Everglades Technical Support
Role and Responsibilities
The Water Quality Standards and Special Projects Program is responsible for implementing the Department’s
technical responsibilities for
Everglades
Restoration activities required by the
Everglades Forever Act
(EFA; Section 373.4592, Florida Statutes). These
responsibilities include:
- Providing technical support to the Department's Office of
General Counsel for litigation related to Everglades restoration
- Providing technical support for legislative activities
related to Everglades restoration, including drafting legislation and coordinating with
the Joint Legislative Committee on Everglades Oversight.
- Coordinating with other Department staff, state and federal
agencies, industry representatives, and other groups in development and implementation of
water-quality, biological, and other research and monitoring programs in the
Everglades Protection Area
(Water Conservation Areas 1, 2A, 2B, 3A,and 3B, the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge, and the Everglades National Park as established in the
Everglades Forever Act); evaluations of the water quality, biological, and other data from
these programs; review and preparation of technical reports on topics related to
Everglades restoration; implementation of grants in support of Everglades research
and monitoring activities; and rulemaking activities required under the
EFA.
- Directing the activities of the Everglades Technical
Advisory Committee, a multi-agency technical committee formed to assist the Department in
technical activities required by the EFA.
- Coordinating with other Department staff, state and federal
agencies, industry representatives, and other groups on permitting activities required
under the EFA.
Everglades
Phosphorus Criterion Screening Protocol: Total phosphorus data
screening protocol referenced in subparagraph 62-302.540(f)2., F.A.C.,
of the “Water Quality Standards for Phosphorus Within the Everglades
Protection Area”
Everglades Phosphorus Criterion Technical
Support Document: Link to the technical support document used
as part of developing the numeric phosphorus criterion for the
Everglades Protection Area.
Meeting summaries of the Everglades Technical
Advisory Committee: The Everglades Technical Advisory
Committee was created by the Department to review and comment on the
Everglades research and monitoring in support of the phosphorus
criterion development, and to identify and resolve issues related to
the process.
Everglades Protection Area
Dissolved Oxygen Site Specific Alternative Criteria: (SSAC)
Link to public workshop presentations and technical support
documentation used to develop a Site Specific Alternative Criterion (SSAC)
for Dissolved Oxygen in the Everglades Protection Area in order to
formally recognize the natural variability that exists in Everglades
marshes.
Related Everglades Links: Links to
various sites containing information on the Everglades restoration. The links include
sites such as The Everglades Information Network homepage, The South Florida Water
Management District's homepage, and other interesting sites regarding Everglades
restoration.
Reports and
Brochures on the Everglades Restoration:
Links to reports such as the “Everglades Consolidated Report”, "A
Protocol for Collecting Surface Water Samples in Marshes of the
Florida Everglades", and other interesting reports containing
information on Everglades.
Links to Related
Topics:
For more information contact
Frank Nearhoof
at 850/245-8420
Water Quality Standards and Special Projects Program
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road -
M.S. 3560
Tallahassee, FL 32399
850-245-8417
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