For the Docket

Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida’s Lakes and Flowing
Waters

Docket ID No. OW-2009-0596

Meeting with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)

	November 4, 2010

In Attendance:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Ephraim King, OST

					       Jim Keating, OST

					       Jim Giattina, Region 4

					       Carol Baschon, Region 4

					       Joanne Benante, Region 4

					       Annie Godfrey, Region 4

Florida Department of Environmental Protection – Jerry Brooks

						          Drew Bartlett

Summary:

EPA chose to meet with FDEP to discuss the upcoming promulgation of
final Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida’s Lakes and
Flowing Waters.  Specifically, FDEP and EPA discussed:

The lakes modified criteria procedure

Duration and frequency for the springs criterion

Expression of downstream protection values

Exclusion of sites with Dissolved Oxygen impairments from the stream
benchmark distribution

The frequency component of the streams criteria

No documents were shared between EPA and FDEP.

