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Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP). Environmental Protection Division September 1, 2009. Presentation Outline. Jesup Status Options Action Items. Presentation Outline. Jesup Status Options Action Items. Group 1. Group 2. Group 3.
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Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) Environmental Protection Division September 1, 2009
Presentation Outline • Jesup Status • Options • Action Items
Presentation Outline • Jesup Status • Options • Action Items
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Jesup Status Middle St. Johns River (Group 2) Ocklawaha River (Group 1) Upper St. Johns River (Group 3) Kissimmee River (Group 4) Jesup Basin Groups
Jesup Status There are five phases to the TMDL program: • Phase 1 - Initial monitoring • Phase 2 – Verified listing • Phase 3 - TMDL development • Phase 4 - Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) – Current Jesup Status • Phase 5 - Implementation
Data & Information People BMAP Management Options Jesup Status • What is a Basin Management Action Plan? • Implementation plan to achieve a TMDL • Refined source identification • Allocations • Management strategies • Funding • Define monitoring needs
Jesup Basin Lake Jesup Seminole County Orange County Orange County portion Jesup Status Lake Jesup
Jesup Status • Total Jesup Reductions Req. 18,748 lbs • divided between 17 stakeholders • over a 15 year period • First 5 years (2009-2014) 6,250 lbs
Jesup Status Orange County Reductions 1,707 lbs -over a 15yr period First 5 years (2009-2014) 569 lbs Projects Credited -228 lbs Remaining reductions 341 lbs Projects not currently credited-141 lbs Requested corrected reductions200 lbs
Jesup Status Concerns expressed in letter to FDEP: • 141 lbs of 1980’s era ponds not receiving credit • Flexibility of Orange County resolving the remaining reductions needed
Jesup Status Unknowns in BMAP that apply to OC: • Lake Attenuation • Annexation • Sewer Service Area • Calculation of Septic Load • Water Quality Flow Data Collection for Discharge • In-Lake Issues
Presentation Outline • Jesup Status • Options • Action Items
Options • Insist FDEP give credit now for the 141 lbs reductions • Request a deferral of 141 lbs to the next 5 year cycle • Ensuring that all stakeholders will have their credited/non-credited BMPs reevaluated based on water quality.
Presentation Outline • Jesup Status • Options • Action Items
Action Item Approval for EPD Manager to relay to FDEP concerns of BCC regarding the Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) Environmental Protection Division September 1, 2009