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RIN: 2040-AF11

Publication ID: Fall 2010

Title: Water Quality Standards (Numeric Nutrient Criteria) for Florida's Lakes and Flowing Waters
Abstract: EPA is under a Consent Decree deadline to promulgate numeric nutrient water quality criteria (which are elements of water quality standards) for the State of Florida's lakes and flowing waters by October 15, 2010. EPA made a determination on January 14, 2009 that numeric nutrient water quality criteria are necessary for the state to meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA). In June 2010, EPA and Plaintiffs filed a joint notice with the Court extending the deadlines for promulgating numeric nutrient criteria for Florida's estuaries and coastal waters , flowing waters in south Florida (including canals), and the downstream protection values for flowing waters into estuaries. The new deadlines are November 14, 2011 for proposing the estuarine and coastal waters criteria, and August 15, 2012 for publishing a final rule for these three categories. The original deadline of October 15, 2010 remains in place for EPA to finalize numeric nutrient criteria for Florida's lakes and other flowing waters (streams and springs).
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Judicial	Consent Decree Deadline	10/15/2010

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/26/2010	75 FR 4174
Supplemental NODA	08/03/2010	75 FR 45579
Final Action	12/00/2010

Additional Information: EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480a83e17; http://epa.gov/waterscience/standards; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0596
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: State
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/rules/florida
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Danielle Anderson Environmental Protection Agency Water Mail Code 4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-1631 Email: anderson.danielle@epa.gov Claudia Fabiano Environmental Protection Agency Water 4305T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0446 Email: Fabiano.Claudia@epamail.epa.gov