Orange Creek Basin Working Group Meeting

The Department of Environmental Protection announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited. DATE AND TIME: July 10, 2018, 9:30 a.m. PLACE: Gainesville Regional Utilities Eastside Operations Campus, Multipurpose Room A, Building 7, 4747 North Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32609 GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The next meeting of the Orange Creek Basin Working Group will be held on July 10 at Gainesville Regional Utilities Eastside Operations Campus in Gainesville. This meeting is open to the public. The meeting will present an update of water quality improvement activities in the basin and review of the proposed allocations for nutrient reductions for Orange Lake, Newnans Lake, and Lochloosa Lake. The second phase Orange Creek Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) was adopted in July 2014. The BMAP addresses bacterial problems in streams and nutrient water quality problems in Newnans Lake, Orange Lake, Lochloosa Lake and Lake Wauberg in the Orange Creek Basin. A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Ms. Mary Paulic, Department of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS #3565, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 or by calling her at (850)245-8560. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Ms. Mary Paulic, (850)245-8560. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).