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Master Plan Development - City of Boca Raton

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<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Boca</strong> <strong>Raton</strong> Regulatory Information SummaryTotal Maximum Daily Load Allocation ProgramThe Rule defines procedures and requirements for the determination <strong>of</strong> impairment or non-impairmentunder each <strong>of</strong> these categories, as well as specifics regarding data integrity, data set composition, andminimum exceedence thresholds for inclusion in either list. See the previous discussion on Water QualityMonitoring for more information about data collection efforts related to Palm Beach County’s MS4NPDES co-permittees.Current Status <strong>of</strong> Palm Beach County BasinsWater bodies in Palm Beach County are contained within Groups 1-3.The Lake Okeechobee Basin is in Group 1, currently in Phase 4 with an adopted TMDL for phosphorus.A draft TMDL has been posted for the Oklawaha River Basin in this Group.Group 2 is in the third phase <strong>of</strong> the basin group rotation cycle and a Verified List <strong>of</strong> Impaired Waters hasbeen developed. FDEP has posted final TMDLs for Group 2 waters in the Tampa Bay Basin and some <strong>of</strong>its major tributaries in the Alafia, Manatee River, and Hillsborough River Basins, as well as one finalTMDL for the Apalachicola Basin. Draft TMDL documents for Group 2 waters have been posted for theUpper, Middle and Lower St. Johns River Basins. The St. Lucie/Loxahatchee Basin extending into thenorthern portion <strong>of</strong> Palm Beach County is in Group 2. No TMDLs have been adopted for the St. Lucie/Loxahatchee Basin.Waters in proximity to <strong>Boca</strong> <strong>Raton</strong> are included in the Palm Beach Coast/ Lake Worth Lagoon Basin inGroup 3. Waters included on the Verified List <strong>of</strong> Impaired Waters (per GIS coverage provided on theFDEP website dated May 17, 2007 and downloaded on August 1, 2007) for the Lake Worth Lagoon/PalmBeach Coast Watershed are shown in Table 4. The parameters <strong>of</strong> concern (impairments) for Group 3waters in Palm Beach County are primarily copper and dissolved oxygen linked to excessive nutrients.Group 3 is also currently in Phase 3. Final TMDL documents for the waters connecting to the <strong>Boca</strong><strong>Raton</strong> municipal stormwater system, i.e. the E-4 and E-3 Canals, as well as for the Intracoastal waterway,are projected for 2010. Final TMDL documents have only been posted for Group 3 waters in the SarasotaBay/Peace River/Myakka River Basin to date, but draft documents are available for waters in theCaloosahatchee River Basin, the Choctawhatchee-St. Andrew Basin, the Sarasota Bay Basin, and theUpper Peace River Basin.Draft TMDL documents have also been posted for Group 4 waters in the Nassau/St. Mary's Basin and theSoutheast Coast/Biscayne Bay Basin.L:\boca\bocaswmp\A6016.02\Final Task 2 Report - 1-07-08\r01acjh.docPage 20MOCK•ROOS

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