Final Lists of Impaired Waters for the Group 1 (Cycle 3) Basins

Please Note: Revisions to the Group 1 Lists of Impaired Waters 2016

The department has revised the Verified List of impaired waters by a Oct. 21, 2016 Secretarial Order for the following Group 1 basins: Everglades West Coast and Suwannee. The Group 1 lists were revised to make necessary changes in response to additional information provided to and evaluated by the department.

The amendments to the Verified List can be found at the link provided below and include the Office of General Counsel case numbers for the listings.

List of Waters Amended for the Group 1-Cycle 3 Verified List (MS Excel)

Please Note: Revisions to the Group 1 Lists of Impaired Waters 2016

The department has revised the Verified List of impaired waters by a 2016 Secretarial Order for the following Group 1 basins: Everglades West Coast, Suwannee and Tampa Bay. The Group 1 lists were revised to make necessary changes in response to additional information provided to and evaluated by the department. 

The amendments to the Verified List can be found at the link provided below and include the Office of General Counsel case numbers for the listings.

List of Waters Amended for the Group 1-Cycle 3 Verified and Delist Lists (MS Excel)
 

Please Note: Revisions to the Group 1 Lists of Impaired Waters 2014

The department has revised the verified lists of impaired waters and delist lists by a 2014 Secretarial Order for the following Group 1 basins: Suwannee, Ocklawaha and Tampa Bay. The Group 1 lists were revised to make necessary changes in response to additional information provided to and evaluated by the department. 

FINAL lists of impaired waters for the Group 1 Basins: Everglades West Coast, Lake Okeechobee, Ocklawaha, Ochlockonee – St. Marks, Suwannee and Tampa Bay.

These lists were adopted by a Secretarial Order signed by DEP Secretary Herschel Vinyard, Jr. on Feb. 12, 2013.  The Verified and Delist lists can be found at the links provided below and include the Office of General Counsel case numbers for the listings. Requests for an administrative hearing to challenge a listing decision must be received no later than March 13, 2013.

These lists represent the third rotation through the Group 1 basins and another step in the process of restoring impaired waters for these basins. Now that these lists have been adopted by Secretarial Order, department staff will begin developing TMDLs for waters on the verified list. A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) represents the maximum amount of pollutant loading that can be discharged to a waterbody and still attain its designated uses. After TMDL adoption, the next step in this process will be the development, by watershed stakeholders and DEP, of a basin management action plan (BMAP). The BMAP will specify the activities, schedule, and funding sources that point and nonpoint source dischargers will undertake to restore the waterbody.

The next rotation through these basins is scheduled to begin in July 2017.

Final Adopted Verified Lists (MSExcel)

• Everglades West Coast Basin Verified- (2/12/13).
• Lake Okeechobee Basin Verified-(2/12/13).
• Ocklawaha Basin Verified- (2/12/13).
• St Marks - Ochlockonee River Basin Verified- (2/12/13).
• Suwannee Basin Verified- (2/12/13).
• Tampa Bay Basin Verified- (2/12/13).

Final Adopted Lists of Waters to be Delisted (MSExcel)

• Everglades West Coast Basin Delisted- (2/12/13).
• Lake Okeechobee Basin Delisted- (2/12/13).
• Ocklawaha Basin Delisted- (2/12/13).
• St Marks - Ochlockonee River Basin Delisted- (2/12/13).
• Suwannee Basin Delisted- (2/12/13).
• Tampa Bay Basin Delisted- (2/12/13).