on the Verified List for TMDL development but available evidence indicates nonattainment of water quality standards or stream nutrient thresholds. Causes of n…

(1) Waters shall be verified as being impaired if they meet the requirements for the Planning and Study Lists in Part II and the additional requirements of Rules 62-303.420-.480, F.A.C. A waterbody that fails to meet the minimum criteria for surface waters established in Rule 62-…

Failure to meet any of the metrics used to determine aquatic life use support listed in Rules 62-303.420-.450, F.A.C., shall constitute verification that there is an impairment of the designated use for propagation and maintenance of a healthy, well-balanced population of fish an…

(1) The Department shall reexamine the data used in Rule 62-303.320, F.A.C., to determine whether water quality criteria are met. (a) If values exceeding the criteria are not due to pollutant discharges or reflect natural background conditions, including seasonal or other natural…

(1) All Biological Health Assessments used to list a water on the Verified List shall be conducted and interpreted in accordance with Chapter 62-160, F.A.C., including Department-approved Standard Operating Procedures and Department documents that are incorporated by reference in…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.067 FS. Law Implemented 403.062, 403.067 FS. History-New 6-10-02, Repealed 12-11-06.

(1) A stream or estuary without applicable numeric criteria in subsection 62-302.531(2), F.A.C., shall be placed on the Verified List for impairment due to nutrients if it exceeds the chlorophyll a thresholds in subsection 62-303.351(4), F.A.C., or subsection 62-303.353(2), F.A.C…

(1) The Department shall review the data used by the DOH as the basis for bathing area closures, advisories or warnings and verify that the values exceeded the applicable DOH thresholds and the data meet the requirements of Chapter 62-160, F.A.C. If the segment is listed on the P…

(1) The Department shall review the fish consumption advisories and the data used by the DOH as the basis for the advisories and shall only use the advisories and data under this part if the following requirements are met: (a) The advisory is based on the statistical evaluation o…

If the water segment was listed on the Planning List due to exceedances of a human health-based water quality criterion, the Department shall re-evaluate the data using the methodology in subsections 62-303.380(1) and (3), F.A.C., and limit the analysis to data collected within 7…

(1) When establishing the TMDL development schedule for water segments on the Verified List of impaired waters, the Department shall prioritize impaired water segments according to the severity of the impairment and the designated uses of the segment, taking into account the most…

(1) Upon determining that a waterbody is impaired or determining there is an increasing trend in nutrients or a nutrient response variable based on the requirements of paragraph 62-303.390(2)(a), F.A.C., subsection 62-303.450(5), F.A.C., or other scientifically credible trend tes…

The Department shall, to the extent practicable, develop basin-specific Verified Lists of impaired waters for all surface waters within an assessment cycle. If the specific pollutant(s) or response variables contributing to the impairment in a particular water segment is not know…

(1) The Department shall follow the methodology established in this chapter to develop basin-specific Verified List of impaired water segments. The Verified List shall specify the pollutant or pollutants causing the impairment and the concentration of the pollutant(s) causing the…

(1) Waters on Planning or Study Lists developed under this chapter that are verified to not be impaired during development of the Verified List shall be removed from the State's Planning or Study List. (2) Waterbody segments shall be removed from the State's Verified List only af…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.067 FS. Law Implemented 403.062, 403.067 FS. History-New 6-10-02, Repromulgated 1-2-07, Repealed 2-23-12.

(1) This chapter establishes Total Maximum Daily Loads, and their allocations, for waters that have been verified to be impaired by a pollutant pursuant to Chapter 62-303, F.A.C. (2) The following abbreviations shall apply throughout this chapter: "TMDL" is Total Maximum Daily Lo…

Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.067 FS. Law Implemented 403.031, 403.061, 403.062, 403.067 FS. History-New 5-24-01, Repromulgated 12-22-04, Repealed 2-23-12. NORTHWEST FLORIDA TMDLs

(1) Munson Slough Above Lake Munson. The bacteriological TMDL for Munson Slough is 400 counts/100mL for fecal coliform, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for wastewater point sources is not applicable; (b) The WLA for discharges subject to the Department's NPDES MS4 Permit…

(1) Juniper Creek TMDL. The DO TMDL for Juniper Creek is based on achieving the Class 3 fresh water minimum DO criterion of 5.0 mg/L, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for discharges subject to the Department's NPDES MS4 Permitting Program is to address anthropogenic sourc…

(1) Huckleberry Creek. The bacteriological TMDL for Huckleberry Creek is a median of 6.85 x 109 colonies/day for fecal coliform, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for discharges subject to the Department's NPDES Permitting Program is to meet the Class III water quality cri…

(1) Otter Creek. The bacteriological TMDL for Otter Creek is 400 counts/100mL for fecal coliform, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for wastewater sources is not applicable; (b) The WLA for discharges subject to the Department's NPDES MS4 Permitting Program is not applicab…

(1) Choctawhatchee River. The bacteriological TMDL for the Choctawhatchee River from the state line to Wrights Creek is an annual median of 4.913 x 1013 colonies/day, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for wastewater point sources is for each facility to meet its permit lim…

(1) Bayou Chico, Jones Creek, Jackson Creek, Bayou Chico Beach and Sanders Beach. The bacteriological TMDL for Bayou Chico, Jones Creek, Jackson Creek, Bayou Chico Beach and Sanders Beach is 400 counts/100 ml for fecal coliform and is allocated as follows: (a) A WLA for wastewate…

(1) Elevenmile Creek (US 90). The bacteriological TMDL is 400 counts/100 ml fecal coliform and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for wastewater point sources subject to the Department's NPDES Permitting Program is to meet the Class III water quality criteria for fecal coliform…

(1) Upper Suwannee River Basin Fecal Coliform TMDLs. For each Class III surface water of the state in the Upper Suwannee River Basin verified as impaired for fecal coliform, the TMDL is 400 counts/100 mL fecal coliform and shall be allocated as follows: (2) The WLA for the NPDES …

(1) Lower Suwannee River Basin Fecal Coliform TMDLs. For each Class III surface water of the state in the Lower Suwannee River Basin verified as impaired for fecal coliform, the TMDL is 400 counts/100 mL fecal coliform and shall be allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for the NPDES …

(1) Wacissa River. The nutrient TMDL for the Wacissa River is an in-stream monthly arithmetic mean concentration of 0.20 mg/L nitrate-nitrite, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for wastewater point sources is not applicable; (b) The WLA for discharges subject to the Depart…

(1) Santa Fe River TMDLs. Santa Fe River TMDL for nutrient and dissolved oxygen impairments: The TMDL for nutrients in the Santa Fe River (below river rise) is to achieve a monthly average of 0.35 mg/L nitrate-nitrite, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for wastewater point…

(1) Lower St. Johns River (freshwater segments from Buffalo Bluff to Black Creek). The TMDL for the freshwater segments of the Lower St. Johns River, which is that portion of the river from Buffalo Bluff to Black Creek, is 500,325 kilograms per year (kg/y) of TP and 8,571,563 kg/…

(1) Unnamed Branch. The bacteriological TMDL for Unnamed Branch is 400 counts/100 mL for fecal coliform and is allocated as follows: (2) The WLA for discharges subject to the Department's NPDES MS4 Permitting Program is to address anthropogenic sources in the basin such that in-s…

(1) Spruce Creek (Freshwater Segment). The bacteriological TMDL for the freshwater segment of Spruce Creek is 400 counts/100mL for fecal coliform, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for discharges subject to the Department's NPDES MS4 Permitting Program is to address anthro…

(1) Hatchet Creek. The Iron TMDL for Hatchet Creek is 35.91 pounds per day and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for point sources discharging wastewater to Hatchet Creek is 5.6 pounds per day and for discharges subject to the Department's NPDES MS4 Permitting Program is a 30.…

(1) Lake Jesup. The TMDL for Lake Jesup is 247.3 tons/year of TN and 19.0 tons/year of TP, and is allocated as follows: (a) The WLA for wastewater point sources is not applicable; (b) The WLA for discharges subject to the Department's NPDES MS4 Permitting Program is a 50% reducti…